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String Quartet No. 16 in B-flat major ("Celtic")

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 24 min
Composed
1938
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Four movements; the second is headed "Shule Agra", the third is a Jig; Naxos vol. 6

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