A Black November Turkey (version for string quartet)

John Corigliano · b. 1938 · American

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Short piece
Length: About 3 min
Composed: 2003
Era: Contemporary

Notes

The composer's 2003 quartet arrangement of his 1972 chorus on a Richard Wilbur poem; about three minutes

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