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ID6CD10415-8158-42E7-AF41-9F04C4522486
TitlecodeX504003
Title NameString Quartet No. 1
Marketing CopyPulitzer Prize winning composer George Walker's first string quartet was composed in 1946 after his graduation from the Curtis Institute of Music and debut as a prodigious piano soloist with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The first movement presents strongly contrasting themes in a clearly defined sonata form. The second Adagio movement would later become the basis of Walker's most popular work, Lyric for Strings. The third movement is a large-scaled rondo which closes with a reflective coda.
InstrumentationString Quartet
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Program NotesMy String Quartet no. 1 was composed in 1946 after my graduation from the Curtis Institute of Music and my debut recital as a pianist in Town Hall, New York and as a soloist with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra in the 3rd Piano Concerto of Rachmaninoff at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The first movement presents strongly contrasting themes in a clearly defined sonata form. The second movement, after an introduction that recurs at the very end, alternates linear melodic phrases, imitated in all parts, with measuresof repose. This movement was excised from its original context, arranged for string orchestra and titled, LYRIC FOR STRINGS. It has been performed in this setting by many of the major orchestras and chamber ensembles in this country. The third movement is a large-scaled rondo with two recurrencesof the principal section. The reflective coda, or closing section, presents a transformation of the initial thematic material in augmentation.
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Year Composed1946
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Duration22
Ensemble Size4
Date Created2008-10-31 20:32:09.000000
Date Updated2025-09-30 20:32:09
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Recording CreditsRecorded by Son Sonora String Quartet, Albany CD Troy1082, 2009.
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Title Category10
Title MovementsI. Allegro (8')
II. Molto Adagio (6')
III. Allegro con Fuoco (8')
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Title Instrument Category TextString Duo & Ensemble
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