Score and Parts String
Quartet - difficult
SKU: HL.49015565
String Quartet Score
and Parts. Composed
by Aribert Reimann. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String. Classical. Score
and parts. Composed 2006.
28 pages. Duration 8'.
Schott Music #ED9977.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49015565).
ISBN
9781423421047.
9.0x12.0x0.079
inches.
'I have
always had a great
fondness for the works by
Schumann', Aribert
Reimann once said. There
exists a close
relationship even beyond
the music: As owner of
Schumann's medical
records from the mental
asylum in Endenich,
Reimann guarded the
secret of the
circumstances surrounding
Schumann's last weeks and
death.When the musical
world celebrated
Reimann's 70th birthday
and commemorated the
150th anniversary of
Schumann's death in 2006,
Reimann decided to
publish the records and
comment on them in his
book 'Robert Schumann in
Endenich' (ED 9870).This
book was presented to the
public on 5 May 2006 at
the Schumann Festival in
Dusseldorf. For this
occasion, as a musical
bow to Schumann, Reimann
composed the string
quartet Adagio which the
Heine Quartet premiered.
Adagio is based on both
Schumann's Endenich
chorales 'Wenn mein
Stundlein vorhanden ist'
and 'Stark und Mittler,
dein sind wir'.