String Quartet No. 2

Giacinto Scelsi · 1905–1988 · Italian

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 19 min
Composed: 1961
Era: 20th century

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Five short movements in Scelsi's microtonal, near-static late style

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