SKU: CA.5008900

Composed by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. This edition: Paperbound. Free organ music. German title: Streichquartett Nr.1 In C. Full score. 40 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 50.089/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5008900).

ISBN 9790007092351.

Rheinberger's string quartets combine rich sonority and the art of variation, following in the footsteps of Schumann and Mendelssohn, with Rheinberger's feeling for form, melodic beauty and contrapuntal mastery; his attitude to the musical movements of his time is suggested in his first String Quartet, now published in a scholarly edition, through such things as the quotation, probably to be understood ironically, from the Prelude to Wagner's Tristan in the last movement.

Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.114410380

Composed by Lowell Liebermann. Saddle, Tape Junction. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1998. Opus 60. 48 + 92 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41038. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114410380).

UPC: 680160015160. 9.5 x 13 inches.

My second String Quartet was written twenty years after the first, Opus 4 from 1978. The First Quartet is an obsessively contrapuntal work in one movement, which was no doubt influenced by my studies with David Diamond. I had always intended to return to the medium once I left the astringency of my earlier style, but it was only when the National Federation of Music Clubs commissioned a major chamber work, with unspecified instrumentation, to celebrate their 100th Anniversary that I was enabled to do so. The Second Quartet is in four movements: Moderato, Allegro isterico, an Andante theme with 11 variations, and the closing Allegro, which then returns to the tempo of the first movement. An audience member at the premiere told me that she heard echoes of recent tragic events such as the Oklahoma bombing in this work. While I had no such programmatic intent while writing the quartet, it was not an entirely incorrect assessment of the work's intended emotional impact. The quartet is pervaded by a sense of seriousness, even mournfulness. The second movement's scherzo is an aggressively animated piece of musical machinery. The third movement's Variations unfold into a greater variety of moods than the others - but the moments of lyricism are countered by aggressive or ironic outbursts. The final movement's attempt at triumph quickly subsides into a return of the first movement, before being transformed onto a sense of resignation and acceptance as the chromaticism of the opening theme is transformed into a pure and diatonic C-Major. The work received its world premiere by the Shanghai Quartet at the 100th Anniversary Congress of the National Federation of Music Clubs at the Congress Hotel in Chicago on August 19th 1998.
My second String Quartet was written twenty years after the first, Opus 4 from 1978.  The First Quartet is an obsessively contrapuntal work in one movement, which was no doubt influenced by my studies with David Diamond.  I had always intended to return to the medium once I left the astringency of my earlier style, but it was only when the National Federation of Music Clubs commissioned a major chamber work, with unspecified instrumentation, to celebrate their 100th Anniversary that I was enabled to do so.The Second Quartet is in four movements:  Moderato, Allegro isterico, an Andante theme with 11 variations, and the closing Allegro, which then returns to the tempo of the first movement.An audience member at the premiere told me that she heard echoes of recent tragic events such as the Oklahoma bombing in this work.  While I had no such programmatic intent while writing the quartet, it was not an entirely incorrect assessment of the work’s intended emotional impact.  The quartet is pervaded by a sense of seriousness, even mournfulness.  The second movement’s scherzo is an aggressively animated piece of musical machinery.  The third movement’s Variations unfold into a greater variety of moods than the others – but the moments of lyricism are countered by aggressive or ironic outbursts.  The final movement’s attempt at triumph quickly subsides into a return of the first movement, before being transformed onto a sense of resignation and acceptance as the chromaticism of the opening theme is transformed into a pure and diatonic C-Major.The work received its world premiere by the Shanghai Quartet at the 100th Anniversary Congress of the National Federation of Music Clubs at the Congress Hotel in Chicago on August 19th 1998.

By Jordi Cervello. For String quartet or string quintet. Instrumental Sets. Duration 6:00. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau

(Version for String Quartet and Pre-Recorded Material). By Gavin Bryars (1943-). For String Quartet. G Schirmer String Ensemble. Softcover with CD. 112 pages. Schott Music #ED13473. Published by Schott Music

Composed by George Rochberg. The Concord Quartets. Premiere: January 20, 1979, by the Concord Quartet at the University of Pennsylvania. Classical. Score and part(s). With Standard notation. Composed 1977. Duration 25 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #416-41099. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.416410990).