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String Quartet No. 3 ("River")

Aaron Jay Kernis · b. 1960 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 37 min
Composed
2015
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Five movements, from Source to Mouth/Estuary

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