| Three Pieces Op. 11 from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Schott
String Quartet Score and Parts. Composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897- ...(+)
String Quartet Score and
Parts. Composed by Erich
Wolfgang Korngold (1897-
1957). String Ensemble.
Classical. Softcover. 20
pages. Schott Music #ED21570.
Published by Schott Music
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| String Quartet No. 2 String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.114405050 Composed by John Downey. S...(+)
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.114405050 Composed by John Downey. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 53 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-40505. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114405050). UPC: 680160008377. 11 x 14 inches. Although structurally it subdivides into five movements, the entire quartet emerges as one vast continuum. There are no formal breaks between movements. However, certain musical signposts can be discerned, associated with each of the movements' terminations and new beginnings. The opening movement, The Nostalgia of Clanging Bell Sonorities, begins floating on recurrent Bbs whose soft rhythmic flow slowly puts into motion strong undercurrents suggestive of the latent power of water... After several suggestions of tolling bells, the movement gradually fades into hushed tones of veiled and very distant sonorities. It uses a unique efffect, for the first time in a musical context, conveyed through the use of extra heavy practice mutes. The second movement, The Spill of Water , disengages itself from the first through its distinct contrast in tempo. Water moves fast, and when it splashes, it tends to run wildly. In this case, it happens to be bubbly water that gushes forth bodly... smashing across rocky shorlines. So, too, the music attempts to conjure such moods. At the end of this movement, a cello cadenza emerges, introducing an introspective type of melodicism. The third movement, The Poignancy of Memory, contains many silences as it tries to convey memory through fragmented remembrances much like often occur in our dream state. Progressing through several slowly building images, it gradually works itself into juxtaposition of musical images. Towards the movement's end, high harmonics are sounding in all four instruments while left hand pizzicato notes in the cello pluch the last remembrances of this central core. Almost imperceptibly, the viola assumes leadership as it dissolves into: The fourth movement, The Fluidity of Motion, which has mostly the viola, but also the cello, articulating lyrical statements against the sheets of sound conjured up by the two violins playing a flood of swirling figures, evokes a kind of static motion in spae. Here, the virtually imperceptible manner in which this hushed whisper continues incessantly, can suggest the potential fluidity with which movement may inch forward... Later into the fourth movement , two fairly extended solos by the second and then the first violins, lead to a kind of spontaneous dialogue among the four instrumentalists. Eventually, this musical conversation gets caught up in: The fifth movement's The Rush of Time, which opens with a hushed flurry of speed, precipitates the Finale. It generates, at first slowly, but then very swiftly, whole shifts of rhythmic fields that initially seem to conflict with one another. Ultimately, this use of 'psycho-rhythmics contributes to an on-rush of motion and time. Rhythmic changes are, at times, abruptly precipitated with but little or no preparation creating a kind of inevitability in forward thrust, while the movement rushes forward with a feeling of gradual and continuous acceleration. It gathers density as more and more notes are piled progressively upon successive beats. The attempt is to spark tension and ignite excitement by means of frenetic confrontations of dissimilitudes. Ultimately - with the help of time - these polarities centrifically spin out their own destinies with their accompanying fall-out and own inevitable resolutions. $130.00 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Mere Droplets String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Schott
Score and Parts String Quartet (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.49047250 Very S...(+)
Score and Parts String Quartet (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.49047250 Very Small Pieces for String Quartet Score and Parts. Composed by Theodor Kirchner. Edited by Wolfgang Birtel. String Ensemble. Classical. Softcover. 48 pages. Schott Music #SE1059. Published by Schott Music (HL.49047250). UPC: 196288175179. The composer Theodor Kirchner (1823-1903), a friend of Johannes Brahms, devoted his work almost exclusively to piano and chamber music as well as lieder. Among his numerous works are also collections pieces of easy difficulty or with easy educational demands. They include the “very small pieces for string quartet†(without opus number). These pieces are seven miniatures of varying character, from cantabile to lively. Since they are, for the most part, technically easy to master, they offer the opportunity to practise chamber music ensemble playing: listening to each other, responding, coming in together, taking over and other challenges of the string quartet. Quartet sound itself can also be trained with the pieces - the ideal preparation for auditions and competitions. Special Import titles are specialty titles that are not generally offered for sale by US based retailers. These items must be obtained from our overseas suppliers. When you order a special import title, it will be shipped from our overseas warehouse. The shipment time will be slower than items shipped directly from our US warehouse and may be subject to delays. $17.99 - See more - Buy online | | |
| String Quartet Opp. 132, 133 (Grand Fugue), 135 String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Breitkopf & Härtel
Parts Supplied with Fingerings and Bowing Marks by Engelbert Rontgen. Compose...(+)
Parts Supplied with
Fingerings and Bowing Marks
by Engelbert Rontgen.
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven (1770-1827).
Breitkopf and Haertel #KM
286. Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
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| String Quartet Op. 127, Op. 130 and Op. 131 String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Breitkopf & Härtel
Parts Supplied with Fingerings and Bowing Marks by Engelbert Rontgen. Compose...(+)
Parts Supplied with
Fingerings and Bowing Marks
by Engelbert Rontgen.
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven (1770-1827).
Breitkopf and Haertel #KM
277. Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
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| Complete String Quartets - Breitkopf Originals String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Breitkopf & Härtel
Parts supplied with fingerings and bowing marks by Engelbert Rontgen. Compose...(+)
Parts supplied with
fingerings and bowing marks
by Engelbert Rontgen.
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven (1770-1827).
Edited by Engelbert Rontgen.
The Breitkopf Originals
series opens up a
fascinating view into the
Breitkopf and Hartel
publishing-house archives.
The focus is on its rarities
and treasures, together with
milestones in the history of
interpretation for works of
the . Breitkopf and Haertel
#KM-254. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
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| String Quartet No. 2 'Adieu' String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Wilhelm Hansen
String Quartet SKU: HL.14030978 Parts. Composed by Wilhelm Hansen....(+)
String Quartet SKU: HL.14030978 Parts. Composed by Wilhelm Hansen. Music Sales America. Classical. Set of Parts. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #KP00248. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14030978). ISBN 9788759877142. UPC: 888680792640. 9.75x14.5x0.141 inches. Score available: KP30120 The composer writes: The slow choral-like music which initiates Adieu was the result of an image or almost a dream that I had. Without being able to explain why, I imagined a procession of people, maybe medieval munks, wearing large gray mantles with Ku-Klux-Klan-like white cowls on their heads, something like a funeral procession. The title Adieu is partly a comment on this funeral procession, but also used because the piece is split up by three slow-ascending glissandi, a kind of farewell glissandi which removes the intervening music. The first absorbing glissando is soft and removes both the slow funeral choral and the agitating figures in the first half of the piece. The second glissando is given only to the cello and crawls out from the elegiac melodies in the middle part. The third and final glissando is intense and agitating, and prepares the way for the end of the piece. This end primarily deals with the relationship fast - slow. This relationship is turned topsy turvy: the music gets faster and faster until it is so fast that it suddenly becomes slow, so slow in fact that it is very quickly able to become extremely fast again. $45.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| String Quartet No. 2 'Adieu' String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Wilhelm Hansen
String Quartet SKU: HL.14030979 Score. Composed by Bent Sorensen. ...(+)
String Quartet SKU: HL.14030979 Score. Composed by Bent Sorensen. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #KP30120. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14030979). Parts available: KP00248 The composer writes: The slow choral-like music which initiates Adieu was the result of an image or almost a dream that I had. Without being able to explain why, I imagined a procession of people, maybe medieval munks, wearing large gray mantles with Ku-Klux-Klan-like white cowls on their heads, something like a funeral procession. The title Adieu is partly a comment on this funeral procession, but also used because the piece is split up by three slow-ascending glissandi, a kind of farewell glissandi which removes the intervening music. The first absorbing glissando is soft and removes both the slow funeral choral and the agitating figures in the first half of the piece. The second glissando is given only to the cello and crawls out from the elegiac melodies in the middle part. The third and final glissando is intense and agitating, and prepares the way for the end of the piece. This end primarily deals with the relationship fast - slow. This relationship is turned topsy turvy: the music gets faster and faster until it is so fast that it suddenly becomes slow, so slow in fact that it is very quickly able to become extremely fast again. $23.00 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| Complete String Quartets - Breitkopf Originals String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello [Score] Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.KM-266 Parts Supplied with Fingerin...(+)
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.KM-266 Parts Supplied with Fingerings and Bowing Marks by Engelbert Rontgen. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Chamber music; Folder. Kammermusik-Bibliothek (Chamber Music Library). The Breitkopf Originals series opens up a fascinating view into the Breitkopf & Hartel publishing-house archives. The focus is on its rarities and treasures, together with milestones in the history of interpretation for works of the. Classical; Romantic. Score. 224 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #KM 266. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.KM-266). ISBN 9790004504901. 10 x 12.5 inches. The editor, Engelbert Rontgen, writes in his foreword:Following a commission by the gentlemen Breitkopf & Hartel in Leipzig to produce a complete edition of Beethoven's string quartets supplied with bowing marks and fingerings, I undertook this task on the basis of the critical complete edition of these quartets, published in 1862. First of all, it seemed necessary to change the original slurring in some places to suit the bowing technique, with regard to performing and expression.In the quartets from Beethoven's early period, the performing marks often lack the accuracy and completeness that is required for an exact interplay, whereas they are given in the quartets of his later period almost everywhere with the greatest detail and precision, . Furthermore, the before mentioned scores contain a number of mistakes, which in all likelihood may have crept into the manuscripts as writing mistakes.I have therefore endeavored to carefully add the missing performing marks, as well as to correct the incorrect notes, without, however, claiming to have done everything that is questionable.Breitkopf Originals invite you to take a fresh look at 19th-century reception history.The music is printed clearly and in a larger than usual size.(Rebekah Smith, AUSTA Stringendo)
The Breitkopf Originals series opens up a fascinating view into the Breitkopf & Hartel publishing-house archives. The focus is on its rarities and treasures, together with milestones in the history of interpretation for works of the Classical and Romantic repertoire, presented by the most prominent artists of their time. $79.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| String Quartet No. 3 'Angel's Music' String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello Wilhelm Hansen
String Quartet SKU: HL.14030980 Parts. Composed by Bent Sorensen. ...(+)
String Quartet SKU: HL.14030980 Parts. Composed by Bent Sorensen. Music Sales America. Classical. Set of Parts. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #KP00249. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14030980). ISBN 9788759871973. 12.0x16.0x0.285 inches. Score available: KP00250 The composer writes: 'Even when I was writing Adieu, I knew that I wished to write Angel's Music. The title existed in an incomplete form in my mind and gradually more and more ideas and a few outlines became clear. The actual work on Angel's Music was started in Rome, where I spent the autumn of 1987 staying at The Danish Academy. Whether this stay has influenced the quartet or not is impossible to say. however, it is true to say that, in the Roman churches I visited, I saw countless angels playing in the top of frescoes and altars. Without these angels, together with the many crackled-gold paintings in this city and my general fascination with the Italian renaissance painter Fra Angelico, (in fact there are only a few paintings by him in Rome, but even his name..!) I am not sure my quartet would have been what it is. Anyway I do feel that there is a bit of Italy in the piece. The angels apart there are, in the short rhythmic agitating part of the quartet, reminiscences of the Italian medieval Trotto dance, and in the most expressive part of the piece there are flashes of Puccini-like music. From the very beginning of my work on the quartet, the distant, extremely muted sound in the high register which opens the piece, was on my mind. A sound satiated with a dense heterophonic and polyphonic texture of elegiac melody and vibrating trills. I imagined that little songs (maybe angel songs) could be created in this density, these songs constantly echoing themselves. Gradually as this sound got a more and more concrete musical and instrumental form, I felt, that not only should the little songs be created, played and die out in an echo, but also that the general pattern of the quartet should give the feeling of music which, from the distance, is getting closer and closer, culminates and at last disappears like an echo. Related to this, the general pattern of Angel's Music is divided into three: a pre-echo, culmination and echo.. The relationship between the three part is 5: 6: 4. The reason why I can say this precisely and prosaically is that it was necessary to me to mark the overall guidelines before I started to compose. I had to do this in order to enable the relationships to crawl from the general pattern almost fractionally into the smallest cells of the music, or more correctly; crawl from the small cells into the general pattern.'. $69.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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