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Fünf Stücke, Op. 30

Josef Matthias Hauer · 1883–1959 · Austrian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Five Pieces for Quartet
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Set of pieces
Length
About 7 min
Composed
1924
Era
20th century

Notes

Five short pieces for string quartet

A step before · level 5

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23 min
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Elegy (version for string quartet)
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4 min
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5balanced

A step after · level 7

Paysages, B. 62
Ernest Bloch
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
7 min
DarkDramaticLesser-known
7balanced
Tres piezas para cuarteto de cuerda
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2 violins, viola, cello
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7balanced
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Dmitri Shostakovich
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
21 min
MinorSlowWell-known
7balanced
String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68
Dmitri Shostakovich
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
35 min
MajorDramaticWell-known
7balanced