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String Quartet No. 15

Robert Simpson · 1921–1997 · British
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
DramaticLesser-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 18 min
Composed
1991
Era
20th century

Notes

The last of the fifteen quartets

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