George Rochberg (1918-2005)

String Quartet n° 7 (1980)

with baritone

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1980
    • Duration : 25 mn
    • Publisher : Theodore Presser, nº 111-40113
    • Commission: pour le centenaire de la School of Music de l'Université du Michigan
    • Libretto (details, author) :

      Paul Rochberg

Detailed formation
  • soloist : baritone
  • 2 violins, viola, cello

Premiere information

  • Date : 27 January 1980
    Location :

    États-Unis, Ann Arbor, Université du Michigan


    Performers :

    Leslie Guinn, baryton ; Concord Quartet.

Table of contents

I. The beast of night
II. Floating in a dream
III. Cavalry
IV. And when the dream had faded