related works
Hard & fast rule : for flute quartet, 1990-1991 / Peter Kann
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute
Scoring:
2fl fl-a fl-b
Vijf jeugdwerken : voor verschillende instrumenten, 1954/61 / Jos Kunst
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano; Cello; String trio (violin, viola, cello); Voice and instrument(s); String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
pf ; vc ; 2vl vc ; ten vl vc ; 2vl vla vc
Vijfde strijkkwartet : (Symmetrie II), opus 99, 1984 / Géza Frid
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Strijkkwartet Nº 3 / Henk van der Vliet
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vn vla vc
composition
Imaginary guitars : for string quartet, 1987-1988 / Peter Kann
Other authors:
Kann, Peter
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): This piece was a way for me to get in touch with a part of my musical background I hadn't done too much with uptill then. In the '70's among my favorite music were things like David Bowie, Yes, King, Crimson and the further adventures of Robert Fripp, the Who, Gentle Giant, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and bits of Frank Zappa (mainly Joe's Garage through later much more followed). This plus a standard issue ration of rock & roll for someone my age. 1986 found me at the Donaueschingen Festival for New Music with others from the Royal Dutch Conservatory of Music (with which I had just parted company with the preceding year), listening to the Kronos quartet playing their famous arrangement of Jimi Hendrikx's Purple Haze. The rest of the music I heard there didn't do too much for me, but Purple Haze certainly made a few things fall into place. - PETER KANN