String Quartet No. 8

R. Murray Schafer · 1933–2021 · Canadian

For 2 violins, viola, cello, electronics

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 22 min
Composed: 2001
Era: Contemporary

Notes

Two movements (Fast, capricious; Very rhapsodic); the CMC list names a tape part

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