Spiritwalking Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Dunvagen Music Publishers
For String Quartet. Composed by Philip Glass (1937-). Music Sales America...(+)
For String
Quartet. Composed by
Philip Glass (1937-).
Music Sales America.
Classical. Dunvagen Music
Publishers #DU11121.
Published by Dunvagen
Music Publishers
(HL.14048136).
Harbor Music Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
String Quartet SKU: PR.16400222S Composed by Dan Welcher. Full score (stu...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
PR.16400222S
Composed
by Dan Welcher. Full
score (study). With
Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00222S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16400222S).
UPC:
680160037841.
This
work follows my Quartet
No. 1 by five years. In
terms of style and
aesthetic aim, however,
it seems light years
away. Where the first
work, a 28-minute,
four-movement piece, took
aim at cosmic conflicts
and heroic resolutions,
the present work is
intended as a kind of
divertissment. Harbor
Music lasts a mere eleven
minutes, is cast in a
single movement with six
sections, and should
leave both performers and
listeners with a feeling
of good humor and
affection. The
title comes from my
experience as a guest in
the magnificent city of
Sydney, Australia. One of
its most attractive
features is its unique
system of ferry boats:
the city is laid out
around a large,
multi-channeled harbor,
with destinations more
easily approached by
water than by land.
Consequently, inhabitants
of Sydney get around on
small, people-friendly
boats that come and go
from the central docks at
Circular Quay. During a
week's visit in 1991, I
must have boarded these
boats at least a dozen
times, always bound for a
new location - the resort
town of Manley, or the
Zoo at Taronga Park, or
the shopping district at
Darling Harbour.
In casting about for a
form for my second string
quartet, a kind of loose
rondo came to mind. Each
new destination would be
approached from the same
starting-out point
(although there are
subtle variations in the
repeating theme; it's
always in a new key, and
the texture is never the
same). The result, I
hope, is a sense of
constant new information
presented with
introductory frames of a
more familiar nature.
The embarkation
theme, which begins the
piece, is a sort of
bi-tonal fanfare in which
the violins are in G
major and the viola and
cello are in B-flat
major. It is bold, eager,
and forward-looking. The
first voyage maintains
this bi-tonality,
beginning as a 9/8 due
for second violin and
viola in a kind of
rocking motion -much as a
boat produces when
reaching the deeper water
in the harbor. A sweet,
nostalgic theme emerges
over this rocking
accompaniment. This music
is developed somewhat,
then transforms quickly
into a much faster and
lighter episode, filled
with rising and falling
scales (again, in
differing keys). A
scherzando interlude in
short notes and changing
meters provides contrast,
and the episode ends with
a reprise of the scales.
The second
embarkation follows, this
time in A major/C major.
It leads quickly into a
very warm and slow theme,
in wide-leaping intervals
for the viola. This
section is interrupted
twice by solo cadenzas
for the cello, suggesting
distant boat-horns in
major thirds. The end of
the episode becomes a
transition, with
boat-horns leading into
the final appearance of
the embarkation music,
this time in trills and
tremolos instead of
sharply accented chords.
The nostalgic theme of
the first episode makes a
final appearance, serving
now as a coda. The
rocking motion continues,
in a lullaby fashion,
leaving us drowsy and
satisfied on our homeward
journey. Harbor
Music was written for the
Cavani Quartet, and is
dedicated to Richard J.
Bogomolny. Commissioned
by his employees at First
National Supermarkets as
a gift, it represents a
thank you from many of
the people (including
this composer) who have
benefitted from his
vision and generosity. An
ardent advocate of
chamber music (and a
cellist himself), Mr.
Bogomolny has for many
years been Chairman of
the Board of Chamber
Music America. -- Dan
Welcher.
String Quartet SKU: HL.14031851 Composed by Vagn Holmboe. Music Sales Ame...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
HL.14031851
Composed
by Vagn Holmboe. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. 24
pages. Music Sales
#KP00797. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14031851).
ISBN
9788759880661.
Danish.
Holmboe'
s last quartet work,
which is
unofficially also
String Quartet No.
21, was the last
work he ever composed,
and was unfinished on his
death in 1996. His pupil
Per
Nørgård
has finished the quartet,
and himself characterizes
his contribution by
saying that the score
existed “in an only
partly completed form,
which could however be
written out with only a
few cases of
doubt”. With only
two movements and a
playing time of
about nine minutes it is
at its existing
length the shortest of
Holmboe's string
quartets. The first
movement takes the form
of one long arch in a
rocking triple time which
constantly shiftsamong
different tempo and pulse
sensations. At the same
time the rhythmic
energy increases
until the movement, in a
faster Con moto
tempo accelerates to
a more flowing 12/8 time,
coloured both
rhythmically by
cross-rhythms in
duple time and timbrally
by harmonics in the
viola. In its middle
section, Con fuoco,
the movement
culminates in both tempo
and expression until it
falls calm in brief
recapitulations in
reverse order of the
first two sections. The
rocking feeling continues
in the second movement,
but now at a more
extroverted level from
the outset, Allegro
and pizzicato. The
energy builds up
further as the mood
intensifies to Con
fuoco, while all
instruments go over to
bowed playing, but like
the first movement, this
movement ends Adagio
here however not as
a gradual attenuation but
through a sudden shift in
tempo to a calm,
imitative passage before
the movement slowly thins
out to the almost
inaudible through a last,
dense, open sounding
chord with a brief violin
solo above it.
The
quartet is dedicated to
Holmboe's wife MeLa May
Holmboe, and was given
its first performance by
the Kontra Quartet on
22nd March 1997 at the
Carl Nielsen Academy of
Music in Odense,
Denmark.
Prussian. Composed
by Ignaz Joseph Pleyel.
Edited by Allan Badley.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String. Score and parts.
196 pages. Schott Music
#ED20118. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49016754).
ISBN
9790001146500.
9.0x12.0x0.68
inches.
Ignaz
Joseph Pleyel
(1757-1831), a
composition student of
Josef Haydn, was not only
one of the most
successful composers of
his time, but also an
active concert organizer,
pianoforte manufacturer,
publisher and music
dealer. To mark his 250th
birthday on 01.06.2007,
this critical edition
appears on the basis of
the text of the first
edition stored in the
archives of the Schott
publishing house. It
contains the three most
beautiful of the twelve
string quartets dedicated
by Pleyel to the King of
Prussia.
Set
(Score & Parts). 106
pages. Bote & Bock
#BB3474. Published by
Bote & Bock (BT.BB3474).
ISBN
9783793141716.
F
or Isang
Yun, String
Quartet No. 3 from 1959
marked the beginning of
his European creative
phase and of his official
canon of works. Now it is
possible to encounter
Yun's early works from
his Korean period inthe
form of his String
Quartet No. 1
(1955). Three important
10-minute movements
containing references not
only to Asia but also to
Ravel, Bartók and
Eastern European folk
music and having an
idiosyncraticstructure:
Yun lines up forms and
figures, makes them
emerge from each other in
a contrasting manner and
assembles them into a
mosaic-like whole,
seeking for integration,
laying down his material
in layer upon layer and
endingthemovements with a
rhythmic unison.
[…] Even then, he
probably regarded a work
of art as an energetic
stream of sounds and as a
reflection of a world
whose diverging parts
weave into a harmonic
whole.
(Walter-WolfgangSparrer)<
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String Quartet No. 1 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Bote and Bock
String Quartet (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.48024228 Composed by Isang Yun. Bo...(+)
String Quartet (Score &
Parts)
SKU:
HL.48024228
Composed
by Isang Yun. Boosey &
Hawkes Chamber Music.
Classical. Softcover. 110
pages. Bote & Bock
#M202534748. Published by
Bote & Bock
(HL.48024228).
ISBN
9781540057310. UPC:
888680949266. 9x12
inches.
For Isang
Yun, String Quartet No. 3
from 1959 marked the
beginning of his European
creative phase and of his
official canon of works.
Now it is possible to
encounter Yun's early
works from his Korean
period in the form of his
String Quartet No. 1
(1955). Three important
10-minute movements
containing references not
only to Asia but also to
Ravel, Bartók and
Eastern European folk
musicand having an
idiosyncratic structure:
“Yun lines up forms
and figures, makes them
emerge from each other in
a contrasting manner and
assembles them into a
mosaic-like whole,
seeking for integration,
laying down his material
in layer upon layer and
ending the movements with
a rhythmic unison. []
Even then, he probably
regarded a work of art as
an energetic stream of
sounds and as a
reflection of a world
whose diverging parts
weave into a harmonic
whole.”
(Walter-Wolfgang
Sparrer).
Wash Rag for String Quartet Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Intermédiaire LudwigMasters Publications
String Quartet - Grade 3 SKU: AP.36-52703617 Composed by Alan Shulman. Th...(+)
String Quartet - Grade 3
SKU:
AP.36-52703617
Composed by Alan Shulman.
This edition: Latham
Music. Quartet; Solo
Small Ensembles; String -
Quartet. LudwigMasters -
Latham Music. Book.
LudwigMasters
Publications
#36-52703617. Published
by LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-52703617).
UPC:
735816385521.
English.
This
humorous little vignette
for string quartet was
composed in 1979 and was
originally intended to be
published by Piedmont
Music, the ASCAP division
of EB Marks Classical.
For reasons unknown,
however, it remained in
manuscript form until
2021, when a copy of the
composer's autograph
parts was discovered in
the archives of a
completely different Alan
Shulman piece. This newly
engraved Latham Music
edition therefore
represents the first
publication of Shulman's
delightful work, as well
as the first full score.
As the title suggests,
this is a medium-slow
rag, or cakewalk in a
loose AABA form. The
bluesy and graceful main
melody is introduced by
the first violin in a
call and response
exchange with the rest of
the ensemble. The
restatement of the
primary theme is led by
the second violin, with
the entire ensemble
playing pizzicato, having
the effect of playful
mockery. In the B
section, the first violin
earnestly reasserts the
stately grace from the
opening however, the
cello is clearly becoming
restless and decides to
take over the lead just
before the final reprise.
The lighthearted ending
again has the first
violin doing its best to
bring the tune to a
refined conclusion, but
the rest of the group
still has mischief in
mind. After a couple
moments of seeming
confusion, the ensemble
regroups at last and
plays the final riff with
resolute emphasis. If
you're looking to add a
light moment to a recital
program, or looking for a
short, medium level
contest piece that
players and audiences
alike will enjoy, this
little miniature is an
ideal choice!
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.
Over the Rainbow Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Partition + CD] Santorella Publications
(from The Wizard of Oz ). Composed by Harold Arlen. Arranged by Michael Tarro. ...(+)
(from The Wizard of Oz
). Composed by Harold
Arlen. Arranged by
Michael Tarro. For string
quartet. Score and 2
play-along CDs. Published
by Santorella
Publications
String quartet SKU: FG.042-09103-6 Composed by Eero Sipila. Score. Publis...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
FG.042-09103-6
Composed by Eero Sipila.
Score. Published by
Fennica Gehrman
(FG.042-09103-6).
ISBN
979-0-042-09103-6.
Eero Sipila was an
organist by training. His
liking for Gregorian
chant left its mark on
his compositions in the
form of stylistic
borrowings or at least
reflections. In one of
his letters Sipila
mentioned as his main
work the quartet that was
to be the last thing he
wrote. The name Lux
aeterna is a reference to
the section in the
Gregorian mass, melodic
motifs from which
dominate the entire
quartet. There is no
trace of the modernistic
tendencies of the works
composed in the 1960s,
but the pungent seconds
harmonies characteristic
of Sipila are all
there.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.114414250 Composed by Lowell Lieberm...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.114414250
Composed
by Lowell Liebermann.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard Notation. Op.
103. 28+9+8+9+8 pages.
Duration 25 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41425. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114414250).
UPC:
680160607846.
Lowel
l Liebermann's 4th String
Quartet was commissioned
by the Canandaigua Lake
Chamber Music Festival
and the Wood Library,
Canandaigua, NY, for the
Orion Quartet in
celebration of their 20th
Anniversary. The quartet
was premiered by the
Orions at the Canandaigua
Lake Chamber Music
Festival in Rochester, NY
on February 9th, 2008. To
quote the writer Mark
Greenberg: It's a
remarkable piece. The
mood is elegiacal and
meditative, the melodic
lines sinuous and
searching, the harmonies
rich and astonishingly
beautiful. Liebermann
works within the
traditions of Western
tonality, but that is a
mansion with many rooms.
Liebermann inhabits all
of them as his expressive
purposes require, and he
doesn't mind knocking
down a wall to create new
harmonic spaces. The
Fourth Quartet doesn't
exactly fit the
neoromantic niche into
which Liebermann is
sometimes placed. Much of
the music, especially
near the beginning, is a
highly advanced and fluid
chromatic expressionism
with modernist
tendencies. Sometimes
this roiling cloudscape
breaks open to allow a
patch of near-classical
harmony and
almost-resolution. Near
the midpoint the clouds
lift in leaping
modulations. Several
chordal passages recall
Russian Orthodox chant.
Suddenly, when you've
begun to think the
somber, deliberate pace
has gone on a bit too
long, Liebermann
introduces a kind of
hobbled, stilted jazz
idiom. The piece dies in
pensive quiet.