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First Listen: Ben Johnston String Quartets
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Aug 31, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
The American composer Ben Johnston has spent much of his musical career exploring the world of microtonality. His ten string quartets are incredibly challenging for the performers, but in 2002 the Kepler Quartet was formed to perform and record this complete cycle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Released:
Aug 31, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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