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==Variants==
===String section without violins===
In [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]]'s oratorio ''[[The Creation (Haydn)|The Creation]]'', the music to which God tells the newly created beasts to be fruitful and multiply achieves a rich, dark tone by its setting for divided viola and cello sections with violins omitted. Famous works without violins include the 6th of the [[Brandenburg Concertos|Brandenburg Concerti]] by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]], [[Serenades (Brahms)|Second Serenade]] of [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], the opening movement of [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]]'s [[Ein Deutsches Requiem]], [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''[[Requiem (Lloyd Webber)|Requiem]]'', and [[Philip Glass]]'s opera ''[[Akhnaten (opera)|Akhnaten]]''. [[Gabriel Fauré|Fauré]]'s original versions of his ''[[Requiem (Fauré)|Requiem]]'' and ''[[Cantique de Jean Racine]]'' were without violin parts, there being parts for 1st and 2nd viola, and for 1st and 2nd cello; though optional violin parts were added later by publishers. Some orchestral works by [[Giacinto Scelsi]] omit violins, using only the lower strings.
===String section without violas===
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