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String Quartet No. 2 ("Messages")

Andrzej Panufnik · 1914–1991 · Polish-British
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 20 min
Composed
1980
Era
20th century

Notes

Seven short movements from an Adagio misterioso to an Andante cantabile

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