My String Quartet No. 7 – the second of my 'Beethoven studies' – is the first of my quartets to possess a two-movement structure. The density of texture is additionally enhanced, meaning that the opening Grave is internally so jaggedly animated that it is never quite clear whether it is perhaps an Allegro movement after all. The second movement is a mirror image of the first: it begins with a playful pizzicato Allegro – initially tentative attempts towards a calm, chorale-like cantabile are repeatedly rebuffed by new fast elements. Ultimately, a melodious hymn exalting in the greatest heights succeeds in establishing itself. Jorg Widmann

Publisher

Schott Music

Composer

Jorg Widmann

Instrument

Cello|Viola

Format

String Quartet

Binding

Score|Parts

Pages

144

ISBN

9790001210522

Stock code

ED23330

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