String Quartet No. 1 ("Rispetti e strambotti")

Gian Francesco Malipiero · 1882–1973 · Italian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Rispetti e strambotti

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 21 min
Composed: 1920
Era: 20th century

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Dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge; the first of Malipiero's eight numbered quartets

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Composed: 1920
Dedicated to: Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

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