String Quartet in C minor, Op. 26 ("Quatuor spirituel")

Carl Loewe · 1796–1869 · German

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 27 min
Composed: 1830
Era: Early Romantic

Notes

Loewe's 'spiritual' quartet; four movements with an Andante in the Phrygian mode

About this work

Composed: 1830

Nach den 77ten Psalm
Media vita sumus in morte (Mitten wir im Leben sind...)
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