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String Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 20
Egon Wellesz · 1885–1974 · Austrian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
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- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 35 min
- Composed
- 1915–16
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Four large movements, from Sehr ruhig to a slow Ruhevoll finale
About this work
- Composed
- prob. 1915–1916
- Sehr ruhig () - Poco più mosso () - () - Lento () - Etwas drängend ()
- Kraftig bewegt () - Anmutig bewegt ()
- Lebhaft ()
- Ruhevoll () - Etwas drängend ()