timeless
One-word review: astonishing.
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Five Movements for String Quartet (Op. 5), 1909: Juilliard String Quartet
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
If I was in a deserted island I would take the complete works of J. S. Bach, A. Webern and Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart.
—YouTube comment
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random sights
other day, Chicago
Happy (Belated) 103rd Birthday, Elliott!
Elliott Carter, composer, December 11, 1908-
The other night I put this on, thinking I’d do something else while it played; but, as it turned out, “something else” had to wait.
String Quartet No. 2 (1959), Composers Quartet
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lagniappe
Juilliard String Quartet with Elliott Carter, 2008
Rehearsing String Quartet No. 5
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musical thoughts
Mr. Carter has written 15 new works since his 100th birthday.
—Allan Kozinn, New York Times, 12/13/11
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Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Webern, Bartok, Shostakovich, Carter, et al.: you could spend the rest of your life listening to nothing but string quartets without ever feeling deprived.
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