By David Meece. Arranged by Lloyd Larson. For 2-part mixed choir. Scripture References: Matthew 1:18-22 -- Revelations 12:5. Christmas, Contemporary, Sacred. Choral octavo. 12 pages

String Quartet (Score)

SKU: HL.14023666

Composed by Michael Nyman. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Score. Composed 1993. 48 pages. Chester Music #CH60851. Published by Chester Music (HL.14023666).

ISBN 9780711932791. 9.0x12.0x0.153 inches.

String Quartet No.2 was commissioned by Shobana Jeyasingh as a solo dance work: Miniatures. It was first performed by her with the Balanescu Quartet on 15 September 1988, London. Duration 22 minutes. Instrumental parts are available on sale.

String Quartet (String Quartet)

SKU: HL.14020978

Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. Composed 2005. 40 pages. Chester Music #CH66594. Published by Chester Music (HL.14020978).

ISBN 9781844498802. 5.5x7.5x0.147 inches.

The second of the Quartets commissioned by the Naxos label was completed in January 2003. This work swings between nervous virtuosic energy to the serene calm of an extended Lento, with exotic harmonies reminiscent of Bartok, and is characterised by it's sharp and unpredictable contrasts. First performed by the Maggini Quartet on 11 July 2003 at the Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, as part of the Cheltenham International Festival. This is the score in a pocket-size format. The set of parts is available, catalogue number CH66594-01.

String Quartet

SKU: BT.MUSM570202911

Composed by George Nicholson. Study Score. 31 pages. University of York Music Press #MUSM570202911. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570202911).

English.

For String Quartet. Published 1984-5. Commissioned by Wolfson College, Oxford with funds from Southern Arts. First performance: the Fairfield Quartet, Wolfson College, Oxford, 2nd March 1985. Study score.

(Violin II Part). By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Edited by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert. For String Quartet, Violin 2. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. 8 pages. G. Henle #HN1007. Published by G. Henle

String Quartet

SKU: BT.MUSM570202928

Composed by George Nicholson. Set of Parts. University of York Music Press #MUSM570202928. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570202928).

English.

For String Quartet. Published 1984-5. Commissioned by Wolfson College, Oxford with funds from Southern Arts. First performance: the Fairfield Quartet, Wolfson College, Oxford, 2nd March 1985. Parts.

9 Recital Pieces in First Position for Viola and Piano or Two Violas. Edited by Christoph Sassmannshaus Kurt Sassmannshaus and Melissa Lusk. Stapled. Barenreiter's Sassmannshaus. Performance Score(s), Part(s). 12/12/8 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA08990. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

String quartet

SKU: FG.55011-510-1

Composed by Matthew Whittall. Score and parts. Fennica Gehrman #55011-510-1. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-510-1).

ISBN 9790550115101.

Matt hew Whittall's preface to Bright Ferment (2019): I have a complicated history with the string quartet. Actually, it's not that complicated. I spent months writing a huge one in my early twenties and hastily withdrew it after a long delayed premiere, vowing never to write another. In a typical case of karmic retribution, my fear of the form would eventually be overcome by the unrefusable offer to write the compulsory piece for the Banff International String Quartet Competition in my native Canada. The short duration requested, about nine minutes, also felt like a good way to wade gingerly back into the medium. The title was originally just a nice-sounding pair of words that surfaced in a brainstorming session with fellow composer Alex Freeman over an injudicious amount of fermented barley. When I looked it up later, I found that it was a phrase of older coinage, seemingly used more for poetic resonance than any fixed meaning. Ferment by itself denotes a state of confusion, change or lack of order. With bright, it takes on a more positive connotation with regard to society and creativity: a wild profusion of ideas barely checked by reason. (It may not actually mean that, but it describes this piece nicely, so let's go with it.) Fermentation in its trendy culinary usage is also hinted at via a recurrent percolating device of scattered pizzicati. As one may guess from the tone of this introduction, there is little attempt at gravity in Bright Ferment, the only means by which I felt I could sidestep the historical and expressive weight of the string quartet genre. Styles, gestures and moods are tossed around, cross-cut and abandoned in stream-of-consciousness fashion, connected by little except an intuitive sense of rightness in their juxtaposition. If the piece acquires depth in spite of me, it will only be because its disparate parts amplify and strengthen each other simply by being together - much like the ensemble itself. Bright Ferment was commissioned by the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, with additional funding from the Americas Society (New York), for the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition. Duration: ca. 9 minutes.

By Bela Bartok (1881-1945), arranged by William Primrose. Viola duet book for viola duet (or viola ensemble). 32 pages. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

By Bedrich Smetana. Edited by Frantisek Bartos; Josef Plavec; Karel Solc. For Violin (2), Viola, Violoncello. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import).