String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 34

Erich Wolfgang Korngold · 1897–1957 · Austrian-American

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 25 min
Composed: 1944–45
Era: 20th century

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Four movements; dedicated to Bruno Walter, premiered by the Roth Quartet in 1946

About this work

Composed: 1945
First performed: 1946

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