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String Quartet No. 1

Tigran Mansurian · 1939– · Armenian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 23 min
Composed
1983–84
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Three movements: Allegretto, Agitato, Maestoso

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