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String Quartet No. 2

Otto Luening · 1900–1996 · German-American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Short piece
Length
About 9 min
Composed
1923
Era
20th century

Notes

Single movement of about nine minutes

About this work

Composed
1923
Dedicated to
Philipp Jarnach
First performed
1965/12/13 *Performed by Jean Benjamin Quartet, for the Group of Contemporary Music, in Columbia University, New York.

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