A Way a Lone

Toru Takemitsu · 1930–1996 · Japanese

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 14 min
Composed: 1980
Era: 20th century

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String quartet; slow and quiet; a version for string orchestra, A Way a Lone II, followed in 1981

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