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Three Monologues

Dosia McKay · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Three Monologues for String Quartet
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 14 min
Composed
2011
Era
Contemporary · woman composer

Notes

Three pieces: Surge, Cantabile, Expletivo; premiered by the S.E.M. Ensemble's string quartet (Brooklyn, 2012)

About this work

Composed
2011 (January)
First performed
15 February 2012 in Brooklyn, NY. The S.E.M. Ensemble's string quartet; Pauline Kim Harris, Lynn Bechtold (violins), David Gold (viola), Brian Snow (cello)
  1. Surge
  2. Cantabile
  3. Expletivo

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