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String Quartet No. 8, W 446

Heitor Villa-Lobos · 1887–1959 · Brazilian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 22 min
Composed
1944
Era
20th century

Notes

Written in 1944; first published in 1949

About this work

Composed
1944 in Rio
Dedicated to
Quarteto Iacovino
First performed
5 September 1946, Rio
  1. Allegro
  2. Lento
  3. Scherzo - Vivace
  4. Quasi allegro
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