Four



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