Cradle Hymn - Score and Parts Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Santa Barbara Music Publishing
Composed by Kim Andre Arnesen. Score and parts. Santa Barbara Music Publishing #...(+)
Composed by Kim Andre
Arnesen. Score and parts.
Santa Barbara Music
Publishing #SBMP1260-1.
Published by Santa
Barbara Music Publishing
(SB.SBMP-1260.1).
Composed by Zachary J. Moore. Concert, General. String parts/conductor score. S...(+)
Composed by Zachary J.
Moore. Concert, General.
String parts/conductor
score. Santa Barbara
Music Publishing
#SBMP1342-1. Published by
Santa Barbara Music
Publishing
(SB.SBMP-1342.1).
99 Bars for Barbara (String Quartet No. 4). (Score and Parts). By Paul Dessau (1...(+)
99 Bars for Barbara
(String Quartet No. 4).
(Score and Parts). By
Paul Dessau (1894-1979).
For String Quartet.
Schott. Score and Parts.
19 pages. Schott Music
#ED9645. Published by
Schott Music
String Quartet No. 2 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Merion Music
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.144402180 After Zurbarán. ...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.144402180
After
Zurbarán. Composed
by James Primosch. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
20+8+8+8+8 pages.
Duration 18 minutes.
Merion Music #144-40218.
Published by Merion Music
(PR.144402180).
UPC:
680160027156. 9.5 x 13
inches.
The
concerts and exhibits of
the Cleveland Museum of
Art were an important
formative influence for
me during my student
days. So when the
invitation came to create
a new work celebrating
this institution on its
seventy-fifth
anniversary, I was not
only happy to accept, but
knew immediately that I
wanted to write a piece
that would somehow relate
specifically to the
museum. I decided to make
the work a reflection on
a painting in the
museum's collection:
Zurbaran's The Holy House
of Nazareth. My quartet
is not program music in a
narrative sense, but
rather a kind of
meditation that takes its
tone from this painting's
remarkable integration of
intense affect,
mysterious repose and
secret geometry. Besides
Zurbaran's painting, the
piece is occupied with a
purely musical object of
contemplation: the hymn
tune Picardy, best known
with the text Let All
Mortal Flesh Keep
Silence. This tune
permeates the harmonic
and melodic life of the
quartet, sometimes
appearing in a very
simple, straightforward
fashion, but often hidden
amidst more complex
structures. I was
attracted to the melody
for its musical
qualities, but later
realized that the hymn's
text also resonates with
the mood of the painting;
the words speak of a
reverent awe, of cherubim
with sleepless eye, and
of the mystery of the
Incarnate Word who must
suffer: King of kings,
yet born of Mary...
String Quartet No. 2 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Merion Music
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440218S After Zurbarán. ...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440218S
After
Zurbarán. Composed
by James Primosch. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Duration 18
minutes. Merion Music
#144-40218S. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.14440218S).
UPC:
680160027170. 9.5 x 13
inches.
The
concerts and exhibits of
the Cleveland Museum of
Art were an important
formative influence for
me during my student
days. So when the
invitation came to create
a new work celebrating
this institution on its
seventy-fifth
anniversary, I was not
only happy to accept, but
knew immediately that I
wanted to write a piece
that would somehow relate
specifically to the
museum. I decided to make
the work a reflection on
a painting in the
museum's collection:
Zurbaran's The Holy House
of Nazareth. My quartet
is not program music in a
narrative sense, but
rather a kind of
meditation that takes its
tone from this painting's
remarkable integration of
intense affect,
mysterious repose and
secret geometry. Besides
Zurbaran's painting, the
piece is occupied with a
purely musical object of
contemplation: the hymn
tune Picardy, best known
with the text Let All
Mortal Flesh Keep
Silence. This tune
permeates the harmonic
and melodic life of the
quartet, sometimes
appearing in a very
simple, straightforward
fashion, but often hidden
amidst more complex
structures. I was
attracted to the melody
for its musical
qualities, but later
realized that the hymn's
text also resonates with
the mood of the painting;
the words speak of a
reverent awe, of cherubim
with sleepless eye, and
of the mystery of the
Incarnate Word who must
suffer: King of kings,
yet born of Mary...
Set String Quartet (Score & Parts) - intermediate to advanced SKU: HL.4901820...(+)
Set String Quartet (Score
& Parts) - intermediate
to advanced
SKU:
HL.49018208
Score
and Parts. Composed
by Barbara Heller. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String Ensemble.
Classical. Score and
parts. Composed 2008. 24
pages. Duration 13'.
Schott Music #ED20774.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49018208).
ISBN
9790001170673. UPC:
884088576493.
9.0x12.0x0.077
inches.
'A coming
and going...' - this is
how Barbara Heller
describes the essence of
her second string quartet
La Caleta ('small bay').
Barbara Heller got the
inspiration to write this
work from the calm,
gentle and constant
movements of the waves at
the beach of a small bay
on the isle of La Gomera.
The quiet, hot day is
reflected in the music:
The slow, calm, almost
quiet music with its open
form should be played and
heard inwardly. The music
comes from nowhere and
disappears into
nothingness like a big
wave. The tonal material,
consisting of wholetone
and semitone steps in
short descending and
ascending movements
produces cluster-like,
floating sounds. An
intense musical
experience, requiring
concentration and peace
of mind.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.11440902S Composed by Behzad Ranjbar...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.11440902S
Composed
by Behzad Ranjbaran. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Composed 1990.
44 pages. Duration 22
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-40902S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11440902S).
UPC:
680160013708.
The
quartet begins with a
5-note motif, played in
unison that permeates
melodically and
harmonically throughout
the movement. The
energetic and hard-driven
character of the second
musical idea propels the
music forward with fast
moving notes and greater
urgency. It often
alternates with the more
lyrical rendition of the
5-note motif, yielding
contrasting sections.
After a brief coda, the
5-note motif concludes
the movement much the
same way it had begun but
with greater intensity.
The second movement
explores the world of
fantasy. To some extent
the beginning and the
ending of the movement
function as the opening
and closing doors that
separate the reality from
the dream and
subconscious. It is one
continuous movement in an
arch form that gradually
accelerates to an
expansive emotional
climax and returning
steadily to the surface
led by an ethereal solo
cello. The transcendent
ending is similar to the
beginning, though half
step higher. The third
movement begins boldly
with the 5-note motif
transformed into a dance
character in a compound
meter. The asymmetrical
meter of the Persian folk
music influences much of
the rhythmic character of
the movement. The return
of many materials from
earlier movements
interwoven into the
fabric of this movement
reinforces the cyclical
and organic character of
the quarter.
Particularly, a
mysterious passage,
reminiscence of the
second movement leading
to a brief full-blown
ballad is a favorite
moment of Ranjbaran's in
the quartet. A blazingly
virtuosic viola leads the
quartet to an uplifting
conclusion.
String Quartet (Score &
Parts) - intermediate to
advanced
SKU:
HL.49018966
Score
and Parts. Composed
by Barbara Heller. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover.
Composed 2008. 36 pages.
Duration 7'. Schott Music
#ED20775. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49018966).
ISBN
9790001170680.
Patc
hwork, the third string
quartet by Barbara
Heller, with its cheerful
and light character, is
an enjoyable piece.
Playfully flowing
figures, often in
pizzicato, alternate with
'still soundscapes'.
Designed by Heller as a
tritone study, the tonal
material consists of
whole-tone relations
throughout. The unusual
tone colour of the
tritone therefore
requires precise
intonation. with regards
to tempo, it allows for
free interpretation:
Patchwork can either be
played statically at a
moderate tempo or one can
'scurry' quickly and
humorously through the
piece.