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String Sextet in D major

Ferdinand Thieriot · 1838–1919 · German
For 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String sextet or larger
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 26 min
Composed
—
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Four movements; Thieriot manuscripts taken to Leningrad after 1945 came back flood-damaged in 1991; Toccata vol. 1

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