String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major

Peter Heise · 1830–1879 · Danish

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 25 min
Composed: c. 1850
Era: Late Romantic

Notes

Four movements; opens Moderato assai - Allegro assai

About this work

Composed: 1850s

Moderato assai - Allegro assai vivace
Scherzo. Presto agitato
Andante sostenuto
Finale. Molto allegro (G minor--> B-flat major)

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