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String Quartet (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.48023886 For String Quartet. Composed by Elena Kats-Chernin. Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical. Softcover. 28 pages. Bote & Bock #M202533383. Published by Bote & Bock (HL.48023886). ISBN 9783793140214. UPC: 888680688097. 9.25x12 inches.“Originally written for a suite called Silver Poetry, a Suite on Australian Images, for German flautist Christiane Meininger, whose specially designed flute bears that name (”Poesie in Silber“), this short piece was composed on the day I went for a walk in Russell Falls in Tasmania, and I encountered the small pink breasted robin, a rare tiny and very pretty bird. It had such a charming aura about it as well as something very theatrical in the way it just took off in a flash. This piece has something of a circus character.” –Elena Kats-Chernin.