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Score and Parts String Quartet (Score & Parts) - intermediate SKU: HL.49046017 Version for String Quartet Score and Parts. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Ensemble. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2013/2016. 16 pages. Duration 360 seconds. Schott Music #ED22723. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046017). ISBN 9790001164726. UPC: 840126929102. 9.0x12.0x0.063 inches.Mother Teresa was happy to surprise her interlocutors by handing them a small card instead of a traditional business card, on which a short text was to be read, beginning with the line “The fruit of silence is prayer.” In 2013, Peteris Vasks set this peace prayer of Mother Teresa on behalf of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival for mixed choir a cappella in the form of a dense elegiac sound stream. The versions for piano quintet and string quartet now make this musical expression of Mother Teresa's words accessible to two traditional genres of chamber music without the help of a choir. Special Import titles are specialty titles that are not generally offered for sale by US based retailers. These items must be obtained from our overseas suppliers. When you order a special import title, it will be shipped from our overseas warehouse. The shipment time will be slower than items shipped directly from our US warehouse and may be subject to delays.