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Christ Lag in Tobesbanden, Op. 122, No. 3 (2021)

For String Quartet

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Duration: 1'

Instrumentation:

  • Violin I
  • Violin II
  • Viola
  • Cello

Program Notes:

In the spring of 2021, I began giving informal composition lessons to Chris Price, a junior at LPHS. I decided it would be fun to also realize the assignments I was giving him, hence this series of short pieces.

The assignment:

- This piece is for string quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)

- This chorale melody must be the violin I part. The only alteration you may make is changing the octave.

- The other three parts should be relatively slow and smooth (primarily quarter notes and eighth notes - some half notes and sixteenths are fine, sparingly).

- You may only use a rest on beat 4 of m. 8, matching the melody. (And you MUST use a rest in the other parts here.)

- Harmonies are totally up to you!

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