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Monk's Music

Alexander Raskatov · 1953– · Russian
For voice, 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Seven Words by Starets Silouan
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
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Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 54 min
Composed
2005
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Bass and string quartet: seven texts by Starets Silouan, each followed by a movement; after Haydn's Seven Last Words

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