Irish Music for Strings Score + Parties. Par AUTEURS DIVERS. The cheerful and often melancholic melodies of Ireland lend themselves well for easy string quartet or ensemble repertoire. Wonderful tunes such as 'A Lovely Lass” and 'The Foggy Dew” have been arranged by Speckert for two violins, viola and cello. In all pieces the viola can be replaced by a third violin. 'Fiddle Tunes” forms part of the 'Easy String Ensemble” series./ Répertoire / Ensemble à Cordes

Set of parts ( Violin I II; Viola; Cello; Bass)As the name suggests the ???Missa Popularis??? has its musical roots in folk music.This becomes clear in the very first bars of the Kyrie where the Violin plays amelody in the style of a Swedish folk tune above a Bass Ostinato. The musical charm of the Mass derives from the combination of Choir [SSA(TB)] and String Quartet.The Choral parts enable performances by female choir or mixed choir. In the latter case the String Quartet is reinforced by a Double Bass.The version for female choir was premi?red in Poznan on 25 April 2015 with Alicja Szeluga conducting the Skowroniki GirlsChoir.also available for sale full score (BA7420) and vocal score (BA7420-90)

Janácek's 2nd String Quartet Intimate Letters is regarded as a highlight of the modern string quartet literature. It was written during the composer?s last year of life between 29 January and 19 February 1928 inspired by the ageing Janáèek's exceptional love for Kamila Stösslová. The Moravian Quartet devoted themselves to this impressive work; Janácek attended a total of three of their rehearsals in May and June 1928. This had several consequences including his abandoning his original idea of using a viola d'amore. After Janácek's unexpected death (12 August 1928) the uncertain genesis of the work became the greatest problem of the IntimateLetters : the surviving copies were not definitively authorised. The editors of this new edition have reverted to Janácek's autograph sketches as the main most reliable source and using these as a basis have reconstructed the work as it stood at the point of Janácek's death. The musical text taken from the Critical Complete Edition of the Works of Leo? Janácek (Vol. E/4) therefore contains clear differences in comparison with older editions.

For composer Thomas Daniel Schlee the ?intimate sound possibilities of the string quartet? have the potential ?to formulate an albeit ?only? individual solution to the somewhat forlorn condition of new art music within society that we are unfortunately experiencing today.? Schlee?s Fourth String Quartet opens with a pure C major sound out of which he develops a harmonically free band of voices: ?The pure as a source not pleasing?! After a melodically dominating episode and a continuation of the ?swinging tone-motion from the beginning? a thematically solidified section follows. It is met by a second more extensive melodic episode followed by a ?nightly scene?. Coming full circle the opening music of the piece finds its continuation leading into a lament ? first articulated by the ensemble then finally as ?the viola?s long forlorn search for the melody symbolizing a farewell.?

Mädchen' - 'Death and the Maiden'-String Quartet D Minor D 810 'Death and the Maiden'.Violin (2) Viola Violoncello.Set of parts.- Study score TP301