TUNINGS FOR STRING QUARTET
Sorrel Hays
About this work:
TUNINGS FOR STRING QUARTET was written using fiddle riffs and hymn tunes from the composer's childhood growing up in the American south. It is published by Hildegard Press. A recording of this version of TUNINGS is on the Hays cd "Dreaming the World" from New World Records. It is in free style rhythmic notation.
Version: 1980/1998
Year composed: 1998
Duration: 00:09:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:String Quartet
Instrumentation: 2 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello
Instrumentation notes: Some acquaintance with southern fiddler style is helpful.