[net.music.classical] String quartets

janzen@tiger.DEC (Tom J. LMO4-2/B5 279-5421) (10/21/85)

I will prepare a bibliography of 20th century quartets.  until then, i forgot
Ruth Porter Crawford Seeger's Quartet 1931 or so.  Absolutely first-rate
disciplined personal expression and innovative writing.  You've never heard
anything like it.
Tom

Posted:	Mon 21-Oct-1985 13:19 EST
To:	@CLASSICAL

rchrd@well.UUCP (Richard Friedman) (10/28/85)

In article <944@decwrl.UUCP>, janzen@tiger.DEC (Tom J. LMO4-2/B5 279-5421) writes:
> I will prepare a bibliography of 20th century quartets.  

Dont forget the new quartets by Terry Riley recorded by the
Kronos.  (Cadenzas on the Night Plane, et al.)
Extraordinary pieces!
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prk@charm.UUCP (Paul Kolodner) (11/01/85)

I only have two minutes to post this.  I just read the interesting 
bibliography of string quartets on this newsgroup.  Some interesing examples
were left out, namely, quartets by:
Mahler and Bruckner (yes)
Delius
Frank Bridge
Britten
Nielsen (wrote 4, I think)
Shostakovich (wrote ~12 excellent quartets, not just one)

There is an excellent, new recording on London of the Sibelius and Delius
quartets.  The Fitzwilliam Quartet has recorded all or most of Shostakovich's
quartets on l'Oiseau-Lyre and they are great recordings.