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Yiddishbbuk

Osvaldo Golijov · b. 1960 · Argentine-American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Yiddishbbuk for string quartet
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 14 min
Composed
1992
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Three movements in memory of three Terezín children, I. B. Singer and Leonard Bernstein; for the St. Lawrence Quartet

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