Artūrs RasaComposer

Arbeloss

Selected movement from String Quartet No. 1

String quartet2012

Programme note

Arbeloss takes its title from the arbelos, a geometric figure formed by three mutually tangent semicircles. Its texture moves between sustained sonorities, pizzicato and Bartók pizzicato, glissandi, symmetrical rhythmic patterns, recurring intervallic cells, and sharply contrasted tempo regions. The score presented here is the 2026 revision.

Score

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Credits

Instrumentation
String quartet
Year
2012
Archive credit
Surviving original score: Artūrs Liepiņš, Arbeloss, Op. 3 No. 1. Score in this portfolio: 2026 revision.

Music © Artūrs Rasa.

Selected earlier scores and recordings are credited to Artūrs Liepiņš, the composer’s current legal name.

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