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Carter Pann (born 1972)

Nationality: American

Born: February 21, 1972, La Grange, IL (age 54)

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Love Letters for String Quartet

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

Duration: 20 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 2001 (age 28-29)

1 recording, 4 videos

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3:29

Ying Quartet

I. Prayer

6:31

Ying Quartet

II. Serenade

1:47

Ying Quartet

III. Limbo

8:09

Ying Quartet

IV. Passions

Teacher

Nationality: American

Born: May 26, 1938, Seattle, WA (age 88)

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
serenade, serenada, serenata [I], sérénade [F]—A suite of movements like a divertimento with similar connotations of lightheartedness, pleasure and relative calm with an emphasis on lyricism and often beginning with a march. Historically evokes the evening, outdoors, an honorific or amorous tribute, especially from a suitor to a lover in a window or balcony. The word serenade has its Latin origins the Latin word for "calm" or serene. wiki
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