String Quartet No. 1 ("Anamorphose")

Șerban Nichifor · 1954– · Romanian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Anamorphose · Quartetto per Archi I

Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 13 min
Composed: 1976
Era: Contemporary

Notes

First Prize at the Gaudeamus Competition (Amsterdam, 1977); premiered at the Concertgebouw

About this work

Composed: 1976
Dedicated to: To my parents Livia and Ermil Nichifor
First performed: 1977, Amsterdam Concertgebouw

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