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String Quartet No. 1 ("Carillon")

Karl Amadeus Hartmann · 1905–1963 · German
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 22 min
Composed
1933
Era
20th century

Notes

Three movements, about 22 minutes

About this work

Composed
1933-34
Dedicated to
Hermann Scherchen
First performed
1936 in Geneva by the Végh (Hungarian) Quartet
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