String Quartet No. 1 ("Diacronía")

Mario Lavista · 1943–2021 · Mexican

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Diacronía · Cuarteto de cuerdas No. 1

Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Short piece
Length: About 8 min
Composed: 1969
Era: Contemporary

Notes

Single movement; the first of Lavista's string quartets (8:00 on the Cuarteto Latinoamericano disc)

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