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Akhmatova Songs (version for soprano and string quartet)

John Tavener · 1944–2013 · British
For voice, 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the voice part
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Hardest part
Voice
Form
Full work
Length
About 15 min
Composed
1993 (1995)
Era
Contemporary

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Six short songs to poems by Anna Akhmatova; re-scored in 1995 from the soprano and cello original of 1993

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