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Malcolm Hill
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Parts
⇒ 5 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello 1 • Cello 2
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Malcolm Hill
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| Copyright
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| Misc. Notes
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The performance restriction previously in place has been removed. However, Malcolm Hill's estate would be grateful to be made aware of any use/performance of this work, via https://malcolm-hill.co.uk/wp/contact/.
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General Information
| Work Title
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String Sextet Quartertone
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Hill, Malcolm
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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mj154
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IMH 121
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1986
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| First Performance.
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Unperformed
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| First Publication.
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1986
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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15 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Modern
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| Piece Style
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Modern
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| Instrumentation
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2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
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The Sextet is in mosaic form, with very brief gaps between sections. Temperament based on the equal subdivision of the perfect 5th (not perfect 8ve) would be ideal. Quartertone notes first appear as melodic inflections, but gradually become part of the functioning harmony and counterpoint, so that by the mid-point of the work they have been totally assimilated. The whole work has not yet been performed, but extended passages have been performed in Malcolm Hill’s “Desert Musics” mj255 (the final 4½ minutes of the Sextet in 2001) and in his “Sound Houses in New Atlantis” mj292 (the first 5 minutes of the Sextet in 2010).
