Score and Parts-This piece was jointly commissioned by the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Richmond Virginia. It is dedicated to the Shanghai Quartet who debuted it in March 2000 at theUniversity of Richmond.

Score and Parts-The Full Score and Parts for Scelsi's String Quartet No.1 from the Composer's Autograph Series. One of his earlier and more popular pieces it is an extremely powerful and moving work following a Classical tradition.

Set of Parts-This string quartet was commissioned by the Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts for the Cleveland Quartet.

Score-This 35-minute work is in five movements which bears a resemblance to the arch-form principales of Bartok’s fourth quartet. The quartet is based upon a motto composed of even repetitions of a single tone and a sequenceof disjunct minor thirds. There are also four pitch centers recurring throughout the work: C C-sharp G and G-sharp.The String Quartet was commissioned by the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for the Cleveland Quartet. Thefirst performance was on Oct 26 1995 by the Cleveland Quartet.

Angels for String Quartet by Joan Tower was composed in 2008 and premiered on August 31 2008 in Angel Fire NM performed by the Miami String Quartet. Angels is my fourth quartet — a mediumI really love. In fact when Ida Kavafian asked me what I wanted to write for the Festival I immediately said string quartet. Having written three prior quartets and gotten to travel extensively around the world of quartets Ihave come to love the way string quartets are so deeply creative and passionate about the music they play. They are really like four 'composers' at work. Angels is about 18 minutes long in one movement and isdedicated to the people who helped my younger brother George survive a major stroke this year. They include my sister Ellen a former student of mine (Erin) a doctor (Dr. Stenehjem) a nurse (Courtney) and two real estate agents(Ann and Dale). These are caring people whose generosity of spirit and love of humanity make them very special 'angels.' I am thrilled that the Miami Quartet is giving the premiere of Angels. - Joan Tower

Score and Parts-This piece draws inspiration from the idea of mestizaje as envisioned by Peruvian writer Jose Maria Arguedas where cultures can coexist without the subjugation of one by the other. It mixes elements from the western classical andAndean folk music traditions. Score and Parts edition for String Quartet.