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Missa brevis (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
Full work
Length
About 8 min
Composed
2009 (2010)
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei; Pärt's eight-cello version of the 12-cello original, made for the Cello Octet Amsterdam

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