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String Quartet No. 1
Krzysztof Penderecki · 1933–2020 · Polish
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Short piece
- Length
- About 7 min
- Composed
- 1960
- Era
- Contemporary
Notes
Seven-minute avant-garde quartet of 1960 built on unusual sounds and playing techniques