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Verdigo

Massimo Di Gesu · 1970– · Italian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 13 min
Composed
2013
Era
Contemporary

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Commissioned by the La Scala String Quartet for Verdi's bicentenary; premiered at La Scala on 27 May 2013

About this work

Composed
2013
Dedicated to
Quartetto d'archi della Scala
First performed
27 May 2013 in Milan, La Scala Theatre; Quartetto d'archi della Scala (La Scala String Quartet)
  1. Palpitante
  2. Lunare
  3. Avvampante
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