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String Quartet

Peter Maxwell Davies · 1934–2016 · British
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
DramaticLesser-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 12 min
Composed
1961
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Early quartet, kept in the Kreutzer Quartet's Maxwell Davies chamber-works disc

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