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Variations on a Theme by Brahms, Op. 22
Leone Sinigaglia · 1868–1944 · Italian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Variationen über ein Thema von Brahms
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Short piece
- Length
- About 10 min
- Composed
- 1902
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
One movement: theme, 16 variations and coda; dedicated to the Bohemian Quartet
About this work
- Dedicated to
- Dem Böhmischen Streichquartett gewidmet (The Bohemian Quartet.); *Karel Hoffmann, Josef Suk, violins; Oskar Nedbal, viola; Hanuš Wihan, cello.
A step before · level 6
String Quartet in D major, Op. 64 No. 5, Hob. III:63 ("The Lark")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
18 min
6violin 1