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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 72
Charles Koechlin · 1867–1950 · French
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 14 min
- Composed
- 1917
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Four short movements: Very calm, Scherzo, Adagio and Final
About this work
- Composed
- 1917-21
- First performed
- 1924/01/20 by Quatuor Pro Arte (Pro Arte Quartet), Mulhouse
- Très calme: Intime et d'une sonorité douce et fluide (mix of G major and E minor)
- Scherzo: Assez animé et très franchement rythmé
- Adagio: Très calme et très égal; (Il sera préférable de jouer ce morceau tout entier avec les sourdines)
- Final: Animé et gai ; Presto non troppo