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absoluteamon

il m’apparut au bout d’un moment que cette envie de quatuor était surtout due à l’amour indéfectible que je porte depuis ma prime jeunesse au quatuor de debussy puis et surtout encore plus, à celui de ravel, car je serai tenté de dire que ce dernier suffit à mon bonheur musical total et absolu... mon envie de quatuor n’a jamais vraiment été une envie de quatuor classique ou romantique, mais profondément une envie de quatuor "moderne".
i did something that i rarely do when confronted with this sort of problem: i listened to a great many quartets of all periods and styles. it became clear to me as time passed that my desire to write a string quartet was especially due to an unfailing love which i have had since i was a lad for the debussy quartet and even more so, for that of ravel, for i would be tempted to say that the ravel would be enough for my total and absolute happiness. thus, my desire for a string quartet was never really a a desire for a classical or romantic quartet, but profoundly a “modern” quartet.