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String Quartet No 2 "Discussion"

By Margaret Sutherland

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String Quartet for Discussion
Date of composition 1954

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ISMN M720166377
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String Quartet No 2 - Op.11

By John Wayne Dixon

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"Colonial Music".  Inspired by Australian poetry and images, c.20'00

Composed 2001

Parts available on request:  keats@wirripang.com.au 


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ISMN M720011813
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String Quartet No 2 ...And the World is a Colder Place

By Houston Dunleavy

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String Quartet, c.14'00
The piece deals with conflicts after grieving for the loss of a close friend and yet rejoicing in the life another saved. Composed 1996


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ISMN M720011455

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String Quartet No 3

By Margaret Sutherland

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String Quartet in three movements.
Composition date unknown

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 ISMN 9790720166070

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String Quartet No 3 - Such is Life

By Hugh Dixon

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Such is Life is a "tongue-in-cheek" representation in musical terms of some aspects of everyday life - four movements.
Complete work is c.22'35.  Composed 2011

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ISMN 97907200115764
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String Quartet No 4 - A Lute of Jade

By Hugh Dixon

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A Lute of Jade has seven movements and is suggested by the composer that the last three movements should run into each other in segue fashion.  This quartet is based on the songs of Songs of Mystic Jade (available from Wirripang).  Complete work is c.17'0  Composed 2011

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String Quartet No. 1

By Justin Michael Mckay

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String Quartet No. 1 is a post-modern work in five movements, c.22'00

The opening movement is playful and dance-like, with some surprising harmonic shifts. The lyrical second movement, Coiffure, is the original version of what became Coiffure -Serenade for Chamber Orchestra in 2013.  The third movement, the emotional heart of the piece, is an hymn in the Phrygian mode, with overtones of minimalism.  The fourth movement, a quirky but elegant waltz, provides a lighthearted respite before the concluding movement, a prelude and fugue.  Overall, the work maintains a link to the German and Viennese chamber music tradition, with a modern twist.  Composed 2011 and 2013.

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ISMN 9790720171685 

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String Quartet No. 1 - The Enchanted Garden

By Hugh Dixon

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This work can be likened to an 'essay in imagination' perhaps the remembrance of being young, with other children, discovering a secret place. c.8'50


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ISMN 9790720078557
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String Quartet No. 2 - Saced Space

By Hugh Dixon

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Sacred Space has a dual symbology, a musical one and a spatial one. Musically, the notes of the harmonic or overtone series, with both violins up high and the viola and cello low, simulate a spatial effect. c.10'00


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String Quartet No. 3

By John Peterson

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String Quartet in three movements, c.16'40

Written for the Acacia Quartet. 
Composed 2016

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ISMN 9790720171692 

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String Quartet No. 4

By John Peterson

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String Quartet in three movements, c.12'40

The music is written especially for competent, non-professional, performers who may wish to engage with contemporary styles of music and who may want to explore music for string quartet that goes beyond that of the traditional repertoire.

The pitch material is based largely on modal resources and is, for the most part, quite straightforward throughout. The main challenge for performers lies within the areas of rhythm and in the precision of the rhythmic interplay between all instruments in the ensemble. In each movement, the music often takes the form of a ‘conversation’ between the instruments, with everyone in the ensemble contributing important melodic elements to the overall texture at various times.

Composed 2022

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ISMN 9790673142237

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String Trio

By Miriam Hyde

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String ensemble, violin, viola and cello, c.7'00
Composed 1932

Recorded by The Hague String Trio (2021) on Celebrating Women.  Available on Spotify:
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ISMN 9790720164830 

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