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String Quartet No. 1 ("Dance")

Tiziano Bedetti · 1976– · Italian
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
Full work
Length
About 20 min
Composed
2000
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Three movements; dedicated to Lawrence Dow Lovett; Curci edition 2004; premiered by the Penderecki Quartet in 2005

About this work

Composed
2000
Dedicated to
Lawrence Dow Lovett
First performed
15 July 2005 in Casalmaggiore (Cremona), Auditorium Santa Croce; Penderecki String Quartet; Jeremy Bell, Jerzy Kaplanek (violins), Christine Vlajk (viola), Simon Fryer (cello)
  1. Brightly
  2. Moderately
  3. Fast
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