String Quartet No. 3 ("Devotions")

Edmund Finnis · 1984– · British

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 21 min
Composed: 2022
Era: Contemporary

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Eight untitled movements; commissioned by the Solem Quartet, inspired by the slow movement of Beethoven's Op. 132

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