(String Ensemble). String Quartet No. 2, (Musee Mecanique), was
commissioned by the Ciompi Quartet for their series at Duke University,
with funds from Meet the Composer. The first performances were given on
April 25 and 26, 2002. The Ciompi also helped in the preparation of this
edition and have recorded both String Quartet No. 1 and String Quartet
No. 2 for Albany Records (Troy 717). The second string quartet is
dedicated, with enormous admiration and gratitude, to my friends Eric
Pritchard, Hsiao-Mei Ku, Jonathan Bagg, and Fred Raimi of the Ciompi
Quartet.