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String Quartet in C major

Ignaz von Beecke · 1733–1803 · German
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 22 min
Composed
c. 1780
Era
Classical

Notes

Three movements: Larghetto e maestoso–Allegro maestoso, Siciliana, Allegro

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