Chalk

Michael Torke · 1961– · American

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 16 min
Composed: 1992
Era: Contemporary

Notes

One movement; premiered by the Balanescu Quartet at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 1992

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