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String quartet no. 5 : "Shesha" = Gengaku shijūsōkyoku dai-5-ban : Shēsha / Akira Nishimura.
String quartet no. 5 : "Shesha" = 弦楽四重奏曲 第5番 : シェーシャ 西村朗.
LIBRA M452 .N57 no.5 2014
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Nishimura, Akira, 1953-2023, composer.
- Series:
- 21st century chamber music repertoires
- Standardized Title:
- Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 5
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu mythology.
- String quartets--Scores.
- String quartets.
- Hindu mythology--Songs and music.
- Genre:
- Songs and music.
- Chamber music.
- Scores.
- Music.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (45 pages) ; 30 cm.
- Other Title:
- Shesha
- Place of Publication:
- [Tokyo] : Zen-On Music, [2014]
- Language Note:
- Staff notation.
- Contents:
- I. Awakening of Shesha
- II. Samudra manthan (Churning of the ocean of milk)
- III. Amrita (The nectar of immortal life).
- Notes:
- String quartet inspired by the story of Shesha, a figure in Hindu mythology.
- Dedicated to Irvine Arditti on his 60th birthday.
- Premiered by the Arditti Quartet in London, October 2013.
- Duration: approximately 15 minutes.
- With program notes in English and Japanese.
- ISBN:
- 411590223X
- 9784115902237
- OCLC:
- 910919085
- Publisher Number:
- 4511005086853
- 1923073020005
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