String quartet (String
Quartet) - difficult
SKU: HL.49018716
Three Small Pieces for
String Quartet.
Composed by Richard
Ayres. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. String Ensemble.
Score and parts. Composed
2003. 92 pages. Duration
12'. Schott Music
#ED13252. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49018716).
ISBN
9790220132339.
9.25x12.0x0.3
inches.
Richard
Ayres' Three Small Pieces
for String Quartet each
have distinct characters
that illustrate the
composer's vivid
imagination and skill for
combining energetic,
touching and sometimes
wild music. The first
piece is a short tribute
to the Romanian singer
Maria Tanase, a long
forgotten performer who
was once a star in her
country. The second is a
rough, fast and folk-like
section in 11/16 time and
the third, subtitled
'Countess Eva von Spendu
(on a horse) gallops
through the forest
(pausing four times to
contemplate natural
splendour)', contains (in
the words of the
composer) 'hunting
gallops, a Feldmanesque
19 bar blues, some
devilish fiddling,
moments of repose and
contemplation, and a
lyrical finale.'.