• Publisher Code: 057156450X
  • Title: String Quartet No.8 (score)
  • Subtitle: String Quartet No.8 (score)
  • Composer: Matthews, David
  • Publisher: Faber Music
  • Instrumentation: Violin, Cello, Viola
  • Product Type: Faberprint
  • Total pages: 32
  • Publication Date: 18/11/1999
  • ISMN: 9780571564507
  • EAN: 057156450X
  • Product Category: String quartet/trio
  • Product media description: Ensemble Music
  • Sub category: Instrumental Score
  • Dimensions: 297X210

    • David Matthews’ string quartets comprise a remarkably rich collection of pieces that span over 50 years of composition. In his String Quartet No. 8, Matthews references the Welsh folksong Y Deryn Du (The Blackbird) in the lyrical first movement, before a jagged scherzo. This 18-minute work ends with a slow last movement in which imposing rhetorical outer sections frame a tranquil fugue.