String Quartet
SKU:
AY.CM3224PM
Composed
by Gene Pritsker.
Ensembles - Chamber
Music. Score & Parts.
Duration 5'22. Periferia
Publishing #CM3224PM.
Published by Periferia
Publishing (AY.CM3224PM).
ISBN
9790543573703.
The
great American
philosopher William James
talks about a credit
system of truth in which
we take for granted the
knowledge of the world
around us. For instance
as a child you learn what
a car is, what it looks
like, what it does, what
its made of, etc. So,
every time you see a car
you do not need to re
examine all these
aspects,you use a credit
of truth to know about
all cars what you learned
about the first. I found
this fascinating and made
it a challenge for myself
to translate this
sentiment into music. In
my string quartet a
melody is repeated many
times but each time its
reality is a bit
different, you think you
know this melody at one
point but the music
around it and its
structure are always
mutated a bit to
challenge your credit
system of truth. Gene
Pritsker.