String Quartet No. 5

"A Year in the Country"

Peter Schickele (composer)

Instrumentation

  • Violin 1
  • Violin 2
  • Viola
  • Cello
$39.99
SKU
164-00296

Format:

STRING QUARTET NO. 5, “A YEAR IN THE COUNTRY” is an 8-movement suite inspired by a five-season, summer-through-summer retreat from New York City life to the composer’s second home in the Catskills. A feeling of restfulness and rejuvenation pervades the work, with slow drone movements interrupted only by birds, bugs, leaves, and folk musicians. Schickele’s music is absolutely charming and calming. 

SKU: 164-00296
Duration: 00:27:00
Tempo: Calm, flowing, with motion (q = 112)
Commission Notice: Commissioned by Maverick Concerts, Woodstock, New York, for the Audobon Quartet, 1998
Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
Product Type: Score and Parts
Weight: 0.898 lbs.
UPC: 680160695881
ISBN: 9781491139073
1. Summer Dawn
2. Birds
3. Bugs
4. At John Burroughs' Grave in Roxbury
5. Leaves
6. Three Fiddles
7. By the Ashokan
8. Winter Goodnight
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