Martin Bresnick: String Quartet No. 2
Bucephalus
string quartet (STR 4TET)
Martin Bresnick: String Quartet No. 2
Bucephalus
string quartet (STR 4TET)
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Each of the titles of the five movements in this piece were taken from a number of events, real or imaginary, in the lives of Alexander the Great and his war horse, Bucephalus. The piece was written for Gy??rgy Ligeti's 60th birthday and was commissioned by the Alexander String Quartet with support of Chamber Music America and the Connecticut Commission for the Arts.
Contents
- Bucephalus
- Around the Sun
- Alexandrine
- At Jhelum
- The new advocate
