Joseph Haydn, the composer of the 'Sunrise' Quartet, is described as a 'conscientious revolutionary' whose music is full of idiosyncrasies.
Composer Biography
During World War I, Béla Bartók, the Hungarian composer, transcribed his research material on Hungarian folk music, which he had collected with a walking-stick, music paper, and a phonograph.
Performer Biography
The Schumann Quartet consists of three brothers, Mark, Erik, and Ken Schumann, who grew up in the Rhineland, joined by violist Liisa Randalu, born in Tallinn, Estonia.
Composition History
Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 2, op. 17, a remarkably Expressionist work, was written during the First World War.
Compositional Technique
Toru Takemitsu, a significant Japanese composer, created 'Landscape I' in 1960, a piece where a single theme is repeated fourteen times to induce a meditative state.
Compositional Technique
Arvo Pärt's 'Fratres' is a musical idea not assigned to any specific instrument, with various scorings interpreting it since 1977.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Toru Takemitsu, the Japanese composer, believed that in Japanese music, the space, not the note, is the most important element.
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