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Song to the Virgin Mary (version for string sextet)

Andrzej Panufnik · 1914–1991 · Polish-British
For 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, with the parts evenly matched
SlowTenderLyricalLesser-known

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Ensemble
String sextet or larger
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 11 min
Composed
1964 (1987)
Era
20th century

Notes

The composer's own 1987 sextet version of his 1964 choral work

A step before · level 3

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