String Quartets

Third and last movement of the most recent quartet for A Congeries. All titles are quotes from Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale'.

'Fled is that music: —Do I wake or sleep?' Mvt3: 'I have been half in love with easeful Death'

1st movement completed 20 Aug 2021. The somewhat subdued ending points toward the 2nd mvt, which incorporates a plaintive (and famous) Irish song from Donegal.

String Quartet 2 ('From Ireland'); Mvt. 1 'Anamúil' (Lively) (Completed)

This second movement of 'String Quartet 2' includes 3 complete iterations of the tune from Donegal known as 'She Moved Through the Fair,' as well as variations and echoes of the tune in other passages.

String Quartet 2 ('From Ireland'), Mvt 2, 'Cinniúnach' (Tragic) (Completed)

String Quartet 3: 'Scéalta cois Tine' (Fireside Tales). Mvt 1 'Eachtra' (An Adventure)

String Quartet 3: ' Scéalta cois Tine' (Fireside Tales) Mvt. 2 'Scéal Brónach' (A Tragic Tale)

String Quartet 3: 'Scéalta cois Tine', Mvt 3: 'Scéal Grianmhar' (A Cheerful Tale)

String Quartet 3: 'Scéalta cois Tine'. Mvt 4: 'Eachtra Eile' (Another Adventure)

The first movement is completed. The title and titles for each movement are lines from Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale'.

'Fled is that music:—Do I wake or sleep?' Mvt. 1: 'And with thee fade away into the forest dim'

String Quartet, Mvt. 2. The overall title and the movement titles are quotations from Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale.'

'Fled is that music:—Do I wake or sleep?' Mvt2: 'O for a beaker full of the warm South' (Completed)

R.A. Moulds studied music at the University of Southern Mississippi.