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String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 19, BV 208
Ferruccio Busoni · 1866–1924 · Italian-German
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 27 min
- Composed
- 1880–82
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Four movements ending with a march-like Andante and Allegro; dedicated to Julius Heller
About this work
- Composed
- 1880–82
- Dedicated to
- Julius Heller (1839–1901; 1st violin of the Heller Quartet; Biography (Italian))
- Allegro moderato, patetico
- Andante
- Menutto. Leggiero e grazioso
- Finale. Andante con moto, alla Marcia—Allegro con moto e con brio
A step after · level 8
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 ("Razumovsky")
Ludwig van Beethoven
2 violins, viola, cello
40 min
8violin 1