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Billy Childs (born 1957)

Nationality: American

Born: March 8, 1957, Los Angeles (age 68)

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String Quartet No. 2, Awakening

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

Duration: 21 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 2012 (age 54-55)

1 recording, 1 videos

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22:15

Lyris Quartet

chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
quartet, quatuor [F], quartett [G], quartetto [I], cuarteto [S]—ensemble or work for four players the most important examples being the string quartet and the piano quartet
string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—ensemble or a work written for that ensemble comprising 2 violins, viola, and cello. This is one of the essential genres/forms/ensembles of chamber music and arguably a critical "core" of "classical" music. Explore the string quartet | wiki