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The adaptation of Carlos Paredes's Portuguese guitar music for the Kronos Quartet required reimagining plucked musical techniques for bowed string performance. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Osvaldo Golijov

doi:10.1080/07494467.2026.2718919

September 4, 2026Contemporary Music Review

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To describe the creative and technical process of adapting Carlos Paredes's Portuguese guitar repertoire for performance by a contemporary string quartet.
Documented retrospective artistic reflections on transcribing plucked Portuguese guitar techniques for bowed string instruments.
Analyzed collaborative arrangement methods developed with members of the Kronos Quartet.
Demonstrated that contrasting instrumental techniques, specifically plucking versus bowing, can be effectively translated to preserve original melodic character.
Established arrangement approaches that convey the distinct expressive qualities and timbre of Portuguese guitar music within a string quartet format.

Implication

Retrospective commentary reveals techniques for arranging Portuguese guitar repertoire for string quartets, highlighting cross-genre musical adaptation.

Abstract

‘He plucks, we bow’, David Harrington answered when, about thirty years ago, I asked him how to reimagine the magic of Carlos Paredes's Portuguese guitar playing for the Kronos Quartet's string ins...

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