String Quartet No. 4

Giacinto Scelsi · 1905–1988 · Italian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Short piece
Length: About 10 min
Composed: 1964
Era: 20th century

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Compact quartet built on microtonal slides around single pitches

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