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String Quartet No. 5, W 263 ("Popular")
Heitor Villa-Lobos · 1887–1959 · Brazilian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Quarteto popular no. 1
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part
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- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 16 min
- Composed
- 1931
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Subtitled 'Quarteto popular no. 1' (Popular Quartet No. 1)
About this work
- Composed
- 1931 in São Paulo
- Dedicated to
- João Alberto Lins de Barros
- First performed
- 6 May 1939 in Rio de Janeiro
- Poco andantino
- Vivo e energico
- Andantino - tempo giusto e bem ritmado
- Allegro
A step before · level 4
String Quartet in G major, Op. 44 No. 4, G. 223 ("La Tiranna")
Luigi Boccherini
2 violins, viola, cello
11 min
4violin 1