String Quartet in B minor, Op. 13 No. 6

Giovanni Battista Cirri · 1724–1808 · Italian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 10 min
Composed: c. 1775
Era: Classical

Notes

Short Grave, then a fugato

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