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Georg Friedrich Haas
Haas: 7. Streichquartett, for string quartet
UE35637
Type: Partitur
Format: 232 x 305 mm
Pages: 44
Description
The 7th String Quartet is an adventure in listening. In addition to the microtones which lend unique nuances to the timbres, the sonic landscape is determined by electronics; they are the fifth voice, mostly remaining in the background, emerging particularly when the four strings have rests. The result is a work of continuous timbral flux which does not abate for 25 minutes. The long, sustained pitches, the glissandi and the trills are characteristic of the piece, although they are of course only the skeleton, the scaffolding whose sense derives from the ever-changing, fascinating timbres, the swelling and ebbing dynamics.
A long melody – or rather, the reminiscence of a melody – appears in the cello, accompanied by fragile trills in the other instruments. Later on, it recurs in the violin voice, and ultimately it is played unisono by all four instruments before being overwhelmed and silenced by an electronic crescendo.
Balint Varga
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Type: Partitur
Format: 232 x 305 mm
Pages: 44