String Quartet No. 1 ("At the Octoroon Balls")

Wynton Marsalis · b. 1961 · American

For 2 violins, viola, cello

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 45 min
Composed: 1995
Era: Contemporary

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Seven movements; commissioned for the Orion String Quartet by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

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