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String Quartet No. 8

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 16 min
Composed
2018
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Three movements; recorded by the Tana Quartet and by Brooklyn Rider

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