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String Quartet No. 3: Emergence
for string quartet
I. Something from Nothing
II. Equilibrium
III. Into Nothingness
Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis
2015, rev. 2016
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String Quartet No. 3: Emergence
for string quartet
I. Something from Nothing
II. Equilibrium
III. Into Nothingness
Haralabos [Harry]
Stafylakis
2015, rev. 2016
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Program Note
Emergence was composed for the Quatuor Bozzini and premiered at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada on June 2, 2015.
It is set in three movements or episodes that – through their material and emotional/psychological trajectories – formally describe three states of being:
I. Something from Nothing
II. Equilibrium
III. Into Nothingness
—Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis, 2015
Instrumentation
String quartet
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Duration: 15 minutes
First printing, March 2025
Copyright ©2015 Haralabos Stafylakis. All Rights Reserved. Program Note Copyright ©2015 Haralabos Stafylakis. All Rights Reserved Published by Just a Theory Press | www.justatheorypress.com
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crisparticulations,exaggeratedaccents
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(strongaccents,markbeginningofmeasures)
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emulateguitardistortion,butwithsolidfundamental (tenutonotesheldforfullvalue)
(slide/benduphalf-stepthroughout, emulateguitarbend)
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(slide/benduphalf-step,emulateguitar bend;matchwithVla.&Vc.)
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keepmovingbowtowardlefthand,allowingthe soundtograduallydieawayintoasoftfriction
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barelyanypitchleft...
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