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Maurice Ohana - String Quartet No. 1

Maurice Ohana (1913 - 1992) - String Quartet No. 1 (1963) I. Polyphonie [0:00] II. Monodie [3:28] III. Déchant [8:35] IV. Hymne [13:03] Quatuor Psophos (2004) Maurice Ohana's first string quartet, also called Cinq Séquences, was written in 1963 for Quatuor Parrenin. The work originally comprised five movements, but the central Tympanum section was removed, "apparently too difficult to bring out successfully in performance". Written shortly after Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy, the work belongs to a key transitional period in Ohana's career when he began to develop his mature compositional voice. "Composed in 1963, the Cinq Séquences for string quartet by Maurice Ohana affirm the direction of the compositional language Ohana had been pursuing for some years in search of a 'lost temperament'. It is in fact the strings, as much as human voice and percussion, that offer, among the non-electronic means of expression, the greatest possibilities of exploring the sound universe existing between the notes of the tempered scale. Here the third-tone scale creates the melodic and harmonic climate of the work. In the first movement, Polyphonie, the melodic contour escapes the tempered scale, the rhythmic patterns in the plucked strings intertwine into a free counterpoint, and the evocation of percussion appears. The second movement, Monodie, gives each instrument, punctuated by the three others, its turn in acrobatic, humorous or tender improvisation. The conclusion borrows from the instruments of the Far East the color of plucked metal strings. The third movement, Tympanum, is a percussive episode in which the single rhythm reigns, leading to the slow spirals of Déchant, the 4th movement, all in shadows and flashes, which recalls Los Caprichos of Francisco Goya. Hymne, which completes the work, chimes and bursts into light in a writing that is both dense and scintillating." (source: preface to the score + Google Translate) Performance notes: https://imgur.com/a/PnqAf5K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I can't seem to find much information on Ohana's apparent removal of the central movement. Caroline Rae's book "The Music of Maurice Ohana" makes no mention of it and in fact focuses heavily on the Tympanum movement, which was Ohana's first use of his aleatory "combinatoire" counterpoint. The sheet music available for purchase from Jobert also seems to include all five movements. The quote above regarding Ohana's reasoning for the removal is taken from this MusicWeb review - http://www.musicweb-international.com... - which presumably goes off of the album liner notes. Let me know if you have more information, because I'm kinda curious about this.