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Summa (version for eight cellos)

Arvo Pärt · b. 1935 · Estonian
For 8 cellos
Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, with the parts evenly matched
SlowTenderLyricalLesser-known

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Ensemble
String sextet or larger
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Short piece
Length
About 5 min
Composed
1977 (2010)
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Pärt's 2010 version for cello octet (also for four cellos); slow tintinnabuli chords

A step before · level 2

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