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String Quartets (2013​-​2015)

by Joshua Marquez

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Abrade (2015) 09:23
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Pagtindig (2014) 06:26
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Cold Star (2013) 09:27
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This is a collection of string quartets, written for the JACK Quartet, composed between 2013-2015. Below are the program notes for each piece. All downloads include PDF scores for each piece.

Abrade (2015):
Abrade juxtaposes, collides, and convolves the transients and resonance of tap dance. I gathered source material by tap dancing on a resonant, wooden platform and performed a spectral analysis on the recordings. Through contrast and interpolation, the material weaves a non-linear narrative from the nexus to the decay of sound. By re-contextualizing the order (i.e. the decay beginning the gesture), the actual sound is brought into question – does it still resemble the source material? Through abstraction, the source material becomes less rendered.

Pagtindig (2014):
Tagalog for "rising", Pagtindig contains Filipino-inspired musical elements that constantly ascend. Throughout, the rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic content convolves the subli dance, the kulintang (percussive, gong instrument), and the Filipino folk melody, Dandansoy


Cold Star (2013):
I. Proto - The life of a star begins when gravity collects clumps of hydrogen gas and dust from a nebula cloud and forms the clumps into smaller clouds. These clouds begin hundreds of degrees below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. As gravity compresses the material the center heats up. Gravity then flattens the cloud out into a disc where the center heats up to 2 million degrees Fahrenheit, creating a Protostar.

II. Equilibrium - Once the core reaches 18 million degrees Fahrenheit, nuclear fusion occurs. This fusion counteracts the force of the gravity throughout the life of the star, creating equilibrium. At this point, the star becomes a Main Sequence Star.

III. White Dwarf - A White Dwarf Star is the final stage in the life cycle of most stars. At this stage in the life cycle, the star is very dense. Once the fuel, created by the fusion of hydrogen and then helium during the star's Main Sequence stage, runs out, the star begins compacting electrons (electron degeneracy pressure) to hold up against the force of gravity. The energy and light that shines from a White Dwarf Star comes from the accumulation of energy from the previous stages during the lifetime of the star.

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released May 6, 2019

Ari Streisfeld and Christopher Otto, violins
John Pickford Richards, viola
Kevin Macfarland, cello

all compositions by Joshua Marquez

all recordings by the JACK Quartet
recorded at the University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA (2013-2015)

©℗ 2022 Joshua Marquez (BMI)

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Joshua Marquez Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Joshua Marquez is an experimental composer, guitarist, improviser based in Philadelphia, PA. Hailed as "cutting-edge" (The Gazette) and "creepy" (The Daily Iowan), Marquez deconstructs sound with innovative textures, exploring the liminal space of his Filipino-American heritage.

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