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• Series: Heugel
• Publisher: Heugel
• Format: Softcover
• String Quartet
• Composer: Henri Dutilleux
• Price: 32.00 (US)

Composed between 1973 and 1976, Ainsi la nuit for string quartet is one of the most important works of its genre, by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), a French composer. Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation for the Juilliard Quartet, Ainsi la nuit is based on a series of studies, lasts 18 minutes and is divided into 7 sections: 1. Nocturne 2. Miroir d'espace 3. Litanies 4. Litanies II 5. Constellations 6. Nocturne II 7. Temps suspendu

Built on single hexachords, it also use the octatonic mode and focus on harmonies, contrasts and oppositions of register.

This is the study score of the piece. Parts can be purchased separately.

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