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String Quartet No. 2 in D major

Ildebrando Pizzetti · 1880–1968 · Italian

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 37 min
Composed: 1932–33
Era: 20th century

Notes

Four movements, about 37 minutes

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