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String Quartet No. 2 ("Summer Tunes")

Pēteris Vasks · b. 1946 · Latvian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Vasaras dziedājumi · Sommerweisen · Songs of the Summer
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
MajorLyricalFolkLesser-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 25 min
Composed
1984
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Three movements: Coming into Bloom, Birds, Elegy; birdsong effects and harmonics in the middle one

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