Sheet Music Magazine says 'I'm sure that children will enjoy playing this sympathetic arrangement very much... As ever with Spartan Press the thoughtful detail in presentation encourages good rehearsal and ultimately performance. Ideal for a school concert - warmly recommended'.Scored for violin 1 violin 2 Viola (or violin 3) cello contrabass. Grade: 3 - 5

School String Ensemble-Very entertaining music:- Tango Fox-Trot Waltz and Charleston with naughty musical 'quotes' throughout: The Mendelssohn wedding march 'Swanee River' and Bizet's Carmen!Individual parts for all Spartan Press ensembles are available separately quickly and inexpensively. DO NOT PHOTOCOPY.

10 Fugues For String Quartet Vol. 2-The idea for these arrangements came to me whilst listening to the Hagen Quartet's beautiful recording of the fugues that form part of Haydn's 'Sun Quartets' Op. 20. The spirit and influence of J.S. Bach in particular his Well Tempered Clavier Book II courses through these three miraculous Haydn fugues. Like the viol consort the string quartet suits this kind of composition (the fugue) with all four instruments sufficiently similar in character to each other to match the extraordinary unity and economy of the counterpoint. A string quartet playing Bach fugues is a good example of a harmonious relationship between form andcontent: just as there is a unifying principle behind the construction of the four string instruments so there is (usually) a single theme or subject that unifies the construction of a four-part fugue. Thus the form enacts the content telling you something about the text and message within. Apart from Haydn's and a handful of other composers' wondrous creations there's little fugal writing for string quartet at least in comparison with the abundance of other forms. This was another reason to make these arrangements. The quartet offers a melodic independence impossible to achieve on a single instrument. And I believe the technical and interpretative challenges posed by this repertoire – lightness of sound and rhythmic fluidity for example - will be very valuable to quartets seeking the holy grail: a unified sound. Perhaps the simplest and most compelling reason for this work is that I just love this music more than I can say. These dazzling pieces mostly fast bright and in major keys show Bach at his most playful funny and mischievous composing for an instrument rarely associated with these qualities. And so I'm very happy to offer string quartets these little know fugues written by my favourite composer - a violinist and violist himself but above all a master

Largo Al Factotum-Probably Rossini's most famous aria arranged for string quartet with the option to replace the viola part with Violin 3.Grade: approx 5

The 1st & 3rd Position String Quartet series offers excellent training material for String Quartet using only 1st & 3rd positions throughout.This volume features three works from the classical era skillfully arranged for String Quartet - Beethoven's Minuet in G (from Six Minuets) Mozart's Sleigh Ride (German Dance No.3) and Pleyel's Sonatina No.3 (from Opus 48).