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O-Antiphonen (version for eight cellos)

Arvo Pärt · b. 1935 · Estonian
For 8 cellos
Also known as Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen
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
Set of pieces
Length
About 13 min
Composed
1988 (2008)
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Seven short Advent antiphons, O Wisdom to O Emmanuel, in Pärt's setting for eight cellos

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