For string quartet
Epilogue
Hommage à Edith Wharton
Epilogue “Hommage à Edith Wharton” is a sixteen-minute work for string quartet in one movement, commissioned by Close Encounters with Music.
Commission
Commissioned by Close Encounters with Music.
Premiere
28 May 2005. Tanglewood, Ozawa Hall — Yehonatan Berick, Cornelius Dufallo, Toby Appel and Yehuda Hanani.
Structure
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In one movement
Work Information
Hommage à Edith Wharton
Yehonatan Berick, Cornelius Dufallo, violins;
Toby Appel, viola;
Yehuda Hanani, violoncello.
The Work
Epilogue “Hommage à Edith Wharton” is a single-movement string quartet whose title suggests reflection, afterthought, memory and literary resonance. The work stands as a chamber homage to Edith Wharton, shaped for the intimate dialogue of two violins, viola and cello.
Commissioned by Close Encounters with Music and premiered at Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall, the quartet brings Auerbach’s literary imagination into a concentrated instrumental frame.
- Edith Wharton A chamber homage to one of America’s defining literary voices.
- One Movement A concise sixteen-minute quartet in a single span.
- Tanglewood First performed at Ozawa Hall in 2005.
Context
Written in 2005, Epilogue “Hommage à Edith Wharton” belongs to Auerbach’s broader chamber catalogue, where literary, visual and musical ideas often meet in compact, charged forms.
As chamber music, it is presented here with the official Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski work and purchase pages rather than rental-material links.
Publisher and Materials
Published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski. The score and parts for this chamber work are available through the official Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski work and purchase pages.