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String Quartet No. 6

Georg Friedrich Haas · b. 1953 · Austrian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, with the parts evenly matched
SlowDarkDramaticLesser-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 20 min
Composed
2010
Era
Contemporary

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Premiered by the Hagen Quartet at the Salzburg Mozartwoche, 2011

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