String Quartet No. 4 (KATO Yuitiro)


Music of this video is "String Quartet No. 4" and is a tune KATO Yuitiro created in 2009. A string quartet is chamber music that is made up of movements and is played by 2 violins, 1 viola and 1 cello. This tune is made up of 4 movements: The 2nd movement is a fugue; The 3rd movement a canon; The last movement is the same contents as the 1st movement. The style of this tune is more like Renaissance counterpoint, which is represented by Palestrina, than baroque counterpoint, which is represented by BACH. The performance of this tune is due to computer music that is based on MIDI.

The painting of this video is Raffaello SANZIO's "Disputation of the Holy Sacrament": Jesus Christ sitting at the center, the Virgin Mary on the left side of his, John the Baptist on the right side of his, and so on have been painted on this painting.

Newer: Canon & Fugue No. 1 (Orchestra)

Older: String Quartet No. 3 (KATO Yuitiro)

日本語: 弦楽四重奏曲第 4 番 (加藤雄一郎)