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String Quartet No. 11, W 481

Heitor Villa-Lobos · 1887–1959 · Brazilian
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 27 min
Composed
1947
Era
20th century

Notes

Written in 1947; first published in 1966

About this work

Composed
1947
Dedicated to
Mindinha (Arminda Neves d'Almeida)
First performed
1953, Rio de Janeiro; Quarteto Iacovino
  1. Allegro non troppo ()
  2. Scherzo. Vivace
  3. Adagio
  4. Poco andantino - quasi allegro ()
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