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String Quartet No. 5

Philip Glass · b. 1937 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 22 min
Composed
1991
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Five movements; recorded by the Kronos, Carducci and Molinari quartets

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