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Naxos Quartet No. 7 ("Metafore sul Borromini")

Peter Maxwell Davies · 1934–2016 · British
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as String Quartet No. 7 (Naxos Quartet)
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 54 min
Composed
—
Era
Contemporary

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Subtitled Metafore sul Borromini; the longest of the ten (54 minutes on disc)

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