10
String Quartet No. 2
Elliott Carter · 1908–2012 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 10 · Extreme virtuoso — about Beyond the exam systems, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 23 min
- Composed
- 1959
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Pulitzer Prize 1960; the four players have contrasting characters and tempi
A step before · level 9
A step after · level 11
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