String Quartet in E minor

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs · 1889–1960 · British

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 16 min
Composed: 1958
Era: 20th century

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Three movements ending in a theme and variations; not the Op. 18 quartet of 1918

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