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String quartet opus 11(b)
RSN:
51671
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Composition Date:
1997
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:19:20
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Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MI 3134 T974str 1997
Genre
String Quartet (2 Violin / Viola / Cello)
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2003-07-31
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
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Additional Information
1) England; allegro moderato -- 2) New Zealand; Andante -- 3) England Revisited; Allegro vivace -- 4) Canada; Allegro.
For string quartet. Also exists in version for string orchestra : "Sinfonia". Photocopy; master of score in CMC Toronto.
Master Location
Toronto
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Physical Description
Found 2 record(s)
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Extent of Item
4 parts ([46] p.) ; 32 cm.
1 score (50 p.) ; 32 cm.
Instrumentation
Found 3 record(s)
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Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
24223
Strings, bowed
Violin
2
24223
Strings, bowed
Viola
1
24223
Strings, bowed
Violoncello
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
See Also
59467, Quartet Op.11b, AR2452, Ray Twomey, 00:20:22
"'Sinfonia' Opus 11a and 'String Quartet' Opus 11b. These works, two versions of the same composition, are a musical autobiography. Ray was born in England and lived through seven years of destruction, spending many nights in air raid shelters listening to the sounds of total war. An air raid, with its sirens, the drone of bombers, bombs dropping and anti-aircraft fire can be heard in the first movement. The main theme, which occurs soon after the opening, reappears inverted after the air raid - symbolic of utter chaos prevelant at that time. However, like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, the theme not only corrects itself but changes from minor to major modality near the end.
The second movement represents New Zealand with its bitter-sweet memories for the composer. New Zealand is a beautiful country.
The humerous [sic] third movement, called "England again" [sic...
England Revisited
] is scored pizzicato throughout, and leads to the final movement "Canada" - big Canada, magnificent Canada, vast Canada, noble Canada, free Canada, beautiful Canada... the huge but simple harmonies near the end are Ray's interpretation of the optimism he feels for the country. "
Found 8 record(s)
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Toronto
01TO51671
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1
Calgary
03CA51671
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1
Calgary
01CA51671
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1
Vancouver
01VA51671
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1
Calgary
02CA51671
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1
Montréal
01MO51671
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1
Calgary
05CA51671
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1
Calgary
04CA51671
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1
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