String Quartet No. 17 in C major

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 18 min
Composed: 1938
Era: Late Romantic

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Three movements; later arranged, with No. 4, as Hill's Symphony No. 4

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