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String Quartet No. 5

Bruno Mantovani · 1974– · French
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 10 min
Composed
—
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Recorded with Ravel's String Quartet on the disc 'Poétiques de l'instant II'

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