String Quartet No. 5
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
Duration: 15 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
2006 (age 62-63)
1 recording,
1 videos
15:15
Arditti Quartet
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Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
Student
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Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
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Ton de Leeuw (1926-1996)
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Klaus Huber (1924-2017)
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Michael Finnissy (born 1946)
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Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)
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Mark Applebaum (born 1967)
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Hao-fu Zhang (born 1952)
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Anneli Arho (born 1951)
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Xavier Dayer (born 1972)
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glossary
- 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
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string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—an ensemble as well as music 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.