I've been studying 'The Planets' of Gustav Holst (from 1915). In his opening piece 'Mars - The Bringer of War', Holst scores most of the string sections to begin with 'col legno' passages for several bars. This is a technical term for the strings to use the bow on the wood side, not on the bow...
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