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Fratres (version for eight cellos)

Arvo Pärt · b. 1935 · Estonian
For 8 cellos
Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String sextet or larger
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Short piece
Length
About 10 min
Composed
1977 (1982)
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Pärt's own cello-ensemble version of Fratres (also for 12 cellos); chords in harmonics over a drone

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