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Composer: David Heuser
Instrumentation: String Quartet
Year Composed: 1988
Duration: 20 minutes (3 movements: 6:30, 6:00, 7:00)
Pages (score): 35
Cost: Purchase: $50.00
Note: This work is in calligraphic rather than computer notation.
String Quartet No. 1 was completed in April of 1988 in Rochester, New York. It consists of three movements. The first movement is a scherzo of sorts. The second movement is slower and more congenial. The last movement uses minimalist techniques in a non-tonal, non-triadic setting.