Michael Nyman: String Quartet No. 1 Score

Dedicated to Thurston Dart, Michael Nyman 闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 professor at King闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 College, London, much of String Quartet No. 1 borrows and is inspired by the works of seventeenth century composer John Bull 闂 whose complete keyboard works Dart gave Nyman as a birthday present. The other main source of inspiration was Sch闂佸搫eberg闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 Second String Quartet from the early 20th century. In his introduction to the piece Nyman describes his two background ideas when composing the work: first, to make an almost 闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鑼剁亞rchestral闂 chamber music and second, to exorcise the impressive and oppressive history of the String quartet by making his work a compendium of quotations from the quartet repertoire. Commissioned by the Arditti Quartet and first performed by them in 1985, String Quartet No. 1 has a duration of 25:44 minutes. Michael Nyman is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for numerous film, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to 闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ュΧ缁跺儱 Piano闂. He has additionally written a number of operas, six concerti, four string quartets, and many other chamber works.