The Composers String Quartet was a string quartet best known for performances of new works by contemporary composers, [1] including quartets by Elliott Carter [2] and Ruth Crawford Seeger. [3] Carter's Fourth Quartet was dedicated to the Composers Quartet, who premiered the work in 1986. [4] The group has performed quartets by more than 60 American composers, and has toured abroad extensively. [5]
The quartet was founded in 1965, [6] and remained active until the late 1990s. During the early 1970s it was the quartet-in-residence at New England Conservatory, where it sponsored a biennial composition prize. [7] In 1975, the group became the quartet-in-residence at Columbia University, remaining at Columbia for at least two decades. [8]
Members
- Matthew Raimondi, violin
- Anahid Ajemian, violin
- Bernard Zaslav, viola (succeeded by Jean Dupouy, Jean Dane, and Ron Carbone; the quartet also recorded with violist Maureen Gallagher)
- Seymour Barab, cello (succeeded by Michael Rudiakov, Michael Haber and Mark Shuman)
References
- ^ "CHAMBER: COMPOSERS QUARTET". The New York Times. 1982-11-27.
- ^ "The Carter Vogue", TIME Magazine, Feb. 10, 1975
- ^ Tick, Judith. "Ruth Crawford Seeger's Different Tunes".
- ^ "Elliott Carter: String Quartet No. 4", Notes, 48:2 (Dec. 1991), p. 689.
- ^ New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- ^ "About the Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music".
- ^ New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- ^ Composers String Quartet to Perform at Miller, Columbia University Record, Oct. 28, 1994, Vol. 20, No. 8
External links
- The Composers Quartet discography at Discogs
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