This is piece is so cool. It seems that Stravinsky and Webern both started discovering extended techniques for strings pretty early on. Through this piece we are able to study his earlier style but in the more compact format of the string quartet which makes it more accessible. We should be grateful that this piece exists.
How, as a massive Stravinsky fan, and especially of this period, have I never heard this piece before?! I don't understand. I've been into his music since I was 16, now I'm 44! That's fucked up. But wow, these are lovely!
i hear a lot of the soldier’s tale in this. i wish stravinsky would have expanded upon this language rather than his neoclassical phase, though i love that as well. he came close later with his serial efforts.
The soldier's tale is already quite neo-classical. I think studying Stravinsky's works chronologically you will see there is no rupture between "modern" Stravinsky and "neo-classical" Stravinsky. It always stays Stravinsky.
@@arielorthmann4061 he did change, in my humble opinion. he lost his estate in the russian revolution, he needed money. not only did he court hollywood film scoring (and failed thankfully), he rearranged the star spangled banner hoping to get paid every time it played.
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