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String Quartet No. 1, HC 197 ("Pedantic")
Henry Cowell · 1897–1965 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, with the parts evenly matched
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- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 6 min
- Composed
- 1916
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Early quartet in two movements; Cowell's own subtitle is Pedantic
About this work
- Composed
- 1916
- First performed
- 1926/2/2; New York: Aeolian Hall - Ralph Hendle String Quartet
- Andante sostenuto
- Allegro non troppo
- Andante