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String quartet No.1

Classical/Chamber music • 1995 • Alternative Title: String quartet in the octatonic mode
 
     
 

String quartet No.1


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ZIP, 890.6 Kb ID: SM-000085047 Upload date: 27 Dec 2011
Instrumentation
Violin, Viola, Cello
Scored for
Quartet
Type of score
Full score, Parts
Movement(s)
1 to 4 from 4
Publisher
David W Solomons
Difficulty
Advanced
Duration
17'43
String quartet in Octatonic mode (except movement 3 in which the viola switches to Dorian while the rest stay in octatonic, creating a fascinating effect).
There are also a few cheeky quotes from the more classical modes, including a Cockney
"Have a banana" phrase in the viola part in various places
and the fourth (last) movement quoting a version of Rock a by baby
This has been performed on a few occasions to great effect (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNctKjXYZ8k for the first performance in 1997), but I have used an electronic preview of the first movement for the purposes of illustrating the piece here.

The zip file contains the scores and parts of all four movements.
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