Contralto, Baroque string quartet (contralto(2 glass crystals).2vn.va da gamba.vc)

SKU: HL.49045309

Score and Parts. Composed by Joseph Schwantner. This edition: Folder. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Softcover. Composed 2012. 216 pages. Duration 20'. Schott Music #ED31320. Published by Schott Music (HL.49045309).

ISBN 9781495082443. UPC: 888680656577. 9.0x12.0x0.859 inches. English.

I was immediately drawn to the quartet's poignant, intimate and expressive sound world, the evocative and hauntingly beautiful voice of contralto Karen Clark and the poetry of Henry David Thoreau whose words so thoroughly capture the transcendental spirit of nineteenth century New England life. Living and working in the high hills of rural New Hampshire provided a synergy of poetry and music that formed an ideal union to help frame the mood, character and direction of this work. Joseph Schwantner.