Quartetto per archi (early quartet)

Bruno Maderna · 1920–1973 · Italian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Early String Quartet

Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Short piece
Length: About 7 min
Composed: before 1946
Era: 20th century

Notes

Early single-movement quartet, recorded first on the Arditti Maderna disc

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