String Quartets by Colin Matthews All Works by Colin Matthews English String Quartets 21st Century String Quartets

English Composers 20th Century Composers 21st Century Composers

Colin Matthews (born 1946)

Nationality: English

Born: February 13, 1946, London (age 80)

wikipedia | composer site | google | youtube | grove

String Quartet No. 5

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

Duration: 14 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 2015 (age 68-69)

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