String Quartet No. 3 in E minor

Tomás Bretón · 1850–1923 · Spanish

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 28 min
Composed: 1909
Era: Late Romantic

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Premiered in Madrid in 1910 by the Cuarteto Vela; recorded on Naxos in 2020

About this work

Composed: 1909
First performed: 1910/04/01, Madrid, Teatro Español (Cuarteto Vela)

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