| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 movements |
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| Composition Year | 2019 |
| Genre Categories | Quintets; For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello; Scores featuring the violin; |
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| Work Title | String quintet |
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| Alternative. Title | Quintette à cordes |
| Composer | Ansons, Stephane |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ISA 16 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 movements:
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2019 |
| First Publication. | 2019 |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Modern |
| Instrumentation | 2 violins, 2 violas, cello |
Composer’s notes: The idea of composing a string quintet came once I have arranged my piano funeral march for strings. As I was quite happy with the sound result, I thought it would be nice to compose a full a string quintet to include this piece. Here is the result! . 1st movement: The key is constantly moving throughout the piece thus I could call it a polytonality piece. However it ends on an Eb Major chord.
2nd movement: This is an arrangement of a piano piece written in 2000. The style is therefore much more classical (at that time I did not know the extended jazz harmony). I selected this piece for the contrast it creates with the 1st movement and its sound rendition.
3rd movement: This is the funeral march, full of comfort, pain and hope. It is a string arrangement of a piano piece from my "Polychord sequences" work.
4th movement: The piece is built from a “funky” lick to provide contrast with the 3rd one. It makes a good usage of notes played pizzicato.
5th movement: This is an arrangement for strings of the fugue N°6 in C# minor from my “6 Preludes et fugues” work for the piano.
Saint Pierre Les Nemours, France 2019, November 22.
S.Ansons
