William Susman
String Quartet No. 3
Patterns of Change (1997)
for violin I, violin II, viola and violoncello
Duration: 8'
Instrumentation details:
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
String Quartet No. 3
Sample pages
Work introduction
String Quartet No. 3 uses the harmonic and rhythmic language introduced in The Starry Dynamo from 1994. Various montuño rhythms are treated with medieval compositional techniques such as augmentation, isorhythm, and hocketing.