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String Quartet No. 4 in C minor

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 22 min
Composed
1857
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Four movements; slow Largo introduction to the first movement

About this work

Composed
1857?
  1. Largo - Allegro molto
  2. Andante (Andantino?) tranquillo
  3. Menuetto. Allegro moderato
  4. Finale. Vivace
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