String Quartet No. 5

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: Short piece
Length: About 7 min
Composed: 1984–85
Era: 20th century

Notes

Quartet version of the piano piece Aitsi (1974)

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