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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30
Arnold Schoenberg · 1874–1951 · Austrian-American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 10 · Extreme virtuoso — about Beyond the exam systems, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 30 min
- Composed
- 1927
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Twelve-tone; four movements, ending in a Rondo
About this work
- Composed
- 1927
- Dedicated to
- Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
- First performed
- 1927/09/19 in Vienna at the Konzerthaus, Mozart-Saal; Wiener-Streichquartett (also known as Kolisch Quartett ?)
- Moderato () - Etwas ruhiger, molto cantabile
- Adagio ()
- Intermezzo. Allegro moderato ()
- Rondo. Molto moderato ()
A step before · level 9
A step after · level 11
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