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String Quartet No. 4 ("Música de feria")

Silvestre Revueltas · 1899–1940 · Mexican
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Música de feria · Musica de Feria
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, for the violin 1 part
LivelyFolkPlayfulDanceLesser-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 9 min
Composed
1932
Era
20th century

Notes

Four short movements depicting a Mexican fair

About this work

Composed
1932
Dedicated to
Al Doctor Manuel Guevara Oropeza
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