Peculiar Strokes
Andrew Norman
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Peculiar Strokes by Andrew Norman
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This work for string quartet contains nine sections which can be performed in any order, deleted, or excerpted at the players' will. The words spoken by one or more of the players indicate the titles of each section, which in turn describes the unusual bow strokes that the players will demonstrate....
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Peculiar Strokes was written by Andrew Norman.
When did Andrew Norman release Peculiar Strokes?
Andrew Norman released Peculiar Strokes on Thu Aug 04 2011.
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From the composer’s program note:
To write a quartet is to willingly put oneself in the ring with the big boys, and thus I have avoided it for as long as possible. … And what I tried to do was to write the most “un-quartety” quartet I could imagine. Where so many quartets think big, with sprawling...