Serenade, Op. 24

Arnold Schoenberg · 1874–1951 · Austrian-American

For clarinet, bass clarinet, mandolin, guitar, violin, viola, cello, voice

Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: Strings & winds
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 32 min
Composed: 1920–23
Era: 20th century

Notes

Seven instrumentalists, with a baritone in the fourth movement (Petrarch sonnet); seven movements

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