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String Quartet No. 4

Brian Ferneyhough · 1943– · English
For 2 violins, viola, cello, voice
Level 10 · Extreme virtuoso — about Beyond the exam systems, with the parts evenly matched
VirtuosicDramaticLesser-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 20 min
Composed
1989–90
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Quartet with a soprano part; recorded by the Arditti Quartet and Brenda Mitchell (Montaigne, released 1996)

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