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String Quartet No. 8 ("Night Descending like Smoke")

Per Nørgård · 1932–2025 · Danish
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Natten sænker sig som røg
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
1997
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Five movements; Danish title 'Natten sænker sig som røg'

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