A Cool Wind: String Quartet

In this download you'll receive PDFs of the full score and individual parts for Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, and Cello, ensuring you're well-equipped for your performance.

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Digital downloads of the following files:

1. A Cool Wind: Quartet - INSTRUCTIONS.pdf

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2. A Cool Wind: Quartet - SCORES & PARTS:

• A Cool Wind: Quartet - FULL SCORE.pdf
• A Cool Wind: Quartet - VIOLIN 1.pdf
• A Cool Wind: Quartet - VIOLIN 2.pdf
• A Cool Wind: Quartet - VIOLA.pdf
• A Cool Wind: Quartet - CELLO.pdf

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This musical supplication is inspired partly by the playing of world-renowned duduk player Djivan Gasparyan. It is a plea for a balm, a cool wind, to ease anguish and torment. it was commissioned by Chamber Music New Zealand for the Takac Quartet's NZ tour in 2008

Listen to the Takacs Quartet World Premiere Performance on Spotify

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And here's my original MIDI demo, created while composing the work.