Product Description
String Quartet No. 1 (a.k.a. "Quartet") MO129E
Adapted for string quartet (two violins, viola and cello) by Mark OConnor
Cello Part (score and parts available)
Music by Mark OConnor
17 pages - 31:00 minutes in length
Movement I (6:40)
Movement II (8:21)
Movement III (7:51)
Movement IV (7:17)
Quartet adapted for two violins, viola and cello in four movements, was commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in 1990 and was premiered in August of that year. This piece represents Mark OConnors first work in a classical genre. The original instrumentation called for an unorthodox combination, omitting the usual second violin part and adding bass, to highlight the contrast between his fiddling style and the classical style of the other players. Upon his adapting of the score, OConnor discovered that in many situations, execution was much more successful with the standard string quartet configuration. The "Quartet" was released on the Warner Bros. recording, "The Fiddle Concerto". OConnor, Daniel Phillips, Carter Brey and Edgar Meyer were the original cast who helped usher in the new OConnor music style which helped pave the way for many more pieces to come. In this four-movement work, OConnor offers a multitude of insights into ways in which traditional fiddling and the classical string writing of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries resemble each other. The music is suited for advanced and intermediate levels.
Original music printed from the composers manuscripts.
Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark OConnor
using "Finale" on Apple Macintosh 1989
Composed By Mark OConnor
String Quartet No. 1 (Quartet) can be heard on "The Fiddle Concerto" Warner Bros. Records
Mark OConnor - violin; Ida Kavafian violin; Paul Neubauer viola; Matt Haimovitz - cello
Catalogue Number MO129E
Copyright © 1989 by Mark OConnor Music International
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