Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.114416260
Composed
by Samuel Adler.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed August 19 2013.
36+16+12+12+12 pages.
Duration 15 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41626. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114416260).
ISBN
9781491101070. UPC:
680160620043. 9 x 12
inches.
Adler's
milestone String Quartet
No. 10 was composed for
the Cassatt String
Quartet for performance
at the Bowdoin
International Music
Festival's 50th
Anniversary season in
2014. Built in a single
movement of contrasting
sections, Adler's 10th
will continue to be
featured in upcoming
concerts by the Cassatt
Quartet, including a
performance in Beijing in
July.
The String
Quartet No. 10 was
written in 2013 for the
50th anniversary of the
Bowdoin International
Summer Music Festival and
is dedicated to the
Cassatt Quartet who
premiered the work during
the 50th anniversary
celebration in July 2014.
 The work was written
with a generous grant
from the Fromm Music
Foundation.The 10th
String Quartet is in one
continuous movement but
divided into four
sections. Â The first
section is a slow
introduction which
presents the basic
harmonic material of the
entire work. Â This is
suddenly interrupted by a
very agitated movement
forming a great contrast
to the calm of the
beginning. Â This
rhythmic drive comes to a
stop and is relieved by
the third section which
is a variation of the
beginning, but is a bit
longer and more
developed. Â This is
followed by the final
section which again
captures the agitation of
the second section and
brings the work to a wild
and most aggressive
end.—Samuel
Adler.