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Cruel elegance parlor music for string quartet
RSN:
58046
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Composition Date:
2004
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:04:30
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Call Number
MI 3134 H367cr
Genre
String Quartet (2 Violin / Viola / Cello)
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2007-06-26
Additional Information
Cruel Elegance is part of a collection of short, light, chamber music works collectively titled Parlor Music. These works are meant to be performed either as part of a regular chamber music concert or as ‘encore’ pieces. They are gifts to friends who over the years have performed my music extensively and the St Lawrence Quartet is such a group. Even though most of these pieces are tangos or are based on dance forms similar to the tango, they are also means of exploring ideas about idiomatic writing for particular instrumental combinations. Invariably they are virtuosic and challenging to the players while at the same time very accessible for the listeners. The title of the present piece refers to the relentless—almost inhuman—investment of energy on stage in order to reveal the kind of beauty that is not possible any other way, a quality that is increasingly associated with St Lawrence String Quartet performances worldwide. The title also refers to vague memories from my childhood, a world ruled by a ruthless dictatorship and populated with adults who spoke and danced elegantly but whose thinly veiled predatory urges and exchanges within and without the dance filled me with fascination and fear. Even to the present day, tango has remained for me this mix of elegance and cruelty; attraction and repulsion; desire and exploitation. It is a dance that embodies the best and the worse in us and as such it is a microcosm of life itself. (publishers website)
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Physical Description
Found 1 record(s)
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Extent of Item
1 study score (22 p); 30 cm.
Instrumentation
Found 3 record(s)
Available Actions
Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
29544
Strings, bowed
Violin
2
29544
Strings, bowed
Viola
1
29544
Strings, bowed
Violoncello
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Found 1 record(s)
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Toronto
01TO58046
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