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String Quartet No. 1

John Adams · b. 1947 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as First Quartet
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 30 min
Composed
2008
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Two movements, the first of about 20 minutes

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