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String Quartet No. 12, W 496

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
1950
Era
20th century

Notes

Written in 1950; first published in 1956

About this work

Composed
1950, New York, Memorial Hospital
Dedicated to
Mindinha
First performed
9 November 1951, Quarteto Haydn de Sao Paulo
  1. Allegro
  2. Andante malincolico
  3. Allegretto leggiero
  4. Allegro ben ritmato
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