Night Fields (String Quartet No. 1)

Joan Tower · b. 1938 · American

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Tower String Quartet No. 1

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 16 min
Composed: 1994
Era: Contemporary · woman composer

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Her first string quartet (1994)

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