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String Quartet No. 1 ("Lyric")
George Walker · 1922–2018 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as String Quartet No. 1
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 23 min
- Composed
- 1946
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Its slow movement, first called Lament, was later expanded as Lyric for Strings (1990)
A step before · level 5
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76 No. 4, Hob. III:78 ("Sunrise")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
23 min
5violin 1
A step after · level 7
String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 203 ("Casa al Dono")
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
2 violins, viola, cello
24 min
7violin 1