Kernis: String Quartets

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:musical_composition
gptkbp:audience popular among contemporary music audiences
gptkbp:available_formats streaming
digital download
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Grawemeyer_Award_for_Music_Composition
gptkbp:collaborations collaborated with various artists
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Aaron_Jay_Kernis
gptkbp:critical_reception well-received by critics
gptkbp:cultural_impact performed in various international festivals
gptkbp:dedication to the Kronos Quartet
gptkbp:duration approximately 20 minutes
gptkbp:educational_use used in music education programs
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:1995
gptkbp:form sonata form
gptkbp:genre gptkb:classical
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:postmodernism
gptkb:jazz
gptkb:folk_music
minimalism
gptkbp:influences avant-garde music
experimental music
modern classical music
European classical tradition
American music traditions
gptkbp:instruments gptkb:viola
gptkb:cello
two violins
gptkbp:notable_performances performed by the Emerson String Quartet
gptkbp:notable_production gptkb:String_Quartet_No._3
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._4
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._1
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._2
gptkbp:number_of_movements four
gptkbp:performance frequent use of improvisation
gptkbp:performers gptkb:String_Quartet
gptkbp:premiere_date 1995-04-15
gptkbp:premiere_location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:American_Composers_Alliance
gptkbp:record_label gptkb:Naxos_Records
gptkbp:recordings available on CD
gptkbp:scholarly_analysis subject of academic studies
gptkbp:style contemporary
gptkbp:thematic_element explores human emotions
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emerson_String_Quartet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5