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String Quartet No. 1 ("Aloysius")

Edmund Finnis · 1984– · British
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 17 min
Composed
2018
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Five movements; the fourth is a hymn after Byrd

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