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String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 8

Prosper Van Eechaute · Belgian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 34 min
Composed
1950
Era
20th century

Notes

Four movements; Flemish impressionist idiom

About this work

Dedicated to
To the memory of Maurice Ravel
  1. Allegro non troppo
  2. Andante con moto (in C, ends in B-flat minor)
  3. Tempo di Minuetto non troppo vivo (in E-flat major)
  4. Allegro giusto e ben ritmico
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