String Quartet No. 1

Grażyna Bacewicz · 1909–1969 · Polish

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 15 min
Composed: 1938
Era: 20th century · woman composer

Notes

Three-movement neoclassical quartet; the first of her seven

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