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Suite from Dracula

Philip Glass · b. 1937 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Dracula
Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 19 min
Composed
1998
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Eight pieces from the 1998 score for the 1931 film, which Glass wrote for string quartet (or with piano)

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A step after · level 5

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