String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19 ("Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March")

Aulis Sallinen · 1935– · Finnish

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Aspekteja Peltoniemen Hintrikin surumarssista · Peltoniemi Hintrik

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 12 min
Composed: 1969
Era: Contemporary

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One movement on a Finnish fiddler's funeral tune; also for string orchestra

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