{"product_id":"staud-cahier-des-equilibres-mouvants-breitkopf","title":"Staud: Cahier des équilibres mouvants","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: Johannes Maria Staud (1974-)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"edition-instrumentation\"\u003eString Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Cahier des équilibres mouvants (String Quartet No. 2) (2025)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790004190791\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.1\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 120\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/breitkopf\/docs\/eb_9586_staud_cahier_des_quilibres_mouvants\" class=\"global-button global-button--text\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e \u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"bi bi-book\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"margin-right: 5px;\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M1 2.828c.885-.37 2.154-.769 3.388-.893 1.33-.134 2.458.063 3.112.752v9.746c-.935-.53-2.12-.603-3.213-.493-1.18.12-2.37.461-3.287.811V2.828zm7.5-.141c.654-.689 1.782-.886 3.112-.752 1.234.124 2.503.523 3.388.893v9.923c-.918-.35-2.107-.692-3.287-.81-1.094-.111-2.278-.039-3.213.492V2.687zM8 1.783C7.015.936 5.587.81 4.287.94c-1.514.153-3.042.672-3.994 1.105A.5.5 0 0 0 0 2.5v11a.5.5 0 0 0 .707.455c.882-.4 2.303-.881 3.68-1.02 1.409-.142 2.59.087 3.223.877a.5.5 0 0 0 .78 0c.633-.79 1.814-1.019 3.222-.877 1.378.139 2.8.62 3.681 1.02A.5.5 0 0 0 16 13.5v-11a.5.5 0 0 0-.293-.455c-.952-.433-2.48-.952-3.994-1.105C10.413.809 8.985.936 8 1.783z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e Look Inside! \u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the suggestion of the wonderful Kuss Quartet, I am returning after a long absence to the genre of the string quartet – that chamber music ensemble which, with its intensity, homogeneity, and inexhaustible sonic diversity, has for centuries been regarded as a unique realm of musical thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title \u003cem\u003eCahier des équilibres mouvants\u003c\/em\u003e (Notebook of Shifting Equilibria) – refers to a formally interlinked collection of constantly transforming musical states.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe starting point was the idea of ecological equilibrium. It describes how ecosystems, in which species coexist with other species and their environment, are organized in a state of stability. However, ecosystems are not immutable: disturbances and unexpected chain reactions can occur, although ecosystems usually recover to a state of ecological equilibrium – one that need not correspond to the initial state. This topic, in all its complexity, is particularly urgent in times of global warming and the worldwide destruction of natural habitats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis metaphor – the transformation, the mixed state, the precarious stability of an ecosystem – fascinates me immensely from a compositional perspective. I envision the string quartet as a complex, resilient system: four closely interconnected voices capable of reacting to one another in sensitive, elastic, and unexpected ways. Disturbances and shifts are inherent to the nature of this system; equilibrium does not arise as a state of rest, but as the result of constant adaptation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe five-part work (I: approx. 8' – II: approx. 3' – III: approx. 2' – IV: approx. 4' – V: approx. 1') therefore follows less of a linear progression and instead consists of a network of transitions, transformations, and intermediate states. Textures emerge, condense, lose their balance, and find new forms of stability – equilibria that exist only temporarily and change again in the very next moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this sense, \u003cem\u003eCahier des équilibres mouvants\u003c\/em\u003e is conceived as a musical exploration of processes of transformation, adaptation, and coexistence: a sonic notebook of fragile systems, wavering stabilities, and productive tension between order and change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Breitkopf \u0026 Härtel","offers":[{"title":"Set of Parts","offer_id":51844756275486,"sku":"EB9586","price":125.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Full Score","offer_id":51844779475230,"sku":"EB9585","price":80.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8162\/7934\/files\/8fe4d824307a85dd347cf4bd8c8e8f7b.jpg?v=1778713079","url":"https:\/\/www.breitkopf.us\/zh\/products\/staud-cahier-des-equilibres-mouvants-breitkopf","provider":"Breitkopf US","version":"1.0","type":"link"}