String Quartet No. 5 ("Versuch über die Fuge")

Jörg Widmann · 1973– · German

For 2 violins, viola, cello, voice

Also known as Versuch über die Fuge · An Attempt on a Fugue · Experiment on a Fugue

Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 25 min
Composed: 2005
Era: Contemporary

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Fifth quartet of the cycle, for string quartet with soprano; first played by the Artemis Quartet and Juliane Banse

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