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String Quartet No. 2 ("Time Zones")

Pascal Dusapin · 1955– · French
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Quatuor II · Time Zones
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 37 min
Composed
1989
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Built from numbered short 'zones'; the Arditti Quartet recorded it twice

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