Score and Parts Clarinet;
String Quartet (Score &
Parts)
SKU:
HL.49046287
Clarinet and String
Quartet Score and
Parts. Composed by
Peter Eötvös.
Ensemble. Classical.
Softcover. Duration 1200
seconds. Schott Music
#ED22985. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046287).
ISBN
9781540068668. UPC:
842819100607.
As
most of my instrumental
pieces, Joyce is also
based on a literary
source. My first string
quartet (Korrespondenz)
transferred
thecorrespondence between
Leopold and Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, at times
word by word, to the
world of music, whose
strong dramatic character
effectively reflects the
conflicts between father
and son. I found the
closest literary
references to my second
string quartet, which
takes its listeners to
the world of Odysseus and
the sirens, in the works
of Joyce, Homer and
Kafka. The string quartet
is enriched with an
additional soprano part,
which tells the classic
story from three
different perspectives.
The complete title of my
second string quartet is
The Sirens Cycle,
consisting of three
movements: Joyce - Homer
- Kafka. The
twenty-minute-long
duration of the first
movement of the cycle
Joyce allows it to be
performed independently.
This time, the vocal part
accompanied by the
strings is replaced by a
solo clarinet, which -
instead of giving a
verbal account of Chapter
11 of Joyce's Ulysses -
renders the quite
masculine protagonist,
Leopold Blooms musing
over the attractive
barmaids with befittingly
vigorous musical
gestures. Joyce for
clarinet and string
quartet immerses in James
Joyces unique world and
typical imaginative word
creations, placing them
into the world of musical
composition. Peter
Eotvos.