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String Quartet No. 3 in A minor ("The Carnival")

Alfred Hill · 1869–1960 · Australian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
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 21 min
Composed
1912–13
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Four movements, the first headed "In the Streets"; Naxos vol. 1 with Nos. 1 and 2

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