Phantasie for String Quartet.(1906)

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Composer:Hurlstone, William (1876-1906), English.
Genre:Chamber music.
Instruments:Standard string quartet (2 violins, 1 viola and 1 'cello )
Submitter:White, John H
Email:jalbis127 (e-mail)
London born William Yeates Hurlstone was a favourite pupil of Sir
Charles Stanford and was appointed professor of counterpoint at the Royal
College of Music in 1905. He succumbed to the asthma that had prevented him
from becoming a concert pianist the following year, but not before having
written some fine music including a piano concerto and this Phantasie.
This piece was the first winner of an annual prize awarded by the
wealthy English amateur violinist, Walter Cobbett (1847-1937), in the years
leading up to the first World War, for chamber works in the form of a
phantasie.