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ID95A15154-2409-4F3D-9D17-E9B317010408
TitlecodeX504070
Title NameString Quartet No. 2: Capriccio
Marketing CopyA whimsical set of variations on an unstated theme. Premiered by the Pacifica Quartet at the Krannert Center on the University of Illinois campus.
InstrumentationString Quartet
CommissionCommissioned by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University for the Pacifica Quartet.
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Program NotesMy Second String Quartet, Capriccio, is, as the subtitle implies, a whimsical, light-hearted romp. The work evolved out of a much earlier, long abandoned and undeveloped piece that shared the same premise as the current composition. At times nostalgic and wistful, at times decidedly tongue-in-cheek, the piece is a series of variations on an EXTREMELY well-known theme...so well-known, in fact, that it is never cited. Some of the movements are "original," some are allusions to or transcriptions of extant variations on the same melody, while others are more speculative in nature and pose the following question: "If certain twentieth- (and twenty-first-) century composers had also been inspired to write variations on this theme, what might the results have been"?

Claude Baker
Title Brand2
Year Composed2007
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Duration18
Ensemble Size4
Date Created2010-12-09 20:32:12.000000
Date Updated2025-09-30 20:32:12
Inhouse NoteASCAP notified 9/1/11
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Title Category10
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Title Instrument Category TextString Duo & Ensemble
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Title Sub Category76
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