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String Quartet No. 1 in E major, Op. 15

Josef Bohuslav Foerster · 1859–1951 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 26 min
Composed
1888
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Four movements

About this work

Composed
1888
Dedicated to
Dem Andenken P. J. Tschaikowski's (Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 1840–1893) gewidmet
  1. Allegro
  2. Scherzo. Allegro con brio (c#)
  3. Adagio
  4. Allegro con brio
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