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String Quartet No. 7

Salvatore Sciarrino · b. 1947 · Italian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Quartetto n. 7
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
1999
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Single-movement quartet of about ten minutes

A step before · level 8

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A step after · level 10

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