5
String Quartet in F major, FS 3k
Carl Nielsen · 1865–1931 · Danish
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Allegro in F major, CNW 50
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, with the parts evenly matched
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- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 21 min
- Composed
- 1887–88
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Early quartet, four movements as recorded; CNW 50–51 are probably from the one played in January 1888
About this work
- Composed
- 1887–88
- First performed
- 1888-1-25, in Copenhagen, The Private Chamber Music Society (ascertained)
A step before · level 4
String Quartet in C major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 ("The Bird")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
19 min
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