Tuesday 18 March 2008

"MONAMNAMAT", String quartet No.2

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"Monamnamat "

String quartet “9 Miniatures” No. 2

Op.33

By Dr. Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah

د.محمد عبدالوهاب عبدالفتاح

This work is considered the first Egyptian composition includes graphic notation.(score) (Copyright)

Premier in Cairo Opera House November 22, 1999 and Rome December 2, 1999. This recorder is performed by اhis students:

· Ahmed Famy, Violin I

(He is now member of well know WAMA band)

· Islam Nour, violin II

· Rasha Yehya, Viola

· Hassan Mo’ataz, Cello

This composition is written in suite form consists of 9 miniatures movements:

  1. Gens-Maqam Higaz
  2. Maqamic polyphony
  3. Trill-Tremolo
  4. Chromatic
  5. Rhythm
  6. Taqasim, (means instrumental improvisations)
  7. Pizzicato
  8. Glissando
  9. Harmony and melody

The nine movements are very brief impressions; each of one of them has a different musical idea. The composer added several graphic symbols and new notational signs to his score to designate the methods of Arabic music articulations such as: bowing, pizzicato, and glissando. Movements I, III, IV, VI and VIII are written in a creative music notation. New means of producing sound and technique aim at sarcastic and witty effects, which are composed from incomplete gens-tetra chords of Arabic “Maqamat “. The notation of movement # 6 “taqasim”is written in a just skeleton with time signature. The musicians should improvise some free melodic details form this skeleton.

The music of this composition is formed in a context that combines the Egyptian character and post-modern style.

This work is considered the first Egyptian composition includes graphic notation.(score) (Copyright)

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