(Traditional Christmas Favorites). By Various. Arranged by Daniel Kelley. String...(+)
(Traditional Christmas
Favorites). By Various.
Arranged by Daniel
Kelley. String quartet,
mixed quartet. For
Flute/Oboe/Violin, Viola,
Cello, Bassoon. Quartets.
Christmas.
Intermediate/Advanced.
Set of 4 parts. Published
by Last Resort Music
Publishing
Borsa Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle SonArt Edition
String quartet SKU: M7.SAE-8-04 Suite from Maramures. Composed by ...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
M7.SAE-8-04
Suite
from Maramures.
Composed by Lucian
Moraru. Sheet music.
Score and parts. SonArt
Edition #SAE 8-04.
Published by SonArt
Edition (M7.SAE-8-04).
ISBN
9790707651629.
This
is a unique masterpiece
for string quartet, which
preserves the flavor of
original music from
Transylvania, carefully
designed to suit the
technical needs of the
string quartet
instruments. A sample of
traditional Romanian
music through which
instrumentalists can show
their virtuosity. This
score is a smart choice
for string quartets that
want to be successful
with the public. A short
piece of 6 minutes, in a
single movement, full of
life in traditional
rhythm from Transylvania,
which is both pleasant to
perform and to listen to.
It is a perfect encore to
be played after a
successful concert.
Arranged
by Lucian Moraru. Sheet
music. Score and parts.
SonArt Edition #SAE
11-01. Published by
SonArt Edition
(M7.SAE-11-01).
ISBN
9790707651636.
This
is an overflowing
arrangement for string
quartet. The piece
preserves the beauty of
the original work, an
icon of Romanian
traditional music, but at
the same time differs in
essence, due to the new
musical themes that were
introduced in the sound
material of this work. A
sample of the Romanian
traditional music which
exploit all four
instruments on equal
terms through which they
can show their
virtuosity. A pleasure
for the members of the
string quartets who like
to show their technical
skills, with which,
surely, they will delight
the audience. This score
is a smart choice for the
string quartets that want
to achieve the acclaim
from the audience. It is
a perfect encore to be
performed after a
successful concert.
Hora staccato Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle SonArt Edition
String quartet SKU: M7.SAE-20-01 Composed by Gregorias Dinicu. Arranged b...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
M7.SAE-20-01
Composed
by Gregorias Dinicu.
Arranged by Lucian
Moraru. Sheet music.
Score and parts. SonArt
Edition #SAE 20-01.
Published by SonArt
Edition (M7.SAE-20-01).
ISBN
9790707651643.
This
is an overflowing
arrangement for string
quartet. The piece
preserves the beauty of
the original work, an
icon of Romanian
traditional music, but at
the same time differs in
essence, due to the new
musical themes that were
introduced in the sound
material of this work. A
sample of the Romanian
traditional music which
exploit all four
instruments on equal
terms through which they
can show their
virtuosity. A pleasure
for the members of the
string quartets who like
to show their technical
skills, with which,
surely, they will delight
the audience. This score
is a smart choice for the
string quartets that want
to achieve the acclaim
from the audience. It is
a perfect encore to be
performed after a
successful concert.
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.EB-9243 Full Score. Composed by...(+)
String Quartet
(2vl,va,vc)
SKU:
BR.EB-9243
Full
Score. Composed by
Christian Mason. Chamber
music; stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. World premiere
of the original version:
London, May 10, 2016World
premiere of the string
orchestra version:
Clermont-Ferrand, October
8, 2020. New music
(post-2000). Full score.
Composed 2016/2020. 40
pages. Duration 19'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
9243. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-9243).
ISBN
9790004185438. 9 x 12
inches.
It was the
practice of Khoomii
(throat singing) -
following several
workshops with Michael
Ormiston - that first
attracted me to Tuvan
music. Composing this
Songbook, the first in a
series commissioned by
the Ligeti Quartet, I
took the chance to
reflect on compositional
questions around
transcription and
arrangement of existing
music, and frequently
found myself asking:
where is the boundary
between the source
material and the new
substance? Of course the
relationship varies from
piece to piece, and
moment to moment:
sometimes we seem to
glimpse the pure source,
but most of the time
there are differing
degrees of distance,
working towards or away
from it. This new version
for string orchestra
corresponds closely to
the original quartet
version, with an
additional part for
double basses.The
traditional Tuvan songs
that I have transcribed
and recomposed are all
known to me from the Ay
Kherel CD The Music of
Tuva: Throat Singing and
Instruments from Central
Asia (2004, Arc Music).
According to the notes
from that CD, this is
what the songs are
about:1. Dyngylday: If
you have come on a horse
in blue, it doesn't mean
that you are the best. My
heart tells me something
else: my sweetheart
doesn't have such a
beautiful horse, but he
is my darling.An
alternative
interpretation from Alash
Ensemble
(alashensemble.com): The
word dyngylday is a
nonsense term with no
translation. The song
makes good-humored fun of
somebody for being a
good-for-nothing.2. Eki
Attar (The Best Steeds):
The horse is the basis of
our life. It is a magic
creature. Even its step
is full of music and
rhythm. You may not be a
horse rider, but when you
hear this song you will
always remember horses.3.
Kuda Yry: This wedding
song glorifies the
strength of the groom and
the beauty of his
Horse.4. Ezir-Kara
('Black Eagle'): This was
the name of a horse, who
became a legend through
his remarkable strength
and speed.It is not just
overtones that abound
here: there are galloping
rhythms aplenty, and
though I am no horse
rider I tried to keep the
horses galloping in my
imagination while
composing these
pieces.Christian Mason
(with quotes from Ay
Kherel and Alash
Ensemble)
World
premiere of the original
version: London/UK, May
10, 2016, World premiere
of the string orchestra
version:
Clermont-Ferrand/France,
October 8, 2020.
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.EB-9244 Set of Parts. Composed ...(+)
String Quartet
(2vl,va,vc)
SKU:
BR.EB-9244
Set of
Parts. Composed by
Christian Mason. Chamber
music; stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. World premiere
of the original version:
London, May 10, 2016World
premiere of the string
orchestra version:
Clermont-Ferrand, October
8, 2020. New music
(post-2000). Set of
parts. Composed
2016/2020. 92 pages.
Duration 19'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9244.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9244).
ISBN 9790004185445. 9
x 12 inches.
It was
the practice of Khoomii
(throat singing) -
following several
workshops with Michael
Ormiston - that first
attracted me to Tuvan
music. Composing this
Songbook, the first in a
series commissioned by
the Ligeti Quartet, I
took the chance to
reflect on compositional
questions around
transcription and
arrangement of existing
music, and frequently
found myself asking:
where is the boundary
between the source
material and the new
substance? Of course the
relationship varies from
piece to piece, and
moment to moment:
sometimes we seem to
glimpse the pure source,
but most of the time
there are differing
degrees of distance,
working towards or away
from it. This new version
for string orchestra
corresponds closely to
the original quartet
version, with an
additional part for
double basses.The
traditional Tuvan songs
that I have transcribed
and recomposed are all
known to me from the Ay
Kherel CD The Music of
Tuva: Throat Singing and
Instruments from Central
Asia (2004, Arc Music).
According to the notes
from that CD, this is
what the songs are
about:1. Dyngylday: If
you have come on a horse
in blue, it doesn't mean
that you are the best. My
heart tells me something
else: my sweetheart
doesn't have such a
beautiful horse, but he
is my darling.An
alternative
interpretation from Alash
Ensemble
(alashensemble.com): The
word dyngylday is a
nonsense term with no
translation. The song
makes good-humored fun of
somebody for being a
good-for-nothing.2. Eki
Attar (The Best Steeds):
The horse is the basis of
our life. It is a magic
creature. Even its step
is full of music and
rhythm. You may not be a
horse rider, but when you
hear this song you will
always remember horses.3.
Kuda Yry: This wedding
song glorifies the
strength of the groom and
the beauty of his
Horse.4. Ezir-Kara
('Black Eagle'): This was
the name of a horse, who
became a legend through
his remarkable strength
and speed.It is not just
overtones that abound
here: there are galloping
rhythms aplenty, and
though I am no horse
rider I tried to keep the
horses galloping in my
imagination while
composing these
pieces.Christian Mason
(with quotes from Ay
Kherel and Alash
Ensemble)
World
premiere of the original
version: London/UK, May
10, 2016, World premiere
of the string orchestra
version:
Clermont-Ferrand/France,
October 8, 2020.
Critical Edition
Hardcover. Composed
by Karol Szymanowski.
PWM. Classical.
Hardcover. 60 pages.
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne #9267030.
Published by Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
(HL.370494).
ISBN
9781705147009. UPC:
840126994025.
The
First String Quartet in C
major, Op. 37, was
written in the autumn of
1917 and earned
Szymanowski the first
prize in a competition
organized by the Ministry
of Religious and in a
competition organized by
the Ministry of Religious
and Educational Affairs
in January 1922. The
First String Quartet is
notable for its clar and
simple construction. The
first movement is in the
formof a sonata allegro;
the Andantino semplice
(in modo iuna canzone) in
the middle is a cross
between ternary and
variation form. The final
Scherzando alla burlesca
also keeps to the form of
a sonata allegro. The
combinations and
proportions of formal
factors and the treatment
of thematic material
betray a fairly
conventional adoption of
classical models.
Similarly, the expressive
and structural use of
melodic material shows a
respect for traditional
norms. Szymanowski
created, in other works
from the same period, his
own individual type of
melodic line, which was
strongly expressive and
achieved its effect
chiefly by its tonal
qualieties; nevertheless
in this Quartet he
returns to a fluid,
cantilena-like,
symmetrically shaped
melodic line, which runs
along in broad phrases of
a concentrated,
reflective character.
Melody becomes the chief
factor in the development
of the form, both in
thematic usage and in the
application of a more
polyphonic texture.
Harmonic and tonal means
are considerably
simplified in the Quartet
[]. Most of the writing
is linear, or horizontal,
with individual treatment
of each part, the
parallel continuation of
the four sound planes,
almost a matter of
principle. The functions
of the particular
instruments in realizing
these planes are
constantly changing,which
accounts for the even
greater variedy of
tone-colour. The decision
to forego experiment with
forms and sonorities is
reflectedin the overall
approach to musical
expression. The
predominant atmosphere of
restrained emotion, quiet
lyricism and serenity is
strongly suggestive of
classical aestetic
models. (Based on Zofia
Helman Commentary on
Szymanowski Complete
Edition, Vol. B6) (II)
The ''Second String
Quartet'' represents an
interesting attempt to
revert to classical form
coupled with the new
harmonic and tonal
vocabulary worked out
previously in the
''Slopiewnie'', ''Stabat
Mater'' and ''Mazurkas''.
It was also the first
time the composer had
used folk elements in the
framework of a major
classical form. The
''Second String Quartet''
is in a special category
among Szymanowski's
works. Though it dates
from the composer was
still occupied with folk
music, it nevertheless
shows him returning to
classical models, but at
the same time using an
aesthetic of subjective
expression, which gives
the work its own
individual stamp. The
''Second String Quartet''
synthesis of the various
directions in which
Szymanowski was
attempting to develop.
The sonority and texture
used in the first.
Sing Noel! Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Alfred Publishing
(A Carol Service (String Quartet/Quintet)). By Hal H. Hopson. Choir Sacred. This...(+)
(A Carol Service (String
Quartet/Quintet)). By Hal
H. Hopson. Choir Sacred.
This edition: String
Quartet/Quintet. Choral
Worship Cantata. H.W.
Gray. Christmas; Sacred;
Winter. 120 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
2 Violins, Viola and Cello, with optional Violin 3 (for Viola) & Arco Bass Parts...(+)
2 Violins, Viola and
Cello, with optional
Violin 3 (for Viola) &
Arco Bass Parts -
Moderate
SKU:
LP.9780834178168
Traditional Carols
with a Popular Twist.
Composed by Ed Hogan.
This edition: Paperback.
Instrumental Collections
& Church Orchestras.
Preludes, offertories,
recitals, talent
contests, personal
worship, and instruction.
Multicultural and Sacred.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.9780834178168).
ISBN
9780834178168.
Look
ing for an innovative way
to incorporate your
instrumentalists into
your Christmas worship
services? Our Creative
Carols Series is just for
you! We've arranged five
of your favorite
Christmas carols for
three different small
ensemble.