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Madrigals, Book IV

George Crumb · 1929–2022 · American
For voice, flute, harp, double bass, percussion
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
Strings & winds
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 9 min
Composed
1969
Era
20th century

Notes

Soprano with flute/alto flute/piccolo, harp, double bass and percussion; three Lorca settings

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A step before · level 7

Fantasy for Nonet No. 2, Op. 41
Alois Hába
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Strings & windsflute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass
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Suite liturgique
André Jolivet
voice, oboe (or English horn), cello, harp
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19 min
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Quintet for Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello
Heinrich Kaminski
clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello
Strings & windsclarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello
21 min
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Menil Antiphons
Ellsworth Milburn
flute, clarinet, 2 horns, percussion, violin, cello, piano
Strings & windsflute, clarinet, 2 horns, percussion, violin, cello, piano
15 min
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A step after · level 9

Strings & windsviolin, horn, piano
22 min
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Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21
Arnold Schoenberg
voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Strings & windsvoice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
34 min
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Différences
Luciano Berio
flute, clarinet, harp, viola, cello, electronics
Strings & windsflute, clarinet, harp, viola, cello, electronics
14 min
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Due liriche di Anacreonte
Luigi Dallapiccola
voice, 2 clarinets, viola, piano
Strings & windsvoice, 2 clarinets, viola, piano
6 min
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