Carter, Elliott: Fragment No.2 (1999) 3'
for string quartet

World Premiere
6/23/1999
Cuvilliestheater, Munich
Arditti Quartet


Composer's Notes  
Fragment II for string quartet is a tribute to the Arditti String Quartet that has so wonderfully championed my music. It was first performed when that quartet was awarded the Von Siemens Musikpreis in Munich on June 23, 1999.

Elliott Carter

Reproduction Rights
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