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string quartet
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Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
25 minutes
Movements
I. Preludio (Scherzo-I)
II. Fuga Frammentaria
III. Gavotta Assurda (Scherzo-II)
IV. Adagietto Amoroso
V. FINALE: Tarantella Tumultuosa (Scherzo-III)
Files & Media
Audio
03_davidson_quartetto_dell-arte.mp3
Audio file
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Sample Pages
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scinewsxlii2davidson.pdf603.33 KB
Detail
Description
QUARTETTO DELL'ARTE is a five movement polytonal string quartet with an existential secret program. In addition, it uses direct transcriptions of melodies from the following recordings:
Movement One: Musique et Musiciens du Monde - Biélorussie (UNESCO); Kazakh Music Today (Topic Records Inc.)
Movement Three: Belgique Ballades, etc. (OCORA-Radio France);Lituanie - Le pays des chansons (OCORA-Radio France)
The second movement is a pointillistic retrograde double fugue using melodies by Verdi and Puccini, and the fourth movement juxtaposes melodies of Machaut and Stephen Foster.
See attached PDF for extended program note/article.
First Perfomance
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Recording
Midi Realization
Text Language - Non English
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Text Source/Author
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Ensemble Type
string quartet (alone or + inst or voc)
Genre/Theme
story/documentary/biography/history
sacred/religious
Instrument
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Purchase Options
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$29.95 score
$59.95 score with parts
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$29.95 score
$59.95 score with parts
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