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String Quartet No. 1

Leon Kirchner · 1919–2009 · 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 19 min
Composed
1949
Era
20th century

Notes

Expressionist first quartet; one of four quartets recorded complete by the Orion Quartet

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