Variations on Happy Birthday for String Quartet (Score and Parts). Arranged by Peter Heidrich. Special Import. 64 pages. Sikorski #SIK1529. Published by Sikorski

Cello, Viola, 2 Violins SKU: HU.HN1224 Composed by George Gershwin. Edited by Norbert Gertsch. String Quartet, Strings, Ensembles. Lullaby for String Quartet. Set of Parts. G. Henle #HN1224. Published by G. Henle (HU.HN1224). 12.2 x 9.3 x 0.1 inches. In 1919-20 George Gershwin was making a name for himself with Broadway songs and a first show of his own in New York. But he was already attracted to the world of classical music - a world he would enter with a bang in 1924 with his "Rhapsody in blue". He prepared himself for this by taking an intensive course in composition, during which he wrote this brief "Lullaby" for string quartet as an exercise, probably in 1919. He liked its catchy melody so much that he later used it again in his one-act "jazz opera" "Blue Monday Blues". "I find the piece charming and kind", wrote his brother Ira in 1968 when the quartet movement appeared in print for the first time. Thus the world was given a second lullaby by this American composer - one worthy to stand alongside his famous "Summertime" from "Porgy and Bess".

String Quartet (String Quartet)

SKU: HL.14042752

Composed by Various. Music Sales America. TV-Film-Musical-Show. Softcover. Composed 1993. Chester Music #CH61369. Published by Chester Music (HL.14042752).

ISBN 9780711965454. 9.0x12.0x0.403 inches.

A series of popular music for working string quartets. Light enjoyable repertoire pieces and entertaining encores. Each folio contains five pieces. Contents: 'Empty Chairs at Empty Tables', 'I Don't Know To Love Him', 'If I Were ARich Man', 'Somewhere', 'Tonight'.

2 violins, viola and violoncello - Level 4

SKU: FV.FUE-4520

Composed by Janet Beat. Score and parts. Furore Verlag #FUE 4520. Published by Furore Verlag (FV.FUE-4520).

ISBN 979-0-50012-952-3.

This work is in four movements of which the second and fourth are fugues. WP: The first complete performance was given by the Edinburgh Quartet in a concert which celebrated the composer's 70th birthday in 2007. It was given in the Concert Hall of Glasgow University.

Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.114415160

Composed by Samuel Adler. Premiere: The Esterhazy Quartet: Eva Szkely, Susan Jensen, Leslie Perna, Darry Dolezal; Columbia, MO. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 2009. 48+20+16+16+12 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41516. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114415160).

UPC: 680160600892. 8.5 x 11 inches.

Adler's ninth turn at string quartet composition was written for the Esterhazy Quartet, who were pleased to perform the world premiere in April, 2009 with the composer in attendance. Violinist Susan Jensen described the work as energetic, spirited, humorous and celebratory. The premiere follows an all-Adler 80th birthday celebration by the Esterhazy in the previous year, so this new String Quartet No. 9 is a treat. Three of the four movements proceed at a fast pace, and the Quartet is for advanced performers.