String Quartet No. 1

String Quartet No. 12017-03-13T18:46:51+00:00

Project Description

String Quartet
1968
25 min.

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Movements

  1. ♩ = 60 
  2. Presto
  3. Quietly without rushing
  4. ♩ = 52

Program Note

In four movements, this work, with its roots in the string quartets of both Bartok and Carter, explores a very intense and varied musical terrain. In my compositional output it preceded Symphony No.1 and the Concerto for Piano, Winds and Percussion, and shares a lot with the musical aesthetic of both these pieces.

Program Notes by David Maslanka

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