String Quartet (1905)

Anton Webern · 1883–1945 · Austrian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as String Quartet, M. 79

Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 15 min
Composed: 1905
Era: 20th century

Notes

Early one-movement quartet in a late-Romantic idiom; published posthumously

About this work

Composed: 1905
First performed: 26 May 1962 in Seattle, University of Washington; University of Washington String Quartet

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