| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | New York City, before May 9, 1989 |
| Instrumentation: | String quartet |
| Duration: | 10' (?) or 20' or 30' |
| Premiere and performer(s): | November 24, 1989 at the Contemporary Music Festival in Huddersfield, performed by the Arditti String Quartet. |
| Dedicated to: | for the Arditti Quartet |
| Choreography: | --- |
| Published: | Edition Peters 67304 © 1989 by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: | Sketches with draft of performance notes (holograph in ink - 7 p. Folder 790); 4 parts (galley proof with holographic annotations in ink - 16 p. Folder 791), both in New York Public Library |
| There is no overall score, but 4 parts, each of which can be performed by any of the players. Every part
consists of three five-minute sections (A, B and C), each with flexible time brackets and one fixed time bracket.
In a performance, parts have to be exchanged and repeated by another player after finishing one or more sections.
Sources: Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; New York Public Library online catalog; James Pritchett: liner notes for CD Mode 27 |