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Wolfgang Rihm
Rihm: 13. Streichquartett, für Streichquartett
UE35688
Type: Stimmensatz (Sonderanfertigung)
Format: 232 x 305 mm
ISBN: 9783702470975
ISMN: 979-0-008-08429-4
Description
Apart from the
11-bar Adagio section and some short ritardandi (which soon turn into accelerandi), this quartet in one
movement is to be played presto
possibile. The first bar presents the motivic seed on which the entire
piece is based; constantly subjected to variation, it occasionally appears in
the mask of a lyrical melody – in the viola, for instance – while the other
instruments play rapid, richly accentuated passages. This harried music is of
irrepressible power, its expressiveness reminiscent of Alban Berg. As Rihm once
wrote, “You have to struggle with a string quartet, trenchantly and lovingly;”
his String
Quartet No. 13 is compelling proof of his struggle.
More information
Type: Stimmensatz (Sonderanfertigung)
Format: 232 x 305 mm
ISBN: 9783702470975
ISMN: 979-0-008-08429-4