OCTET FOR DOUBLE STRING QUARTET

OCTET FOR DOUBLE STRING QUARTET

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Scoring & Instrumentation
double string quartet
4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
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Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
20
Movements
Part I (Allegro)
Part II (Larghetto-Allegro)

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New edition 2017 from 2009 original

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Commissioned by the Romanian American Festival, Inc. The American Romanian Festival Inc., Marian Tanau, artistic director,commissioned premiered Thomas Read's Octet for Double String Quartet at Wayne State University, October 14,  and at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art on October 25, 2009. The program also included octets by Enescu and by Shostakovich.

First Perfomance
October 14, 2009
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Text Language - Non English

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Title Number
Ensemble Type
string quartet (alone or + inst or voc)
strings featured
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Instrument
violin , violin ii , viola , cello
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$74.50 score + 8 parts