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String Quartet No. 8, Op. 121
Darius Milhaud · 1892–1974 · French
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 15 min
- Composed
- 1932
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Three movements; the Lent et grave is the longest
About this work
- Composed
- 1932
- Dedicated to
- à Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
- Vif et souple
- Lent et grave
- Très animé