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String Quartet in A minor, Op. 27

Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly · 1785–1858 · French
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 21 min
Composed
1820
Era
Early Romantic

Notes

Boëly's first quartet; four movements with a Scherzo

About this work

Composed
1820s
Dedicated to
Monsieur A. Bessems (Antoine Bessems)
  1. Allegro
  2. Andante più tosto Allegretto
  3. Scherzo. Allegro molto
  4. Rondo. All[egr]o ma non troppo
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