The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different things from each other all through the whole piece.

String Quartets Nos. Complete Music for Piano. Each instrumental voice is typically assigned its own set of tempos.

Elliott Cook Carter Jr. His last work Epigrams for piano trio was completed on August 13 2012. (December 11 1908 – November 5 2012) was an American composer who was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize.