String Quartet No. 3

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 17 min
Composed: 1947
Era: 20th century · woman composer

Notes

Three movements; Polish Ministry of Culture Award, 1955

About this work

Composed: 1947
First performed: 1947 December 8 - Cracow; *S. Tauros, W. Latała, violins; T. Gonet, viola; Z. Adamska, cello

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