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string quartet and 2 actors
Alternate Title
String Quartet #2
Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
35
Movements
Meditation I
1. The Way Home
Meditation II
2. In the Night
Meditation III
3. The Vulture
Meditation IV
4. The Excursion in the Mountains
Meditation V
5. The Runners
Meditation VI
6. The Bridge
Meditation VII
7. Give it Up!
8. About Parables
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Description
Kafka Shorts for string quartet and 2 actors is performed in an English translation/adaptation by the composer of Kafka's original texts.
German titles of the Kafka stories used in Kafka Shorts:
- Der Ausflug ins Gebirge
- Die Vorüberlaufenden
- Der Nachhauseweg
- Der Geier
- Nachts
- Von den Gleichnissen
- Die Brücke
- Gibs auf
Kafka Shorts (about 35 minutes) may be performed with staging. Or it may be performed in a traditional chamber music setting, with the actors at music stands. The script is available in two versions, --with music cues for actors able to read music, and another with arrow cues only.
First Perfomance
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Recording
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Text Language - Non English
Text Source/Author
Text by the composer, Raymond Luedeke. Adapted from the original German of Franz Kafka.
Title Number
Ensemble Type
string quartet (alone or + inst or voc)
Genre/Theme
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Instrument
narrator-speaker(s)
Purchase Options
Print & Ship
$39.95 full score with script
$139.95 score, 4 string parts, 2 actor scripts with music cues
Print Price
$39.95 full score with script
$139.95 score, 4 string parts, 2 actor scripts with music cues
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