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String Quartet, Op. 3

Alban Berg · 1885–1935 · Austrian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 20 min
Composed
1910
Era
20th century

Notes

Two movements; finished in 1910 at the end of his studies with Schoenberg

About this work

Composed
1910
First performed
1911/04/24
  1. Langsam
  2. Mässig Viertel
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