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". . . our own quartets, combining the best features of the styles of Mozart and Scryabine . . ." (quote from the Jean Barraque thread).
What are these quartets?
How many of them are there?
Are they for strings?
Are they performed?
Are they recorded?
The member has hinted at the existence of these quartets throughout this board's existence. It is high time, we feel, for Sydney Grew to satisfy the interest of his fellow-members and to "spill the beans", as it were.
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« Reply #1 on: 21:17:39, 11-12-2007 » |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #2 on: 21:45:51, 11-12-2007 » |
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Sydney,
Please don't be coy. There are some of us on this forum who would greatly appreciate your art. For those who perhaps don't see eye-to-eye with you during discussions, maybe your compositions will help them "see the light"?
There is, sadly, the small issue of revealing your true identity by directing us to your work. Does anyone have any ideas how we can overcome this obstacle?
Tommo
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John W
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« Reply #3 on: 22:11:31, 11-12-2007 » |
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Does anyone have any ideas how we can overcome this obstacle?
Choose an unpublished work, but with some relevant date on it or something of authenticity, and composer name erased. |
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increpatio
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« Reply #4 on: 22:27:12, 11-12-2007 » |
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Does anyone have any ideas how we can overcome this obstacle?
Choose an unpublished work, but with some relevant date on it or something of authenticity, and composer name erased. But what if, if there happens to be some, we instantly recognise his/her/their style?! |
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John W
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« Reply #5 on: 22:29:15, 11-12-2007 » |
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But what if, if there happens to be some, we instantly recognise his/her/their style?!
Well, it's up to Grew. Either he wants to talk about his work or he doesn't. He has talked about his work so he should share it with us. |
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« Reply #6 on: 22:35:20, 11-12-2007 » |
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But what if, if there happens to be some, we instantly recognise his/her/their style?!
We already know what the style is: a pastiche of Mozart and Scriabin. |
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« Reply #7 on: 22:38:46, 11-12-2007 » |
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I have today NOT recieved the following PM from Syd:
We note that Mr Harp has kindly set up a thread purportedly dedicated to our quartets. Well! For this we thank him and trust that other members will service us with comments and criticism once we have as is our intention made our works available for scrutiny having on a number of occasions hinted that such it is we will do.
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« Reply #8 on: 22:44:06, 11-12-2007 » |
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But what if, if there happens to be some, we instantly recognise his/her/their style?!
We already know what the style is: a pastiche of Mozart and Scriabin. Scryabine, surely? (don't know how he spells Mozart)... Bst, Alistair |
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« Reply #9 on: 22:45:49, 11-12-2007 » |
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I have today NOT recieved the following PM from Syd:
We note that Mr Harp has kindly set up a thread purportedly dedicated to our quartets. Well! For this we thank him and trust that other members will service us with comments and criticism once we have as is our intention made our works available for scrutiny having on a number of occasions hinted that such it is we will do.
Make what you like or not of the suggestion of Scruton here but please leave Hinton out of it... Thanks, Alistair |
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increpatio
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« Reply #10 on: 22:50:07, 11-12-2007 » |
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". . . our own quartets, combining the best features of the styles of Mozart and Scryabine . . ." (quote from the Jean Barraque thread).
What are these quartets?
How many of them are there?
Are they for strings?
Are they performed?
Are they recorded?
Let us not forget the all-important and highly non-obvious question: for how many instruments are these pieces scored*? (*or "with how many instruments at most might they reasonably be played?") |
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John W
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« Reply #11 on: 22:58:14, 11-12-2007 » |
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". . . our own quartets, combining the best features of the styles of Mozart and Scryabine . . ." (quote from the Jean Barraque thread).
Let us not forget the all-important and highly non-obvious question: for how many instruments are these pieces scored*? (*or "with how many instruments at most might they reasonably be played?") Indeed, why Mozart's Piano Quartets only have one piano!  |
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« Reply #12 on: 22:58:27, 11-12-2007 » |
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I've never seen so many people weighing in to talk about music they've never even heard!
One thing I think we can reasonably assume, though: they're string quartets, to be played by four players (seated).
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« Reply #13 on: 22:59:46, 11-12-2007 » |
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I've never seen so many people weighing in to talk about music they've never even heard!
Oh but we have, remember all those 'new music' threads at TOP  |
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« Reply #14 on: 23:02:51, 11-12-2007 » |
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Oh yes, John. Silly of me. |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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