| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 movement |
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| Composition Year | 2020 |
| Genre Categories | Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; |
Contents |
Live Performance
*#634008 - 12.58MB - 9:53 - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 15×⇩ - MP3 - Davide Verotta
MP3 file (audio)
Davide Verotta (2021/9/24)
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Complete Score
*#634003 - 1.16MB, 14 pp. - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 45×⇩ - Davide Verotta
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Davide Verotta (2020/7/1)
⇒ 4 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello
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Davide Verotta (2020/7/1)
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Davide Verotta (2020/7/1)
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Davide Verotta (2020/7/1)
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Davide Verotta (2020/7/1)
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| Work Title | String Quartet No.6 |
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| Alternative. Title | Straight Arrow |
| Composer | Verotta, Davide |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | O.90 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IDV 31 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 movement |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2020 |
| First Performance. | 2020/11 |
| First Publication. | 2020 |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 10 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Modern |
| Instrumentation | 2 violins, viola, cello |
The image that I associate with this piece is of an arrow that flies in and disrupts; what we listen to is the aftermath. This involves two main musical subjects. The first is a melodic line that is heard at the beginning of the piece, divided among the two violins. The second follows immediately after. The piece basically consists of a continuous development and contrast between the first melody and the second subject that always appears within fugal writing (a formally rather strict type of imitation among instruments). The fugue will eventually develop into a more complex double fugue followed by a dramatic stretto, a rhythmic shortening of the fugal subject, that climaxes just before the first subject reasserts itself. After the climax the final section revolves around the contrast between a short melodic line (played by viola and then violin and marked pleading with hurried urgency), and a drone like, relentless ostinato played in the background. An invocation of the first melodic line closes the piece.
