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5Level 5 · Advancedabout ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the cello 1 part

Elegie for 4 Cellos, Op.21

Josef Werner· 1837–1922
For 4 cellos
Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Cello 1
Form
Short piece
Length
—
Composed
—
Era
Late Romantic

About this work

Original for four cellos; published viola substitute for cello 2.

Composer, title and movements, ready to paste into a program.

Character

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