String Quartet No. 1: Score and set of parts

ISBN 10: 0193577615 ISBN 13: 9780193577619

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 1987

Synopsis

This single-movement quartet was commissioned by the Cardiff University Quartet on 25 April 1968. It was dedicated to Mathias' colleague and composer Alun Hoddinott and his wife Rhiannon.

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About the Author

William Mathias was born in Whitland, Dyfed. He studied at the University College of Wales, and subsequently at the Royal Academy of Music. From 1970-1988 he was Head of the Music Department at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. Mathias musical language embraced both instrumental and vocal forms with equal success, and he addressed a large and varied audience both in Britain and abroad. He was also known as a conductor and pianist, and gave or directed many premières of his own works. He was made CBE in the 1985 New Year's Honours. In 1992, the year of his death, Nimbus Records embarked upon a series of recordings of his major works.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0193577615
• ISBN 13: 9780193577619
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 80