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String Quartet No. 2

John Harbison · b. 1938 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, for the violin 1 part
DramaticLesser-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 25 min
Composed
1987
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Its Fantasia movement has been performed on its own (Del Sol Quartet)

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