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ID7809BD7C-766A-4521-AF62-762C68B1E953
TitlecodeX504040
Title NameSixth String Quartet
Marketing CopyStock's Sixth Quartet aptly employs a six-movements architecture, all played with minimal pause, displaying masterful passages of close counterpoint.
InstrumentationString Quartet
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Title Brand2
Year Composed2000
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Duration23
Ensemble Size4
Date Created2008-10-31 20:32:10.000000
Date Updated2025-09-30 20:32:10
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Premier Performance Memo-World Premiere. Quartetto Latino Americano, Carnegie Mellon. 18 Sep 2003.
Recording CreditsRecorded by Cuarteto Latinoamericano (2010), ALBANY TROY1188
ReviewStock writes that the sixth quartet was written under the spell of Bartók, and the influences are clearly apparent without sounding overly derivative. There are structural parallels, with six movements played nearly without pause, and the close counterpoint is reminiscent of the Hungarian master. The octave passages in quick succession in the first and last movements lend the quartet a pleasing symmetry.

Stock has clearly assimilated many of the most important developments of 20th-century quartet writing while maintaining his own personal and communicative style.

This article originally appeared in Issue 34:1 (Sept/Oct 2010) of Fanfare Magazine.
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Title Movements1.Fast, Fleeting

2. With rapid changes of mood

3. Rhythmic, Driving,

4. Moving forward calmly

5. Rhythmic ,Driving

6. Fast, Fleeting
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Title Instrument Category TextString Duo & Ensemble
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