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Music for Four Stringed Instruments

Charles Martin Loeffler · 1861–1935 · German-born American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 26 min
Composed
1917
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Three movements, the middle one Le Saint Jour de Pâques; dedicated to the memory of Victor Chapman

About this work

Composed
1917 (revised over 1917–1920)
Dedicated to
To the memory of Victor Chapman
First performed
15 February 1919 in New York, Aeolian Hall (original version); Flonzaley Quartet
  1. Poco adagio
  2. Le Saint Jour de Pâques. Adagio ma non troppo
  3. Moderato
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