Janáček: Mládí (arr. for string quartet)
Youth
Expected to ship in about a week.
- Composer: Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
- Instrumentation (this edition): String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)
- Originally for: Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Bass Clarinet
- Work: Mládí (Youth), JW VII/10
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- Size: 9.6 x 12.2 inches
- Pages: 40
Description
This piece reflects Janáček's memories of childhood and youth in his native Hukvaldy and the Augustinian Abbey in Brno. Kryštof Maratka, a Czech composer resident in France and a great admirer of Janáček, has arranged the original version to produce a welcome addition to the string quartet repertoire.
Youth for wind sextet, is a masterpiece from Janáček's late period (1924). Maratka has successfully managed to transform the concise winds' sound that give this work its unique flavour into the timbre of the strings, thereby creating a "third string quartet" of the composer.