String Quartet No. 1

Philip Glass · b. 1937 · 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 17 min
Composed: 1966
Era: Contemporary

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In two parts; the earliest of the nine quartets, written 17 years before No. 2

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