Johannes Maria Staud
Dichotomie
Duration: 16'
Dedication: Hugo Wolf Quartett
Instrumentation details:
1st violin
2nd violin
viola
violoncello
Staud - Dichotomie for string quartet
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Johannes Maria Staud
Staud: DichotomieOrchestration: für Streichquartett
Type: Stimmensatz (Sonderanfertigung)
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Johannes Maria Staud
Staud: Dichotomie for string quartetOrchestration: for string quartet
Type: Partitur
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Work introduction
I borrowed this work’s title (English: dichotomy) from the field of botany, where it is used to describe the fork-like branching out of plants as they sprout. The basic idea of the piece is similar. The first movement (indirectly) approaches a state of bifurcation, but ends up arriving at a confluence – upon which the second movement initially builds. But gradually, the music begins to develop in a completely new direction. It was my goal to accomplish this gradual change in perspective with as much suspense as possible – using only a few germ cells, the apparent forms of which continually change, while at the same time influencing one another.
Johannes Maria Staud