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- Winds, keyboard, percussion, and strings - 6 or more musicians
- Winds, keyboard, and strings - 6 or more musicians
- Winds and strings - 6 or more musicians
- Winds and keyboard - 6 or more musicians
- Winds and percussion - 6 or more musicians
- Strings, 6 or more musicians, with or without keyboard
- Percussion and/or keyboard, 6 or more musicians
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- Unspecified instruments, 6 or more musicians
- Quintet
- Quartet
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- Duo
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Sextet and larger ensembles
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Instrumental ensemble music
- Orchestral music
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Instrumental ensemble, one to a part
- Non-standard mixed instrumental ensemble
- Mixed instrumental ensemble with instruments from all families
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Concertant music
- 4 or more soloists and ensemble/orchestra
- 3 soloists and ensemble/orchestra
- 2 soloists and ensemble/orchestra
- Other solo instrument and ensemble/orchestra
- Bowed strings and ensemble/orchestra
- Plucked strings and ensemble/orchestra
- Keyboard and ensemble/orchestra
- Percussion and ensemble/orchestra
- Solo brass instrument and ensemble/orchestra
- Solo woodwind instrument and ensemble/orchestra
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Vocal music and instrument(s)
- Voice(s) and/or choir(s), solo instrument(s) and ensemble/orchestra
- Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and orchestra
- Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and ensemble
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Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and solo instrument
- Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and strings
- Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and plucked strings
- Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and keyboard
- Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and percussion
- Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and wind instrument
- A cappella vocal music
185 works for String ensemble
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Peter Ablinger (1959) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- 4 Weiss for large string orchestra and white noise, 16 mn
- Augmented Study for seven violins, 24 mn
- Sentimental Study for eight violas, 6 mn 42 s
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Dieter Ammann (1962) Documentary resources
- STELLEN for fourteen strings
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Louis Andriessen (1939-2021) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Symphony for open strings for twelve solo string instruments, 25 mn, Boosey & Hawkes [program note]
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Georges Aperghis (1945) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Totem for eight cellos, 15 mn, Durand
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Birke J. Bertelsmeier (1981) Biography Documentary resources
- Kolibri for strings
- Unlucky Number for thirteen violas
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Sir Harrison Birtwistle (1934-2022) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Still Movement for thirteen solo string instruments, 13 mn, Universal Edition
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Mathieu Bonilla (1979) Biography Documentary resources
- Nylon curvado for 4 classical and 4 electric guitar groups, 6 mn 30 s
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Stéphane Borrel (1974) Biography Documentary resources
- Le Qui-vive for ten cellos, variable [program note]
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Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Chacony in G minor de Purcell for string quartet or string orchestra, 4 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
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Gavin Bryars (1943) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- The Porazzi Fragment version for thirteen basses
- The Porazzi Fragment for 21 strings, on a theme by Richard Wagner, 14 mn, Schott
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Sylvano Bussotti (1931-2021) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Marbre for strings, 9 mn 30 s, Ricordi
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John Cage (1912-1992) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Twenty-Three for string ensemble, 23 mn, Peters
- Twenty-six for twenty-six violins, 26 mn, Peters
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Régis Campo (1968) Biography Documentary resources
- Les Saisons françaises - L'Hiver d'après Berlioz for string orchestra, 5 mn, Lemoine
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Edith Canat de Chizy (1950) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Luceat educational piece for ten violins, 10 mn, Jobert - Lemoine
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Aldo Clementi (1925-2011) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Reticolo: 12 for twelve strings, Suvini Zerboni
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Denis Cohen (1952) Biography Documentary resources
- elec Eleistà for 6 cellos and electronics, 15 mn, Nodus [program note]
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Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Nonet for string ensemble, 18 mn, Boosey & Hawkes
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Henry Cowell (1897-1965) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Appositions for strings
- Ballade for strings
- Exultation for strings
- Hymn for strings
- Synchrony for orchestra, 12 mn, Peters
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James Dillon (1950) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Cumha for twelve stringed instruments, partition retirée du catalogue
- Franco Donatoni (1927-2000) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
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Frédéric Durieux (1959) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- The Possibilities – to Howard Barker for 8 cellos, 10 mn, Rai Trade
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Pascal Dusapin (1955) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Souvenir du silence for thirteen strings soloists, 8 mn, Salabert
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Julio Estrada (1943) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Bajo el volcán for double bass ensemble, 20 mn about , juliusedimus
- Diario for fifteen strings or string orchestra, 5 mn, Universidad nacional autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Peter Eötvös (1944) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Dodici for twelve cellos, 20 mn, Schott
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Lucas Fagin (1980) Biography Documentary resources
- Space-junk for twenty-two strings scattered around the audience, between 20 mn and 25 mn, BabelScores
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Brian Ferneyhough (1943) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Epicycle for twenty strings soloists, 14 mn, Peters
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Jean-Louis Florentz (1947-2004) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Second chant de Nyandarua Litanies for twelve cellos (also eight cellos), 14 mn, Alphonse Leduc [program note]
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Christopher Fox (1955) Biography Documentary resources
- Shadow cast for six violins, two violas, two cellos, one double bass, 14 mn, The Fox Edition
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Dai Fujikura (1977) Biography Documentary resources
- infinite string for string ensemble, 15 mn, Ricordi
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Allain Gaussin (1943) Biography Documentary resources
- Ogive version for twelve solo strings, 10 mn, Ricordi
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Osvaldo Golijov (1960) Biography Documentary resources
- Last Round - Deaths of the Angel for two string quartets and double bass, 14 mn, Boosey & Hawkes [program note]
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Michael Gordon (1956) Biography Documentary resources
- "8" for eight cellos, 60 mn
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Francisco Guerrero Marín (1951-1997) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Ariadna for string orchestra, 8 mn 30 s, Suvini Zerboni
- Xénias Pacatas for 18 strings, Alpuerto
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Georg Friedrich Haas (1953) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Unheimat for string ensemble, Universal Edition
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Karim Haddad (1962) Biography Documentary resources
- Rumeurs d'étoiles for cello octet, 13 mn, Inédit
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Cristóbal Halffter (1930-2021) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- Pourquoi for twelve strings, 24 mn, Universal Edition
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Christophe de Coudenhove (1963) Biography Documentary resources
- Septuor à cordes, 7 mn, édition du compositeur
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Luis de Pablo (1930-2021) Biography Oeuvre Documentary resources
- ...Eleison for cello octet, 20 mn, Suvini Zerboni