← Chamber music7Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
For 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
Also known as Prelude and Scherzo · Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 11
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the violin 1 part
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Listen
- Ensemble
- String sextet or larger
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Set of pieces
- Length
- About 10 min
- Composed
- 1924–25
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Prelude and Scherzo for two string quartets; written at 18, ending in a fast Scherzo
About this work
- Composed
- 1924–1925
- Dedicated to
- In memory of Volodya Kurchavov
- Prelude [Прелюдия]
- Scherzo [Скерцо]
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