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String quartet
The aesthetic of this composition begins with a flurry of notes creating a wall of sound and slowly disintegrates into becoming something light and airy. Beginning is dense and hurried with overlapping entrances, in the beginning I aim to achieve an overall effect of very smooth and natural slowing …
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String Quartet I
String Quartet I is a composition in four movements for string quartet. Each movement expresses a specific emotional and sensory experience with rainwater. Movement I, "Flood Plain," was inspired by wetlands in Nebraska and Kansas. Because the water is shallow and broken up by tall grass, it is …
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Electronic String Quartet #1
Electronic String Quartet #1 by Ted Smoker incorporates the expressiveness of live string performance with the sonic capabilities of music technology through the use of electronic effects processing. This piece incorporates pitch-set theory, polytonality, Lydian and Phrygian church modes, …
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Leyla and Mejnun for String Quartet
<p>Leyla and Mejnun for string quartet relates a classical Middle Eastern love story. A young poet named Qays Ibn Al-Mulawwah fell in love with his cousin Leyla. He went mad when her father prevented him from marrying her. The music consists of four interwoven movements. The Prelude is based on a …
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Toward a business history of the string quartet: How the string quartet became a career path in the United States
At their origins, American string quartets achieved a high standard of performance through full-time commitments made financially possible through individual patrons. As the American music scene matured through the twentieth century, the string quartet profession integrated performance and …
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Sinfonietta for wind ensemble augmented with string quartet
A small consort of strings joins a full-sized wind ensemble in Sinfonietta. Although it is not a concerto, Sinfonietta flips the classical notion of an orchestra on its head. Whereas the Classical orchestra represented a string ensemble with wind and brass coloration, Sinfonietta takes a full wind …
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An analysis of transformation procedures in Gyorgy Ligeti's String Quartet No. 2
Gyorgy Ligeti's emigration from Hungary to Austria in 1957 gave him his first chance to study serial music firsthand. After a brief period of reflection he decided that serialism was not for him, but the insights gained from his examination of it, as well as his new experiences in electronic music, …
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Aaron Cassidy’s Second String Quartet: Resilient structures, indeterminate localities, and performance practice
When Aaron Cassidy’s Second String Quartet was premiered in 2010 by the JACK Quartet, the work’s innovative, physical action-based score drew considerable attention in contemporary music circles. Despite the enduring enthusiasm for Cassidy’s multi-colored prescriptive notation, much of the …
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AN ANALYSIS OF ALFRED SCHNITTKE'S POLYSTYLISM IN HIS STRING QUARTET NO. 3 (1983)
… an in-depth theoretical analysis of Schnittke's String Quartet No. 3, as one of the major works within the idea of polystylism. Further examinations will include Schnittke's use of motivic connections in relation to polystylism, such as the BACH and DSCH motives of Bach and Shostakovich, Orlando …
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The Quartet’s Death: Embodiment, Performativity, and Physicality in Heinz Holliger’s 1973 String Quartet
… with an analysis of Heinz Holliger’s 1973 String Quartet. It is, in essence, a score analysis, but one that puts the physicality of performance front and center. Holliger’s Quartet is fundamentally about physical transformations and interactions: progressions of bow position, changes in …
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Portfolio of compositions containing Symphony No. 104, From The Eumenides, Lost Words, String Quartet No. 2, String Quartet No. 3, 12 Miniatures, Non-Stable Equilibrium and a commentary on the compositions
… Lost Words - for large ensemble and singers String Quartet No. 2 - for string quartet String Quartet No. 3 - for string quartet 12 Miniatures - for amplified classical guitar Non-Stable Equilibrium - for violin and piano Commentary The portfolio of compositions contains seven pieces for a …
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Stravinsky's Instrumentation: A Study of His Orchestral Techniques (With Musical Composition) String Quartet No. 1
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-05T21:10:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6100122.pdf: 10880619 bytes, checksum: 8a46a849dc6d21434928818f6919e39a (MD5) Previous issue date: 1960
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Finding the "Indian" in Amy Beach's Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, op. 80.
… but her Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, op. 80 has not been included as one of them. This thesis rethinks categorization of the piece, seeking the "Indian" in it through examination of its gestures, instrumentation, and relationship to contemporary Indianist compositions.
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Quintet for two violins, viola, cello and piano, and string quartet no. 1 by Lazar Nikolov
… The main focus is on two chamber works involving string instruments: Piano Quintet (1959) and First String Quartet (1965). The former is a piece from Nikolov's early compositional period. It is one of the most successful works demonstrating a peculiar approach to twelve-tone writing. The latter is …
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13-Limit Extended Just Intonation in Ben Johnston's String Quartet #7 and Toby Twining's "Chrysalid Requiem", "Gradual /Tract"
… in this area, and presents an analysis of his String Quartet #7 as well as the Gradual/Tract from Toby Twining's Chrysalid Requiem, both of which utilize this unique tuning and compositional resource. The discussion centers upon what is arguably among the most complex pieces of music ever …
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Through the Mangrove Tunnels, for String Quartet, Piano, and Drum Set, and “Musical Signification in Thomas Adès’s The Tempest”
… and bayous of Florida. Its eight movements for string quartet, piano, and drum set are drawn from my memories as well as the colorful history of Weedon Island, a nature preserve in St. Petersburg that I spent much of my childhood exploring. The island’s many legends include ceremonial gatherings …
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Master's thesis recital (violin)
String quartet no.27 in D major, op.20, no.4 / F. J. Haydn -- String quartet no.5, sz.102, BB 110 / Bela Bartok -- String quartet in C minor, op.51, no.1 / Johannes Brahms
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