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Old May 30 2008, 6:20 PM
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String Quartet no. 1: La Vice

This string quartet has been played by my friends (thanks!).

There are three parts:

1) Andante: a large introduction
2) Largo: trying to make a scenery here
3) Allegro (unfinished): using many kwints. It has a mid section, but is supposed to be repeated. They were too lazy to repeat the beginning till "fine"...


Harmony wise I tried to be very conservative going into romanticism: Rebecca Clarke, Schoenberg's string quartet, Saga Frontier I. I realized that string players don't like to play too pianistically. I'm a pianist, so... I didn't really write for strings. Also, two string players playing in the same frequency range gives awkward sound.

Note: If you know Rebecca Clarke's viola sonata you'll probably hear the motif: la si do mi, which is used plenty in the first two sections, especially the first section - ending.

Feel free to comment, I don't want to publish the score. If it's a requirement, then go on and place it in chamber music.

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