Chamber music > String Quartets
Claude Debussy
String Quartet
Editor: Ulrich Krämer
48.95 $
Urtext Edition, paperbound
Pages: 89 (VII, 24, 20, 18, 20), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Order no. HN 999 · ISMN 979-0-2018-0999-1
Debussy’s new string quartet received a very cool reception at its première in Paris in December 1893, performed by the famous Quatuor Ysaÿe. The critics were upset by its unusual harmonies and orchestral sounds, and the musicians who were later presented with it considered it “unplayable”. Nevertheless the work was able to establish itself in the years that followed and today belongs to the core chamber music repertoire. The work was published in 1894 as “1er Quatuor”; showing that the composer was at least toying with the idea of writing another such work at this time – yet he never did fulfil this promise.
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Reviews
To round off a brilliant and totally informative edition of a wonderful piece of string quartet writing, there is also a comprehensive translation of tempo and expression marks in all three languages - very useful, and not just for Debussy!
[ESTA Arco, 2013]