String Quartet No. 1

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich · b. 1939 · American

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as String Quartet (1974)

Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 14 min
Composed: 1974
Era: Contemporary · woman composer

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Four short movements; the first of her three quartets

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