String Quartet No. 3

George Rochberg · 1918–2005 · American

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 47 min
Composed: 1972
Era: 20th century

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Won the 1972 Naumburg Chamber Composition Award; Grammy-nominated; in the idiom of late Beethoven and Bartok

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