Tag: Koch International Classics

STRING QUARTET NO. 1 (1984)

PROGRAM NOTE The Mendelssohn String Quartet’s invitation to compose a work for the group has presented a tremendous challenge for me. The string quartet, after all, is not merely an instrumental combination of two violins, viola and cello: it is a genre. For any composer undertaking the composition of a work in this medium, the…
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THREE FANTASY PIECES for Cello and Piano (1971)

PROGRAM NOTES The title Fantasy Pieces, unlike Fantasia, is often associated with fairly short, whimsical, probably charming, and in general “diminutive” pieces of music. One case in point is Schumann’s lovely Fantasy Pieces for cello and piano. In that sense, the title of my work may be slightly misleading, for it is composed of three…
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