Voices of the String Quartet

Duration: 33

Year Published: 1957

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Introduces the instruments of the string quartet and indicates similarities and differences among them. Presents selections in a variety of moods, including musical imitations of brasses, organ, and harp. Features the Julliard String Quartet. Musical selections include: the finale from Ravel's String Quartet and from Haydn's Bird Quartet; Casella, Valse Ridicule from Five Pieces; and Beethoven, Fugue from Opus 59.

Complete Record: Introduces the instruments of the string quartet and indicates similarities and differences among them. Presents selections in a variety of moods, including musical imitations of brasses, organ, and harp. Features the Julliard String Quartet. Musical selections include: the finale from Ravel's String Quartet and from Haydn's Bird Quartet; Casella, Valse Ridicule from Five Pieces; and Beethoven, Fugue from Opus 59., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.