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Le Fleuve du Désir III

Gerard Pape · 1955– · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello, electronics
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
DarkDramaticLesser-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 13 min
Composed
1994
Era
Contemporary

Notes

String quartet with stereo tape made on the UPIC; recorded by the Arditti Quartet (Mode, 1998)

About this work

Composed
1994

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