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String Quartet in A minor, CG 564

Charles Gounod · 1818–1893 · French
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as String Quartet No. 3
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 17 min
Composed
1895
Era
Early Romantic

Notes

Published posthumously; dedicated to his grandson Charles de Lassus

About this work

Dedicated to
Mon petit-fils Charles de Lassus
  1. Allegro
  2. Allegretto quasi Moderato
  3. Scherzo
  4. Allegretto
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