String Quartet No. 13 (2024)

String Quartet No. 13 was written in Hampton, Virginia during December 2023-January 2024 in memoriam of Tracy Marie Stokes-Clark (1958-2023).  

All titles of movements reflect the character of the composed music.  Movements two and four suggest images of dance and rural life respectively, while a slower third movement suggests argumentative images.  The initial and concluding movements enclose these image articulations; and, as the initial and latter two movements are to be performed attacca, a fast-slow-fast performance profile is provided for this quartet as a whole.

Finally, the work expresses a postmodern compositional framework, with architectonic procedures of form being expressed in a non-doctrinaire manner.

Harvey J. Stokes
1/28/24

Duration of movements:
I. Prelude                   ca. 7′ 45″
II. Ballet                       ca. 6′ 30″
III. Polemic                   ca. 7′ 20″
IV. Pastorale                ca. 6′ 30″
V. Postlude                  ca. 8′ 55″
Total Duration: ca. 37′ 00″

Instrumentation:
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Violoncello

 

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