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String Quartet No. 4, AK 35
Nikos Skalkottas · 1904–1949 · Greek
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 38 min
- Composed
- 1940
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Four movements including a long theme and variations
About this work
- Composed
- 1940 ca.
- Allegro molto vivace (411 bars; 8-9 minutes)
- Thema con Variazioni: Andante molto espressivo (287 bars; 15-16 minutes)
- Scherzo: Presto (339 bars; 7-8 minutes)
- Allegro giusto (e ben ritmato) (331 bars; 6 minutes)