Description
Composer: Adam Scott Neal
Instrumentation: String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola, Cello)
Format: Downloadable PDF — Score and Parts
Length: 37 pages total (including cover and front matter)
Size: 8.5 × 11 in.
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Recording
Program note
blocks employs both “block chords” and the structural concept of Stravinsky’s “block form.” Composed in 2016 for the Beo String Quartet, this contemporary chamber work layers rock rhythms, contrasting textures, and harmonic interplay to create a lively and shifting soundscape.
Performances
• Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, University of Puget Sound, 3/3/18
• Cantos y Cuentos, Atlanta, 6/21/17
• Cantos y Cuentos, Atlanta, 1/29/17
• Faculty Recital, East Carolina University 9/23/16
• New Music Norfolk, Norfolk, VA 9/17/16
• Beo String Quartet 6/14/16
About the Work
Blocks is an original composition for advanced or professional string quartets interested in rhythmically intricate, contemporary repertoire. The piece is available exclusively as a digital download (PDF score and parts) directly from the composer’s catalog.
