Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.114405050 Composed by John Downey. S...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.114405050
Composed
by John Downey. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation. 53
pages. Duration 25
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-40505.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114405050).
UPC:
680160008377. 11 x 14
inches.
Although
structurally it
subdivides into five
movements, the entire
quartet emerges as one
vast continuum. There are
no formal breaks between
movements. However,
certain musical signposts
can be discerned,
associated with each of
the movements'
terminations and new
beginnings. The opening
movement, The Nostalgia
of Clanging Bell
Sonorities, begins
floating on recurrent Bbs
whose soft rhythmic flow
slowly puts into motion
strong undercurrents
suggestive of the latent
power of water... After
several suggestions of
tolling bells, the
movement gradually fades
into hushed tones of
veiled and very distant
sonorities. It uses a
unique efffect, for the
first time in a musical
context, conveyed through
the use of extra heavy
practice mutes. The
second movement, The
Spill of Water ,
disengages itself from
the first through its
distinct contrast in
tempo. Water moves fast,
and when it splashes, it
tends to run wildly. In
this case, it happens to
be bubbly water that
gushes forth bodly...
smashing across rocky
shorlines. So, too, the
music attempts to conjure
such moods. At the end of
this movement, a cello
cadenza emerges,
introducing an
introspective type of
melodicism. The third
movement, The Poignancy
of Memory, contains many
silences as it tries to
convey memory through
fragmented remembrances
much like often occur in
our dream state.
Progressing through
several slowly building
images, it gradually
works itself into
juxtaposition of musical
images. Towards the
movement's end, high
harmonics are sounding in
all four instruments
while left hand pizzicato
notes in the cello pluch
the last remembrances of
this central core. Almost
imperceptibly, the viola
assumes leadership as it
dissolves into: The
fourth movement, The
Fluidity of Motion, which
has mostly the viola, but
also the cello,
articulating lyrical
statements against the
sheets of sound conjured
up by the two violins
playing a flood of
swirling figures, evokes
a kind of static motion
in spae. Here, the
virtually imperceptible
manner in which this
hushed whisper continues
incessantly, can suggest
the potential fluidity
with which movement may
inch forward... Later
into the fourth movement
, two fairly extended
solos by the second and
then the first violins,
lead to a kind of
spontaneous dialogue
among the four
instrumentalists.
Eventually, this musical
conversation gets caught
up in: The fifth
movement's The Rush of
Time, which opens with a
hushed flurry of speed,
precipitates the Finale.
It generates, at first
slowly, but then very
swiftly, whole shifts of
rhythmic fields that
initially seem to
conflict with one
another. Ultimately, this
use of 'psycho-rhythmics
contributes to an on-rush
of motion and time.
Rhythmic changes are, at
times, abruptly
precipitated with but
little or no preparation
creating a kind of
inevitability in forward
thrust, while the
movement rushes forward
with a feeling of gradual
and continuous
acceleration. It gathers
density as more and more
notes are piled
progressively upon
successive beats. The
attempt is to spark
tension and ignite
excitement by means of
frenetic confrontations
of dissimilitudes.
Ultimately - with the
help of time - these
polarities centrifically
spin out their own
destinies with their
accompanying fall-out and
own inevitable
resolutions.
Solo Cello Part with Piano Reduction Cello (Str. (8 * 0 * 2 * 2 * 1) ad lib. cho...(+)
Solo Cello Part with
Piano Reduction Cello
(Str. (8 * 0 * 2 * 2 * 1)
ad lib. chorisch)
SKU:
HL.49018921
Solo
Cello with Piano
Reduction. Composed
by Bertold Hummel. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover.
Composed 1984. Op. 80. 56
pages. Duration 25'.
Schott Music #CB220.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49018921).
ISBN
9790001169677.
The
content and formal
structure of the
two-movement Poem have
been subjectively
borrowed from the poem
Steps [Stufen] by Hermann
Hesse. The frequently
appearing short motifs in
both parts of the work
are based in 'magic
formulaic style' on the
parable of the Glass Bead
Game which in the ring
for the game with
coloured beads becomes a
game with symbols.Magic
and dreams, a sense of
departure and grievance
and valediction and
transfiguration are the
moods which follow one
another, frequently in
rapid succession -
fundamentally the thirst
for life and the yearning
for sorrow and
consummation.
Cello and Orchestra - Grade 4 SKU: BT.WH30668 Composed by Poul Ruders. Cl...(+)
Cello and Orchestra -
Grade 4
SKU:
BT.WH30668
Composed
by Poul Ruders.
Classical. Score Only.
Composed 2002. 100 pages.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH30668. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(BT.WH30668).
ISBN
9788759812310.
International.
In
Latin Anima means
soul but it is also a
Jungian expression for
the female element of the
male. Anima> forms
the first part of a
nameless trilogy of solo
concertos, which
emphasizes reflective
moods. In this cello
concerto it is mainly the
melodic aspect that is in
the foreground, a
bitter-sweet but always
gentle song for
cello.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.11440505S Composed by John Downey. F...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.11440505S
Composed
by John Downey. Full
score. With Standard
notation. 53 pages.
Duration 25 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-40505S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11440505S).
UPC:
680160008391. 11 x 14
inches.
Although
structurally it
subdivides into five
movements, the entire
quartet emerges as one
vast continuum. There are
no formal breaks between
movements. However,
certain musical signposts
can be discerned,
associated with each of
the movements'
terminations and new
beginnings. The opening
movement, The Nostalgia
of Clanging Bell
Sonorities, begins
floating on recurrent Bbs
whose soft rhythmic flow
slowly puts into motion
strong undercurrents
suggestive of the latent
power of water... After
several suggestions of
tolling bells, the
movement gradually fades
into hushed tones of
veiled and very distant
sonorities. It uses a
unique effect, for the
first time in a musical
context, conveyed through
the use of extra heavy
practice mutes. The
second movement, The
Spill of Water,
disengages itself from
the first through its
distinct contrast in
tempo. Water moves fast,
and when it splashes, it
tends to run wildly. In
this case, it happens to
be bubbly water that
gushes forth bodly...
smashing across rocky
shorelines. So, too, the
music attempts to conjure
such moods. At the end of
this movement, a cello
cadenza emerges,
introducing an
introspective type of
melodicism. The third
movement, The Poignancy
of Memory, contains many
silences as it tries to
convey memory through
fragmented remembrances
much like often occur in
our dream state.
Progressing through
several slowly building
images, it gradually
works itself into
juxtaposition of musical
images. Towards the
movement's end, high
harmonics are sounding in
all four instruments
while left hand pizzicato
notes in the cello pluck
the last remembrances of
this central core. Almost
imperceptibly, the viola
assumes leadership as it
dissolves into: The
fourth movement, The
Fluidity of Motion, which
has mostly the viola, but
also the cello,
articulating lyrical
statements against sheets
of sound conjured up by
the two violins playing a
flood of swirling
figures, evokes a kind of
static motion in space.
Here , the virtually
imperceptible manner in
which this hushed whisper
continues incessantly,
can suggest the potential
fluidity with which
movement may inch
forward... Later into the
fourth movement, two
fairly extended solos by
the second and then the
first violins, lead to a
kind of spontaneous
dialogue amont the four
instrumentalists.
Eventually, this musical
conversation gets caught
up in: The fifth
movement's The Rush of
Time, which opens with a
hushed flurry of speed,
precipitates the Finale.
It generates, at first
slowly, but then very
swiftly, whole shifts of
rhythmic fields that
initially seem to
conflict with one
another. Ultimately, this
use of psycho-rhythmics
contributes to an on-rush
seem of motion and time.
Rhythmic changes are, at
times, abruptly
precipitated with but
little or no preparation
creating a kind of
inevitability in forward
thrust, while the
movement rushes forward
with a feeling of gradual
and continuous
acceleration. It gathers
density as more and more
notes are piled
progressively upon
successive beats. The
attempt is to spark
tension and ignite
excitement by means of
frenetic confrontations
of dissimilitudes.
Ultimately - with the
help of time - these
polarities centrifically
spin out their own
destinies with their
accompanying fall-out and
own inevitable
resolutions.
Solo Violoncello SKU: SU.29120110 For Solo Violoncello. Composed b...(+)
Solo Violoncello
SKU:
SU.29120110
For
Solo Violoncello.
Composed by Todd Mason.
Strings, Cello.
Unaccompanied. Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#29120110. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.29120110).
A compelling &
compact set of variations
for solo cello that
explores various moods,
textures and chromatic
harmonies for the cello.
YouTube link from New
York premiere by cellist,
Laura Metcalf, in
2022.Solo Violoncello
Duration: 5'30 Composed:
2021 Published by: Todd
Mason Variations
(Youtube):.
Cello and Orchestra (Oboe) - Grade 4 SKU: HL.14027968 Composed by Poul Ru...(+)
Cello and Orchestra
(Oboe) - Grade 4
SKU:
HL.14027968
Composed
by Poul Ruders. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. Composed 2002. 100
pages. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #WH30668.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14027968).
ISBN
9788759859971.
12.0x16.5x0.704 inches.
International (more than
one language).
In
Latin Anima means soul
but it is also a Jungian
expression for the female
element of the male.
Anima forms the first
part of a nameless
trilogy of solo
concertos, which
emphasizes reflective
moods. In this cello
concerto it is mainly the
melodic aspect that is in
the foreground, a
bitter-sweet but always
gentle song for
cello.
Emociones caucanas for Piano Trio: piano, violon, violoncelle [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Peermusic Classical
Violin, Cello and Piano SKU: BT.PMC1491 Violin, cello and piano. C...(+)
Violin, Cello and Piano
SKU: BT.PMC1491
Violin, cello and
piano. Composed by
Antonio Maria Valencia.
Set (Score & Parts).
Peermusic Classical
#PMC1491. Published by
Peermusic Classical
(BT.PMC1491).
Cello; Piano - intermediate SKU: HL.49045283 For Cello and Piano Reduc...(+)
Cello; Piano -
intermediate
SKU:
HL.49045283
For
Cello and Piano
Reduction. Composed
by Wolfgang Koehler. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String Solo. Classical.
Softcover. 16 pages.
Schott Music #ED22651.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49045283).
ISBN
9790001162470. UPC:
841886028913.
9.0x12.0x0.073
inches.
Take Seven
is a tried and trusted
showpiece with audience
appeal. The title Take
Seven is of course a play
on Paul Desmond's famous
Take Five and its
recording by the Dave
Brubeck Quartet. As
there, the rhythms in
this piece are largely
based on an asymmetric
metre - in this case, 7/4
time. Unlike most jazz
pieces with an uneven
metre, however, Take
Seven goes through
various moods, sections
and tempo changes,
illuminating the main
theme from different
angles.
Cello & piano - Difficult SKU: OU.9780193408654 Composed by Michael Berke...(+)
Cello & piano - Difficult
SKU:
OU.9780193408654
Composed by Michael
Berkeley. Score and part.
12 pages. Duration 7.5'.
Oxford University Press
#9780193408654. Published
by Oxford University
Press (OU.9780193408654).
ISBN 9780193408654. 12
x 8 inches.
A
virtuosic single movement
piece for cello and piano
which moves through a
series of moods from
mysterious and
atmospheric to turbulent
and agitated, and takes
full advantage of the
range of timbral,
rhythmic, and textural
possibilities allowed by
this combination of
instruments.
String Quartet No. 8 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Subito Music
SKU: SU.29150031 Composed by Elliott Miles McKinley. Chamber Music, Strin...(+)
SKU: SU.29150031
Composed by Elliott Miles
McKinley. Chamber Music,
String
Trio/Quartet/Quintet.
String Quartet. Set of
Parts. Subito Music
Corporation #29150031.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.29150031).
String Quartet
No. 8 was composed in the
summer of 2016 and
premered in April 2017 by
the Auriga String Quartet
at Indiana State
University. Set in three
large movements of
constrasting moods.2vn,
va, vc Duration:
30’ Composed: 2016
Published by: Elliott
Miles McKinley String
Quartet No. 8
(Youtube):.
String quartet SKU: FG.55011-510-1 Composed by Matthew Whittall. Score an...(+)
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.
String Quartet No.9 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Music Sales
String Quartet SKU: HL.14031827 Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales Amer...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
HL.14031827
Composed
by Per Norgard. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. 48 pages. Music
Sales #KP01084. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14031827).
ISBN
9788759871089.
Danish-English.
Pre
face The three movements
of the quartet may be
perceived as three
different expressions of
an unstable core: an
inherent unrest leads to
frequent changes of
direction. The first
movement is full of
dramatic contrasts: it is
followed by a second
movement, whose basic
mood of meditative rest
is challenged by
occasional centrifugal
utbursts, while the third
movement takes the
inherent conflicts to a
higher level, contrasting
material of introspective
lyricism with excessively
pathetic moods. The final
way out is a retrograde
one, (back) into the
source: through a
constant
accelerando-diminuendo
the piece disappears into
a vanishing point. The
into the source of the
titlemay be visualized as
a reversed
fountain-action: the
broad fan-like spread of
the first movement, a
more coherent-solid
second movement, and
finally - in the third
movement - a return-run,
ever more vehemently,
like a suction into the
spring itself ... The
musical motifs are
varied: there are
traffic-situations (which
I heard!) with stomping
and machine-like rhythms
in different, but
simultaneous tempi, and
there are more abstract
upwards and downwards
half-tone-scales, with
changing accents,
creating glimpses of
melodies. INTO THE
SOURCE, String Quartet
No. 9, was composed on a
double-commission from
the Orion Quartet and the
Vertavo Quartet. The
premiere performances
took places in Santa Fe
in 2002 and in Oslo in
2003. Per Norgard.
For Piano and String Trio. Composed by Danny Elfman. Performance Music Ensembl...(+)
For Piano and String
Trio.
Composed by Danny Elfman.
Performance Music
Ensemble;
Piano Quartet (For Piano
and
String Trio).
Contemporary.
Book. Faber Music #12-
0571542360. Published by
Faber
Music
Voyage for String Quartet Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440572S Composed by Ellen Taaffe Z...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440572S
Composed
by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
Sws. Premiere: South
Mountain Concerts,
Pittsfield, MA; Saint
Lawrence String Quartet.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2012. 16 pages.
Duration 12 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#144-40572S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.14440572S).
ISBN
9781598066029. UPC:
680160617685. 9x12
inches.
When the
family heirs to the
legendary Galimir String
Quartet (three sisters
and a brother) gathered
to commemorate the
centenary birth years of
these famed performers,
they chose Ellen Taaffe
Zwilich to commission for
this honor. The composer,
who has also worked
professionally as a
violinist, responded with
a one-movement odyssey
entitled Voyage,
cross-breeding her own
characteristic style with
glimpses of Viennese
waltzes and other Galimir
flavor. There is a sweet,
sad lyricism to this
work, a hectic
discord..., some wailing
and moaning, these moods
alternating with dancing
klezmer rhythms of Jewish
wedding music that take
over and make things
right in the end.
(Stanley Fefferman,
BachTrack.com).
A Bach Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Editorial de Musica Boileau
String quartet SKU: BO.B.3388 Composed by Jordi Cervello. Instrumental Se...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
BO.B.3388
Composed by
Jordi Cervello.
Instrumental Sets.
Duration 10:12. Published
by Editorial de Musica
Boileau (BO.B.3388).
English
comments: A Bach for
string quartet is another
evocation of the past, in
this case of J.S. Bach's
works for violin. Written
in 2004, it is a
recreation of two of the
most important movements
in the series of Sonatas
and Partitas: The Adagio
of the third Sonata and
the Prelude of the third
Partita (BWV 1005 and
1006, respectively).
Jordi Cervello was a
violinist and, as such,
it should come as no
surprise that he once
again makes use of
compositions written for
his instrument. The
Adagio, here in common
time (the original by
Bach is in three-four
time), keeps up the
constant rhythmic figure
of the dotted quaver and
semi-quaver throughout
the movement, with a
calmness that is shrouded
in mystery. The second
movement, Preludiando,
retains the same lively
spirit as the original,
but explores different
moods. Moments of calm,
vigour and even some
dramatic points give it a
new dimension thanks to
the fact that it is
written for a quartet and
to Cervello's original
treatment of harmony and
counterpoint.
Co
mentarios del
Espanol: A Bach para
cuarteto de cuerda es
otra evocacion del
pasado, en este caso de
la obra para violin de
J.S. Bach. Escrita el ano
2004, se trata de una
recreacion de dos de los
movimientos mas
importantes de la serie
de Sonatas y Partitas: El
Adagio de la tercera
Sonata y el Preludio de
la tercera Partita (BWV
1005 y 1006
respectivamente). Jordi
Cervello fue violinista
y, como tal, no debe
sorprender que una vez
mas se sirva de material
compositivo procedente de
su instrumento. El
Adagio, aqui en compas de
cuatro (el original de
Bach es de tres) conserva
en todo el movimiento la
constante figura ritmica
de corchea con puntillo y
semicorchea, dentro de un
clima sereno pero rodeado
de misterio. El segundo
movimiento, Preludiando,
conserva el mismo
espiritu vivo del
original, pero
recorriendo diferentes
estados de animo.
Momentos de calma, de
vigor e incluso
dramaticos dan nueva
dimension gracias a la
escritura cuartetistica y
al original tratamiento
armonico y
contrapuntistico de
Cervello. A Bach se
estreno en La Pedrera de
Barcelona dentro del
ciclo Celebracions de la
Fundacio Caixa de
Catalunya en el ano 2006
con el Quarteto
Prometeo.