String Quartet No. 3 (Cortege) - Full Score

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing
Category: Band/Orchestra/Ensemble
Series: LKM Music
Format: Softcover

This string quartet is a reflection on emperors and kings, their works, their passions, and the inevitable passge of time. Specifically, it follows the career of Artashes who ruled Armenia about twenty-two hundred years ago (190-160 BC), founded the Armenian capital, Artashat, and abducted his beautiful bride Satenik. The composer was struck by a 19th century painting of Artashes' funeral with its grand and seemingly endless cortege, the wailing throng lining the road, the deceased king borne in state on a royal carriage, all led by regal horsemen and a colorful phalanx of musicians. The music is divided into five short scenes played without pause: I. Cortege, II. Theft, III. Build, IV. Cortege, V. Farewell. Commissioned by the Dilijan Chamber Music Seriesfor the Lark Musical Society. Duration: c. 14 minutes

Inventory # : 00251745
UPC: 888680716127
ISBN:
Width: 8.5"
Length: 14"
Height: 0.376"
Product Weight: 0.5 lbs.
Number of Pages: 42