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String Quartet No. 2, W 100

Heitor Villa-Lobos · 1887–1959 · Brazilian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 22 min
Composed
1915
Era
20th century

Notes

Early quartet (1915), first published in 1930

About this work

Composed
1915
First performed
3 February 1917, Rio de Janeiro
  1. Allegro non troppo
  2. Scherzo: Allegro
  3. Andante
  4. Allegro deciso - Presto - Prestissimo final
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