String Quartet (2vl,va,vc)

SKU: BR.KM-2502

Composed by Isabel Mundry. Chamber music; stapled. Kammermusik-Bibliothek (Chamber Music Library).

World premiere: Hannover, November 2004

Music post-1945; New music (post-2000). Performance score. Composed 1999/2004. 20 pages. Duration 12'. Breitkopf and Haertel #KM 2502. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.KM-2502).

ISBN 9790004502761. 10.5 x 14 inches.

Linien, Zeichnungen ist eine neuere Komposition uber eine altere Komposition von mir, und zwischen beiden liegt ein zeitlicher Abstand von dreizehn Jahren - eine Kluft, die ich nicht uberwinden, sondern fruchtbar machen wollte. Die Ausgangskomposition, 11 Linien fur Streichquartett, widmet sich der Gestaltung linearer Prozesse in ausserster Reduktion. In elf Abschnitten, die jeweils siebenundsiebzig Sekunden dauern, durchziehen annahernd einstimmige, gelegentlich gespaltene, Klanglinien die im Quadrat positionierten Instrumente. Wie Umrisse einer Landschaft am Horizont, bleiben diese linearen Klangzeichnungen in der ersten Version schemenhaft.Ursprunglich wollte ich dieses Stuck nach vielen Jahren lediglich abschreiben, doch dieser Vorgang verselbstandigte sich und entwickelte ein Eigenleben, der schliesslich in eine neue Komposition mundete. So begann es mich zu interessieren, jene abstrakten Landschaften nun aus der Nahe zu betrachten und die ursprunglichen Linien wie mit einem Zoomobjektiv in die Nahe zu holen und aus verschiedenen Perspektiven zu betrachten. Auf dieses Weise haben sich differenzierte Konturen dort entwickelt, wo in der ersten Version nur grobe Umrisse zu erkennen waren, wie zum Beispiel ein linear fallendes Glissando oder eine statische Skala. Die Ferne und Nahe zu den einstigen Klangkonfigurationen und die Entdeckung ihres moglichen Innenlebens ist auf diese Weise zu einem zentralen Thema der zweiten Version geworden. So sind aus den 11 Linien schliesslich sieben neue Kompositionen geworden, gepragt von dem Ineinandergreifen von abstrakten Linien und polyphon aufgefacherten Zeichnungen. Auf artifizielle Weise stehen sie nun in einer Beziehung zueinander wie eine eingefrorene Photographie im Verhaltnis zu einem gelebten Augenblick.(Isabel Mundry, 2010)

World premiere: Hannover, December 4, 2004.

Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.11440902S

Composed by Behzad Ranjbaran. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed 1990. 44 pages. Duration 22 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-40902S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11440902S).

UPC: 680160013708.

The quartet begins with a 5-note motif, played in unison that permeates melodically and harmonically throughout the movement. The energetic and hard-driven character of the second musical idea propels the music forward with fast moving notes and greater urgency. It often alternates with the more lyrical rendition of the 5-note motif, yielding contrasting sections. After a brief coda, the 5-note motif concludes the movement much the same way it had begun but with greater intensity. The second movement explores the world of fantasy. To some extent the beginning and the ending of the movement function as the opening and closing doors that separate the reality from the dream and subconscious. It is one continuous movement in an arch form that gradually accelerates to an expansive emotional climax and returning steadily to the surface led by an ethereal solo cello. The transcendent ending is similar to the beginning, though half step higher. The third movement begins boldly with the 5-note motif transformed into a dance character in a compound meter. The asymmetrical meter of the Persian folk music influences much of the rhythmic character of the movement. The return of many materials from earlier movements interwoven into the fabric of this movement reinforces the cyclical and organic character of the quarter. Particularly, a mysterious passage, reminiscence of the second movement leading to a brief full-blown ballad is a favorite moment of Ranjbaran's in the quartet. A blazingly virtuosic viola leads the quartet to an uplifting conclusion.

String Quartet

SKU: BT.EMBZ40128

Composed by Gyorgy Kurtag. EMB Study Scores. Contemporary Music. Book Only. Composed 2000. 36 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ40128. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ40128).

The six-movement composition written in 1959 is Kurtág's opus no. 1. It emerged after the composer's study tour to Paris which brought about his rethinking of the process of composition and the discarding of his earlier written works and meant at the same time the beginning of the composer's creative period which has lasted ever since.

Die 1959 geschriebene sechssätzige Komposition Kurtágs trägt die Opusnummer 1. Sie entstand nach seiner Pariser Studienreise, die ein Neudenken des Kompositionsvorgangs, das Verwerfen der früher komponierten Werke und den Beginn der bis heute dauernden Schaffensperiode des Komponisten bedeutete.

(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

Sheng (Chinese mouth organ) and string quartet

SKU: LM.JJ19886

Composed by Shuya Xu. Classical: 20th Century (Contemporary). Score and parts. Editions Jobert #JJ19886. Published by Editions Jobert (LM.JJ19886).

ISBN 9790230819886.

(str=1-1.1-1.1-1.1-1.0)

SKU: TM.01524SET

Composed by Louis Spohr. Set Type: M. Set of parts. Lucks Music Library #A1123. Published by Lucks Music Library (TM.01524SET).

Organ in score. no pf red. in vs or chs.

String quartet - early intermediate

SKU: XC.HRMG1835B

Composed by Michael John Trotta. Instrument Parts. Michael John Trotta. Music Education. Instrumental parts. Hampton Roads Music Group LLC #HRMG1835B. Published by Hampton Roads Music Group LLC (XC.HRMG1835B).

UPC: 785147106159.

Parts for Strings and Organ (piano).

String Quartet

SKU: HL.645853

Composed by Tibor Sarai. 20th Century. Educational Piano. Softcover. 6 pages. Duration 7200 seconds. Schaum Publications, Inc. #7203. Published by Schaum Publications, Inc. (HL.645853).

ISBN 9790080072035. UPC: 008148072033. 9.0x12.0x0.017 inches.

Score, string quartet - early intermediate

SKU: XC.HRMG1835A

Composed by Michael John Trotta. Michael John Trotta. Music Education. Instrumental parts. 100 pages. Hampton Roads Music Group LLC #HRMG1835A. Published by Hampton Roads Music Group LLC (XC.HRMG1835A).

UPC: 785147106050.

Score for Strings and Organ (piano).

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SKU: TM.01524SC

Composed by Louis Spohr. Score. Lucks Music Library #A1123. Published by Lucks Music Library (TM.01524SC).

Organ in score. no pf red. in vs or chs.

String Quartet (Parts)

SKU: HL.14041957

Parts. Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sales America. Classical, Contemporary. Softcover. Composed 2006. Chester Music #CH68519. Published by Chester Music (HL.14041957).

This work was inspired by a keyboard piece of the same name, A Sad Paven for these Distracted Tymes by Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656). Tomkins had a long association with Worcester Cathedral, where he was organist - appointed magister choristarum in 1596 - and lived within the precincts until shortly before his death. At the same time, he was organist of the Chapel Royal. When the city of Worcester surrendered to Cromwell's parliamentary forces in 1646, Tomkins had to watch the hasty dismantling of his cathedral organ and the abolition of all choral services. These were the 'distracted tymes' of the 'sad paven' which he wrote in enforced retirement at Worcester. Parts. Score also available (14037561).