Sentinels
by Martin Butler
String Quintet - Sheet Music

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String quintet (2vln, 2vla, vc) - Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193356726

Composed by Martin Butler. Score. 28 pages. Duration 11'. Oxford University Press #9780193356726. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193356726).

ISBN 9780193356726. 12 x 8 inches.

For string quintet Sentinels is really a long, unrelenting march whose pulse never slackens or quickens, and in which slightly quirky military-style gestures are almost always present. Butler imagined four standing players to be acting as sentries, standing guard, keeping watch over the seated cellist.