String Quartet No. 6 in G major "The Kids", Stiles 1.2.3.3 SQ6,Allan Stiles. A Catalogue of the Music of Alfred Hill by Alfred Hill bears dedication: "for the young fry at the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music". It was most likely written for the student string quartet groups at the Conservatorium mentored by the composer.Alfred Hill's second wife, Mirrie Hill, in a 1971 interview mentions "the boys" coming round for quartet practice (Melissa Rogers. Revisiting Alfred Hill (1869–1960): Examining issues of reception and compositional approach, PhD thesis. Sydney: UNSW, 2018) The manuscript is dated 3 September 1927.Library catalogue entry for the manuscript score and parts Its technical demands being limited, it is an accessible for amateurs composition. The quartet is set in earlier style, reminiscent of Haydn, Schubert, and other classical composers.Donald Maurice. Booklet notes to Naxos 8.572097
With an approximate duration of only 15–16 minutes, this is the shortest of all Hill's quartets.
Structure The quartet is in four movements.Stiles Music Publications
Editions Alfred Hill. String Quartet No.6 in G : The Kids Quartet. Narara: Stiles Music Publications, 2006 (pub. number S69-2006; ISMN 979-0-20029-72-6)
Recordings (rec. 1994) Australian String Quartet (Hennessy, Lea, Crellin, Laurs) — (1997) Marco Polo 8.223746. (rec. 2007) Dominion String Quartet (Gezentsvey, Pucher, Maurice, Chickering) – (2008) Naxos Records 8.572097.
References
External links Andrew D. McCredie. Booklet notes to Marco Polo 8.223746