Soliloquy (for clarinet and string quartet)
(for 2 violins, viola, cello and clarinet)
Duration: 10 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1995 (age 56-57)
2 recordings,
2 videos
9:48
Mathias Kjøller, Callino Quartet
10:02
David Shifrin, Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society
Related Composers
Mason Bates (born 1977)
Student
Nationality:
American
Born: January 23, 1977, Richmond, VA (age 47)
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
- clarinet quintet—Most often refers to the chamber ensemble (and work) for string quartet and clarinet, a long cultivated genre of chamber music from Mozart to the present era.
- quintet, quintette [F], quintett [G], quintetto [I]—an ensemble / work for 5 players, the typical examples being string quintet (with second viola or cello), piano quintet or woodwind quintet
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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.