Cheryl Frances-Hoad's The Dreams That Fly from Me for solo String Quartet and String Orchestra. Score. 'The Dreams That Fly From Me is a ten minute work for solo string quartet and string orchestra. It is in two movements (one slow one fast) that are played without a break. I spent ten years at the Yehudi Menuhin School (a specialist music school for string and piano) growing up so this piece cannot help but be strongly influenced by the music I played in the school orchestra during this time. In particular the work is influenced by Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro Strauss’s Metamorphosen (fortwenty-three solo strings) and Tippett’s Concerto for Double String Orchestra although the harmonic language of the piece (which is essentially very jazzy) helps to obscure these musical references. In terms of extra musical inspiration the work was inspired by a poem by Ivan Goll called Bloodhound which includes the lines “Catch the dreams that fly off from me.... And savage the ankles of my fleeting angel” I was inspired by the idea of a “fleeting angel” which at a time when I had been having difficulties composing seemed very poignant: the angel of the poem seemed to be a poetic representation of my inspiration. The Dreams That Fly From Me was premiered by the Szymanowsky Quartet and the Northern Sinfonia (Bradley Creswick director) at Hovingham Hall on the 28th July 2013 as part of the 2013 Ryedale Festival.' - Cheryl Frances-Hoad

Cowboy Songs-Score with 5 parts (V I VII Va (V III).Cowboy Songs are old but ever popular tunes from the pioneering days of the Wild West.This edition presents these songs in simple arrangements for String Quartet or String Orchestra and form an ideal introduction to ensemble playing. An alternative third Violin part may be substituted for the Viola.With such favourites as ?Home on the Range? ?Arkansas Traveler? and ?The Yellow Rose of Texas? these Cowboy Songs will be a hit with young String players.

Henry Mancini's classic songs come to life in these beautiful arrangements for string quartet or string orchestra by William Zinn. Perfect for pops concerts, these two volumes are level 3/4 (medium-easy to medium) arrangements. Volume Two songs are: Baby Elephant Walk * Charade * Days of Wine and Roses * The Inspector Clouseau Theme * Meggie's Theme (from The Thorn Birds) * Moon River * Pie in the Face Polka (from The Great Race) * Song from 10 (It's Easy to Say) * Theme Song from the Molly Maguires * The Thorn Birds Theme.

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)

32 Quartets That Can Be Played by Any Combination of String Instruments-Chamber music is an essential part of learning to play an instrument and these versatile quartets are written so that they can be performed by any combination of four string instruments. Arranged by prominent string pedagogue Doris Gazda these pieces will sound full and satisfying with only four players all the way up to a full string orchestra. The selection of music in this collection covers a wide variety of musical styles that will provide hours of enjoyment and performance options. Progressively organized by level of difficulty as the performers advance in their skills these quartets are a welcome addition to the repertoire of all string players.