Quartetto per archi

Luciano Berio · 1925–2003 · Italian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Quartetto I · String Quartet (1956)

Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Short piece
Length: About 8 min
Composed: 1955–56
Era: 20th century

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First of Berio's three numbered quartets (Quartetto, Sincronie, Notturno)

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