String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1211524 Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Romantic Period. 37 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #809135. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.1211524). In 2021 I dedicated SQ15 to Dmitri Shostakovich because ... he wrote fifteen string quartets.  Then I dedicated SQ17 to Heitor Villa-Lobos because he wrote seventeen.  What happened to SQ16?  We all know that Beethoven wrote sixteen string quartets.  But, I am not a fan of his work in general, and I did not find anything inspiring among his string quartets.  So, instead I dedicated SQ16 ... Música Callada (2022) to Federico Mompou.  His music I love!In my search for a string quartet inspiration I discovered that Darius Milhaud wrote eighteen string quartets.  I knew he spent a few years in Brazil as a diplomat, and I have always admired the Brazilian influences in his own music, like the twelve-movement work for solo piano, Saudades do Brasil.† So it became obvious that SQ18 is dedicated in memoriam to Darius Milhaud.SQ18 ... Hommage à Darius Milhaud (2023) is in six movements.I.  Très lent ... Vif, très rythmé  TRIOII.  LentIII.  Très animé  TRIOIV.  FunèbreV.  Très vifVI.  Très lent   TRIO.
