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All Magnepan speakers are based on flexible ferrite magnet strips (like refrigerator magnets), 0.060" (1.5 mm) thick, typically cut to either 1/4" (6 mm) wide (mid-bass) or 1/8" (3 mm) wide (tweeters) and more or less the length of the speaker. The magnets are glued to a piece of custom perforated 20-gauge (1 mm) steel sheet. The steel supports ...
According to AllMusic, the Quartet avoids cultural imperialism or appropriation and, "Pieces of Africa teems with beguiling melodies, making it one of this quartet's more accessible projects and also one of its best." [1] A review in Gramophone argues that only Escalay and White Man Sleeps are successful compositions for string quartet. [2]
String Quartet No. 6 may refer to: String Quartet No. 6 (Babbitt) by Milton Babbitt; String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók) by Béla Bartók; String Quartet No. 6 (Beethoven) by Ludwig van Beethoven; String Quartet No. 6 (Diamond) by David Diamond; String Quartet No. 6 (Dvořák) by Antonín Dvořák; String Quartet No. 6 (Ferneyhough) by Brian Ferneyhough
"Quartet No. 1" uses a 1-chord (G altered) solo vamp over a rock beat in 3/4, and a repeated theme that uses stacked fourths. The third track, "Quartet No. 2 (Part I)" is a ballad , dedicated to jazz pioneer Duke Ellington , incorporating many of the Western classical harmonies and tensions that Ellington used in much of his playing.
In 1993, they recorded Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass, containing his String Quartets nos. 2, 4, and 5; the latter is the first piece Glass wrote specifically for Kronos. A number of compositions played by Kronos are found on the Philip Glass 10-CD collection Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective , released in 2008.
The Adagio and Rondo Concertante (Adagio e Rondo concertante) in F major for piano quartet, D 487, was composed by Franz Schubert in 1816. A "brilliant" work designed as a display piece for the piano soloist, it is not only one of the few works the composer wrote in this style, but it is his first complete composition for piano and string ensemble, preceding the "Trout" Quintet" by three years.
Second Genesis is the second album by jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter recorded by the Vee-Jay label in 1960 but not released until 1974. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was his second session as leader, performing with his Jazz Messengers boss Art Blakey on drums, pianist Cedar Walton and bassist Bob Cranshaw .