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String Quartet OCD / Loretta K Notareschi [notated music]

Title

String Quartet OCD [notated music]

Composer

Notareschi, Loretta K., 1977-

Place of Publication/Creation

Denver, CO

Published/Created

2015

Type of Material

notated music

Genre

notated music

Publisher

Disegni Musi

Language

Unknown

Media

unmediated

Physical Description

1 score (38 pages) + 4 parts

Carrier

volume

Contents Note

I. Intruders -- II. You Must Think I'm Made of Candy Glass -- III. Shame -- IV. A Second Delivery.

Summary

In the autobiographical tradition of the string quartet since the time of Beethoven, Loretta Notareschi’s String Quartet OCD sketches the emotional landscape of the composer’s experience with post-partum obsessive-compulsive disorder in the year following her daughter’s birth. Post-partum OCD, which affects approximately 3 to 5% of mothers, is characterized by intense fear and anxiety, in response to which mothers develop repetitive coping behaviors. The first movement of String Quartet OCD, “Intruders,” portrays the intrusive thoughts (obsessions) of the disease in all their suddenness and violence. The second movement, “You Must Think I’m Made of Candy Glass,” explores the many forms the composer’s compulsions took, including verbal and musical patterns that she required herself to repeat in her mind. The third movement, “Shame,” expresses the grief and despair she felt. Finally, the fourth movement, “A Second Delivery,” traces the jagged path of her recovery from the disease. Although String Quartet OCD dramatizes one person’s personal experience with mental illness, it seeks to give voice to the universal fears of all people about our and our children’s vulnerability in a dangerous world.

Notes

2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello.

ISMN with hyphens: 979-0-800063-01-5

Description based on ISMN data provided by the publisher.

Music notation

Staff notation.

International Standard Music Number (ISMN)

9790800063015

Last Updated: 03-26-2022