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Subversives

David Toub · b. 1961 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Subversives for Deranged String Quartet
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 31 min
Composed
2018
Era
Contemporary

Notes

For 'deranged' string quartet (the composer's wording); one 31-minute track on the album 'Days of Rage'

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