Kerry Turner
Quartet N° 3

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for 4 horns

Level: advanced
Duration: 17'
Genre: contemporary
Composed: 1992

Reference: CO30
CHF43.00
Score and parts

Details

Publisher: Editions Bim

Audio samples

1. The Sooners

2. The Homesteaders

3. Ghost Town Parade

4. Finale

Composer

Kerry Turner (*1960)

Kerry Drew Turner, born 1960 in Texas, began composing at the age of 10. Having passed the highest level music theory examination given by the American Piano Teacher’s Guild, he submitted a wind qu... Read more

About Quartet N° 3

The Quartet No. 3 was designed to be the main work of any horn quartet concert. Other than the quartets by Paul Hindemith, Michael Tippett and Kerry Turner, there is a defnite need for major, multi-movement works in the quartet repertoire. In order to avoid taxing one solo player against 3 accompanying players, the composer preferred to render all voices absolutely equal, each voice being equally virtuose, solistic, and melodic.

There are 4 movements: The Sooners, The Homesteadrs, the Ghost Town Parade, and Finale. Each movement’s title is merely an accurate description of what the composer had in mind while composing, and is not meant to have a story or programmatic idée-fixe, although it is rather clear that the composer’s thoughts are in the American West sometime in the 19th century.

Kerry Turner Quartet N° 3