String Quartet (Study Score) SKU: HL.51487272 Study Score. Compose...(+)
String Quartet (Study
Score)
SKU:
HL.51487272
Study
Score. Composed by
Alexander Zemlinsky.
Edited by Dominik Rahmer.
Henle Music Folios.
Classical. Softcover. G.
Henle #HN7272. Published
by G. Henle
(HL.51487272).
UPC:
840126989366.
6.75x9.5x0.245
inches.
Alexander
Zemlinsky's music was
long unjustly
overshadowed by what was
regarded as the
“more
progressive†Second
Viennese School. Although
Zemlinsky was close
friends with its
protagonist Arnold
Schönberg, he never
did take the latter's
radical step into
dodecaphony. At the same
time, he composed works
that were no less
original or fully
fledged. Composed between
1913 and 1915, his Second
String Quartet in
particular pushed the
contemporaneous
understanding of form and
tonality to its limits.
With just one movement
but spanning over 1,200
measures, this
multi-faceted work
numbers among the most
significant contributions
to the genre of the time
and has long merited a
critical new edition. The
Urtext edition by G.
Henle Publishers corrects
many errors and
inaccuracies in the first
edition that came to
light after careful
comparison with the
autograph sources in
Vienna and Washington.
For the first time, too,
the metronome markings
that survive only in one
of Zemlinsky's letters
have been incorporated.
Editorial work was kindly
supported by the
Alexander Zemlinsky
Endowment Fund in
Vienna.
About Henle
Urtext
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editions:
error-free, reliable
musical texts based on
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research - fingerings and
bowings by famous artists
and pedagogues
preface in 3
languages with
information on the
genesis and history of
the work
Critical Commentary
in 1 – 3 languages
with a description and
evaluation of the sources
and explaining all source
discrepancies and
editorial
decisions
most beautiful music
engraving
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pages, and cues where you
need them
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world-wide
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exclusively for Urtext
editions)
String Quartet (Parts) SKU: HL.51481272 Set of Parts. Composed by ...(+)
String Quartet (Parts)
SKU: HL.51481272
Set of Parts.
Composed by Alexander
Zemlinsky. Edited by
Dominik Rahmer. Henle
Music Folios. Classical.
Softcover. G. Henle
#HN1272. Published by G.
Henle (HL.51481272).
UPC: 840126989250.
9.0x12.0x0.348
inches.
Alexander
Zemlinsky's music was
long unjustly
overshadowed by what was
regarded as the
“more
progressive†Second
Viennese School. Although
Zemlinsky was close
friends with its
protagonist Arnold
Schönberg, he never
did take the latter's
radical step into
dodecaphony. At the same
time, he composed works
that were no less
original or fully
fledged. Composed between
1913 and 1915, his Second
String Quartet in
particular pushed the
contemporaneous
understanding of form and
tonality to its limits.
With just one movement
but spanning over 1,200
measures, this
multi-faceted work
numbers among the most
significant contributions
to the genre of the time
and has long merited a
critical new edition. The
Urtext edition by G.
Henle Publishers corrects
many errors and
inaccuracies in the first
edition that came to
light after careful
comparison with the
autograph sources in
Vienna and Washington.
For the first time, too,
the metronome markings
that survive only in one
of Zemlinsky's letters
have been incorporated.
Editorial work was kindly
supported by the
Alexander Zemlinsky
Endowment Fund in
Vienna.
About Henle
Urtext
What I can expect from
Henle Urtext
editions:
error-free, reliable
musical texts based on
meticulous musicological
research - fingerings and
bowings by famous artists
and pedagogues
preface in 3
languages with
information on the
genesis and history of
the work
Critical Commentary
in 1 – 3 languages
with a description and
evaluation of the sources
and explaining all source
discrepancies and
editorial
decisions
most beautiful music
engraving
page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them
excellent print
quality and
binding
largest Urtext
catalogue
world-wide
longest Urtext
experience (founded 1948
exclusively for Urtext
editions)
Volume 1. For
String Quartet.
Composed by Gene Milford.
This edition: Latham
Music. Quartet; Solo
Small Ensembles; String -
Quartet. LudwigMasters -
Latham Music. Book.
LudwigMasters
Publications
#36-52703614. Published
by LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-52703614).
ISBN
9781581069761. UPC:
654690687517.
English.
This
collection of folk songs
from Latin America
(Mexico, Costa Rica and
Guatemala) are meant to
expand young player's
knowledge of music from
other cultures or give
them pride in the music
of their own heritage.
The music is mostly in
1st position with only
Violin 1 and Violoncello
wandering briefly into
other positions. Players
will use pizzicato and a
variety of bowing
styles.
Naci en la Cumbre (I
was Born on the Mountain)
is a traditional
Guatemalan folk
song.
Vuela,
suspiro (Fly, My Sighs)
is a traditional Costa
Rican folk song.
Ay! Tituy is a
traditional folk song
from Costa Rica.
La Cucaracha (The
Cockroach) is a
traditional Spanish song,
also trendy in Latin
America. It is about a
cockroach who can't walk.
The song came to
symbolize the Mexican
Revolution (1910-20) and
Pancho
Villa.
These products
are currently being
prepared by a new
publisher. While many
items are ready and will
ship on time, some others
may see delays of several
months.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440385S Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440385S
Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Large Score. With
Standard notation.
Duration 20 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#144-40385S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.14440385S).
UPC:
680160029907.
A
shorter and less
stringent work than my
two previous quartets
(1992 and 1994), the
Fourth Quartet is
comprised, almost
obsessively, of the
interplay between two
thematic kernels: (1) a
5-note motto, announced
at the outset, derived
from pitches in my own
name; and (2) a brief
legato line of expressive
sevenths (minor/major),
which is itself born out
of the first cell. Both
of these fragments
constantly pervade the
entire work, albeit in
ever-changing raiment.
The piece is extremely
classical in design: four
movements played without
interruption -
slow/fast/slow/fast -
with the first and third
sections alternating
declamatory and calmer
gestures, and the second
and fourth being, in
effect, almost variants
of each other. Quartet
No. 4 is approximately 20
minutes in duration and
each movement, as noted,
was written in memory of
dear friends who passed
away during late 1995 and
early 1996. The work was
completed in April of
1996 in Ormond, Florida
and Fairport, New York.
--Sydney Hodkinson. A
shorter and less
stringent work than my
two previous quartets
(1992 and 1994), the
Fourth Quartet is
comprised, almost
obsessively, of the
interplay between two
thematic kernels: (1) a
5-note motto, announced
at the outset, derived
from pitches in my own
name; and (2) a brief
legato line of expressive
sevenths (minor/major),
which is itself born out
of the first cell.Â
Both of these fragments
constantly pervade the
entire work, albeit in
ever-changing raiment.The
piece is extremely
classical in design: four
movements played without
interruption –
slow/fast/slow/fast
– with the first
and third sections
alternating declamatory
and calmer gestures, and
the second and fourth
being, in effect, almost
variants of each
other.Quartet No. 4 is
approximately 20 minutes
in duration and each
movement, as noted, was
written in memory of dear
friends who passed away
during late 1995 and
early 1996. The work
was completed in April of
1996 in Ormond, Florida
and Fairport, New
York.—Sydney
Hodkinson.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.144404550 Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.144404550
Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Set of Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2002.
53+20+16+16+16 pages.
Duration 22 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#144-40455. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.144404550).
UPC:
680160030859.
After
finishing a serious
woodwind quintet in the
fall of 2001 [Tela
Lacerata], I found, in
the ensuing months, that
its cinders/ashes were
still impregnating my
eardrums. Therefore, when
I set out to write the
present string piece, I
realized that the musical
veins of the quartet,
like related cousins,
were sharing the same
blood as the earlier wind
composition. The
resultant Fifth Quartet
evolved into two large,
extended movements, each
one containing seven
parts that are played
without pause. As the
list of the various
sub-sections clearly
indicates, the formal
structure of the
movements appear to be
identical: each with
three main parts
enveloped by interludes,
plus an introduction and
coda. However, the
principal segments of the
first (slow) movement
gradually decrease in
length, while those of
the second (fast)
movement increase. In
addition, there is a
goodly amount of sonic
material stolen from the
first movement which
reappears -- stitched
together in a new guise
-- into the world of the
second. for example, the
bulk of Parts B and C of
Movement II are lifted
bodily, although
elaborately modified,
from their first
appearances in the
Introduction and Part A
of the fist movement.
This offers, I suppose at
least a hint of a
traditional
recapitulation. As was
true in the earlier
woodwind piece -- both
harmonically and
melodically -- the
embryonic growth of the
musical fabric (primarily
the tritone and perfect
fifth) is omnipresent,
almost obsessively,
throughout the course of
the whole work. These two
intervals, not unlike
plasticine, habitually
transform themselves into
the scales, chords, and
melodic lines that
pervade the texture of
the quartet. Owing to the
largely unrelieved
dramatic flow, the
shifting speed, and the
often fervent intensity,
the quartet places
considerable demands on
the dexterity,
virtuosity, and stamina
of the four performers.
String Quartet No. 5 is
approximately 22 minutes
in duration and
affectionately dedicated
to my violinist wife
Elizabeth, as a gift for
our 47 years together. It
was commissioned by the
Corigliano String
Quartet, New York, NY. --
Sydney Hodkinson.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440455S Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440455S
Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Large Score. With
Standard notation. 53
pages. Duration 22
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #144-40455S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.14440455S).
UPC:
680160030873.
After
finishing a serious
woodwind quintet in the
fall of 2001 [Tela
Lacerata], I found, in
the ensuing months, that
its cinders/ashes were
still impregnating my
eardrums. Therefore, when
I set out to write the
present string piece, I
realized that the musical
veins of the quartet,
like related cousins,
were sharing the same
blood as the earlier wind
composition. The
resultant Fifth Quartet
evolved into two large,
extended movements, each
one containing seven
parts that are played
without pause. As the
list of the various
sub-sections clearly
indicates, the formal
structure of the
movements appear to be
identical: each with
three main parts
enveloped by interludes,
plus an introduction and
coda. However, the
principal segments of the
first (slow) movement
gradually decrease in
length, while those of
the second (fast)
movement increase. In
addition, there is a
goodly amount of sonic
material stolen from the
first movement which
reappears -- stitched
together in a new guise
-- into the world of the
second. for example, the
bulk of Parts B and C of
Movement II are lifted
bodily, although
elaborately modified,
from their first
appearances in the
Introduction and Part A
of the fist movement.
This offers, I suppose at
least a hint of a
traditional
recapitulation. As was
true in the earlier
woodwind piece -- both
harmonically and
melodically -- the
embryonic growth of the
musical fabric (primarily
the tritone and perfect
fifth) is omnipresent,
almost obsessively,
throughout the course of
the whole work. These two
intervals, not unlike
plasticine, habitually
transform themselves into
the scales, chords, and
melodic lines that
pervade the texture of
the quartet. Owing to the
largely unrelieved
dramatic flow, the
shifting speed, and the
often fervent intensity,
the quartet places
considerable demands on
the dexterity,
virtuosity, and stamina
of the four performers.
String Quartet No. 5 is
approximately 22 minutes
in duration and
affectionately dedicated
to my violinist wife
Elizabeth, as a gift for
our 47 years together. It
was commissioned by the
Corigliano String
Quartet, New York, NY. --
Sydney Hodkinson.
String quartet SKU: HH.HH369-FSP Composed by Anonymous. Edited by Christo...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
HH.HH369-FSP
Composed
by Anonymous. Edited by
Christopher Hogwood. Two
Violins, Viola,
Violoncello. Full score
and parts. Edition HH
Music Publishers
#HH369-FSP. Published by
Edition HH Music
Publishers
(HH.HH369-FSP).
ISBN
9790708041887.
This
previously-unpublished
Concerto a Quadro
presumably started life
as a concerto for the
standard Baroque forces
of flute, strings and
continuo, now otherwise
unknown; it is preserved
in its surviving form for
flute, violin, viola and
cello in a set of
manuscript parts
apparently copied by an
amateur musician in
Sweden. Although unlikely
to be the work of Handel,
as a rare early example
of music for flute
quartet it is an
attractive extension to a
repertoire otherwise
dominated by the works of
Mozart and his
contemporaries. In the
present publication,
editorial figuring in the
cello part allows for the
possibility of expanding
the texture with
additional continuo
instruments.
Complete Works (JSW) Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet SKU: BR.SON-634 Composed by Jean Sibelius. Edited by Tuija...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
BR.SON-634
Composed
by Jean Sibelius. Edited
by Tuija Wicklund Pekka
Helasvuo. Chamber music;
Linen. Complete Works.
Late-romantic; Early
modern. Complete Works.
328 pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #SON 634.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.SON-634).
ISBN 9790004803691. 9
x 12
inches.
Sibelius's
oeuvre contains four
string quartets. They
appeared over a long time
span and in different
phases of his
professional career. Most
of his early compositions
were chamber music, and
he composed his three
earliest quartets (in E
flat major (JS 184,
1885), A minor (JS 183,
1889), B flat major (Op.
4, 1890)) around his
study years. They
remained unprinted during
his lifetime, and the
string quartet in E flat
major was also not
performed in public. The
quartet in D minor Voces
intimae op. 56, on the
other hand, was completed
in London in the spring
of 1909, and Sibelius
wrote to his wife Aino:
It became wonderful. Just
the kind that raises a
smile on one's face even
at the moment of death.
Voces intimae was
published in the same
year. Even later,
Sibelius seemed to be
very satisfied with his
composition, for he wrote
in his diary: It is
generally claimed to be
my best work. I do not
think quite that, but it
does belong among my best
ones..