6 String Quartets - 6 Streichquartette, Opus 71 and Opus 74, Hoboken III: 69-74....(+)
6 String Quartets - 6
Streichquartette, Opus 71
and Opus 74, Hoboken III:
69-74. By F.J. Haydn.
Edited by Rowland-Jones.
String quartet. For
violin 1, violin 2,
viola, violoncello. This
edition: Urtext. Score
and parts. Published by
C.F. Peters.
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), edited by Simon Rowland-jones. Hobok...(+)
Composed by Franz Joseph
Haydn (1732-1809), edited
by Simon Rowland-jones.
Hoboken II: 63-68. Score
and parts for string
quartet (2violins, viola,
cello). With introductory
text, performance notes
and bowings. Urtext. Text
language English, French,
and German. 262 pages.
Published by C.F. Peters.
Quartet Sant Petersburg Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Editorial de Musica Boileau
String quartet SKU: BO.B.3664 Composed by Jordi Cervello. Published by Ed...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
BO.B.3664
Composed by
Jordi Cervello. Published
by Editorial de Musica
Boileau (BO.B.3664).
Cuarteto San
Petersburgo (The Saint
Petersburg Quartet) was
written between January
and March 2011. It owes
its name to the fact that
Saint Petersburg has been
a very significant city
for me. I was invited
there in 1988 to take
part in a big
contemporary music
festival, but my
uninterrupted bond with
the city started on 2002,
thanks to the
negotiations of my friend
and pupil Albert Barbeta.
Since then, I have
constantly travelled
there in order to record
a considerable part of my
repertoire: seventeen
pieces. In addition to
the concerts we went to,
I took the opportunity
during my trips to visit
the well-known
conservatoire where so
many great personalities
from the world of music
composition once taught,
and the place that
launched the most
important violin school
in the whole of Russia:
the school of Leopoldo
Auer. Spending a long
time in Auer's classroom
writing my concert for
violin and orchestra was
an unforgettable
experience for me. His
large portrait motivated
me even
further.
Cuartet
o San Petersburgo evokes
many of the most
cherished and moving
moments that I have had
in this city. It is
structured in four
movements. The first one,
Allegretto-Allegro, opens
with an introduction that
sets forth the two main
themes, amid a soft and
elastic atmosphere. The
Allegro starts vigorously
and in it we find changes
in the tempo and moments
of mystery, as well as
certain seclusion,
returning then to the
emphatic theme where the
counterpoint finds its
place. The movement ends
placidly.
The
Scherzo-marcato that
follows is marked by a
persistent rhythm of
triplets that carries on
from beginning to end.
The tempo does not
change, but brief and
decided themes are
introduced, as well as
passages of counterpoint.
Brief and dissonant
chords are heard
throughout the movement,
which ends
vigorously.
The
third movement, Ut, is a
very special one. For a
while already I had been
playing with the idea of
writing a movement that
was to have the tonality
C as a leitmotiv. This
one is made up by two
slow and static parts. In
the first one, the first
violin plays
pizzicatti-glissandi. In
the second, the first
violin and particularly
the violoncello settle on
C while the other two
instruments produce
descending chromatic
harmonies.
Final
ly, the
Introduccion-Presto (the
Introduction-Presto). It
starts with some bucolic
passages which remind us
of the introduction to
the first movement. A
fast and energetic Presto
suddenly erupts. A kind
of moto perpetuo which
alternates with two
expressive passages and,
towards the end, a viola
and violoncello tremolo,
all of great mystery and
expectation, make way for
a resounding finale
marcato.
String Quartet (Score) SKU: HL.14008409 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Dav...(+)
String Quartet (Score)
SKU: HL.14008409
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Book Only.
Composed 1999. Chester
Music #CH55681. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14008409).
This is - so
far - the earliest
composition by Davies to
be available for
performance, and mighty
interesting it is.
Written while he was
still a young student, it
provides a candid glimpse
of the thing that
concerned him: how music
could be both
forward-moving in the
classical Western sense
(this is, after all, a
piece for a wholly
conventional medium) and
repetitive in the manner
of the Indian and
medieval music in which
he was interested. What
results is a singular
machine geared to an
intermittent ostinato in
the first violin. This
movement for string
quartet was first
performed by the Arditti
Quartet in May 1983, as
part of the 40th
Anniversary Gala concert
of the Society for the
Promotion of New Music at
the Barbican Hall,
London. Score
(miniature). Duration c.
5mins.
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), edited by Andreas Moser, Hugo Decher...(+)
Composed by Franz Joseph
Haydn (1732-1809), edited
by Andreas Moser, Hugo
Dechert. For violin I,
violin II, viola and
cello. Format: set of
performance parts (parts
only, score not
included). With thematic
index and introductory
text. Classical period.
286 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by C.F. Peters.
Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Set de Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Peters
Composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), edited by Gewandhaus Quartet. Opus 18. ...(+)
Composed by Johannes
Brahms (1833-1897),
edited by Gewandhaus
Quartet. Opus 18. Set of
performance parts (parts
only, score not included)
for 2 violins, 2 violas
and 2 cellos. Bb Major.
72 pages. Published by
C.F. Peters.
By Ellington-Chihara. For 2 violin, viola, violoncello. 1.I'm Beginning to See t...(+)
By Ellington-Chihara. For
2 violin, viola,
violoncello. 1.I'm
Beginning to See the
Light;2.Take the A
Train;3.Sophisticated
Lady;4.Mood Indigo.
Published by C.F. Peters.
Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Peters
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), edited by Andreas Moser, Hugo Decher...(+)
Composed by Franz Joseph
Haydn (1732-1809), edited
by Andreas Moser, Hugo
Dechert. For violin I,
violin II, viola and
cello. Format: set of
performance parts (parts
only, score not
included). With thematic
index and introductory
text. Classical period.
293 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by C.F. Peters.