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Naxos Quartet No. 5 ("Lighthouses of Orkney and Shetland")

Peter Maxwell Davies · 1934–2016 · British
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as String Quartet No. 5 (Naxos Quartet)
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 21 min
Composed
—
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Subtitled Lighthouses of Orkney and Shetland; the shortest of the first six

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