Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Set (Score & Parts). Composed 2009. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ14657. Published by Editio Musica Budapest

(3rd Movement From Symphony No. 1). Composed by Robert Schumann. Arranged by Robert Frost. For string orchestra (88555) with optional 3rd violin/viola TC (3 copies) and piano. Cadet String Orchestra Series. Grade 2.5. Score and set of parts. Duration 3 minutes, 20 seconds. Published by Kendor Music Inc

Orchestra string orchestra - Grade 4

SKU: KJ.SO368C

Composed by Deborah Baker Monday. Score and parts. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #SO368C. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.SO368C).

UPC: 084027046661.

This work originated in 1780, but was made famous by Igor Stravinsky in his arrangements of pieces for Pulcinella. Once again, Deborah Baker Monday has created a phenomenal arrangement (from Gallo's original) for students today to learn, enjoy, and perform.

Duration: 2:15.

By Archangelo Corelli. Arranged by Ruth Siegler. Orchestra. For string. Masterworks; Part(s); Score; String Orchestra. Highland String Orchestra. Form: Prelude; Transcription. Baroque; Masterwork Arrangement. Grade 2. 62 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

(from Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day). Composed by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). Arranged by Bob Lipton. For string orchestra. FJH String Orchestra. Grade 3.5. Score and parts. Duration 3 minutes, 15 seconds. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc

Ballett-Suite. Composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687). Edited by Paul Angerer. Orchestral music. Diletto Musicale. Set of parts. Published by Doblinger Music Publishers (DB.DM-00016-SET).

Orchestra string orchestra - Grade 3.5

SKU: KJ.SO334C

Composed by Jeffrey Bishop. Score and parts. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #SO334C. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.SO334C).

UPC: 084027041604.

This is the third movement of a four-movement work celebrating the holiday season. This 3rd movement follows the traditional form of the title. We Three Kings serves as the primary theme, and I Saw Three Ships serves as the secondary theme in the minuet. The trio section features Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella. Great for teaching form & analysis and perfect for holiday concerts.

Duration: 4:40.

By Shirl Jae Atwell. By Shirl Jae Atwell. For String Orchestra. String Orchestra. Highland String Orchestra. Level: Grade 3.5. Conductor Score & Parts. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 2-2.5

SKU: CF.YAS13F

Composed by Muzio Clementi. Arranged by Douglas Townsend. Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series. Classical. Full score. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #YAS13F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YAS13F).

ISBN 9780825848339. UPC: 798408048334. 8.5 X 11 inches. Key: G major.

IApart from some of his Sonatinas, Opus 36, Clementi's life and music are hardly known to the piano teachers and students of today. For example, in addition to the above mentioned Sonatinas, Clementi wrote sixty sonatas for the piano, many of them unjustly neglected, although his friend Beethoven regarded some of them very highly. Clementi also wrote symphonies (some of which he arranged as piano sonatas), a substantial number of waltzes and other dances for the piano as well as sonatas and sonatinas for piano four-hands.In addition to composing, Clementi was a much sought after piano teacher, and included among his students John Field (Father of the 'Nocturne'), and Meyerbeer.In his later years, Clementi became a very successful music publisher, publishing among other works the first English edition of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, in the great composer's own arrangement for the piano, as well as some of his string quartets. Clementi was also one of the first English piano manufacturers to make pianos with a metal frame and string them with wire.The Sonatina in C, Opus 36, No. 1 was one of six such works Clementi wrote in 1797. He must have been partial to these little pieces (for which he also provided the fingerings), since they were reissued (without the fingering) by the composer shortly after 1801. About 1820, he issued ''the sixth edition, with considerable improvements by the author;· with fingerings added and several minor changes, among which were that many of them were written an octave higher.IIIt has often been said, generally by those unhampered by the facts, that composers of the past (and, dare we add, the present?), usually handled their financial affairs with their public and publishers with a poor sense of business acumen or common sense. As a result they frequently found themselves in financial straits.Contrary to popular opinion, this was the exception rather than the rule. With the exception of Mozart and perhaps a few other composers, the majority of composers then, as now, were quite successful in their dealings with the public and their publishers, as the following examples will show.It was not unusual for 18th- and 19th-century composers to arrange some of their more popular compositions for different combinations of instruments in order to increase their availability to a larger music-playing public. Telemann, in the introduction to his seventy-two cantatas for solo voice and one melody instrument (flute, oboe or violin, with the usual continua) Der Harmonische Gottesdienst, tor example, suggests that if a singer is not available to perform a cantata the voice part could be played by another instrument. And in the introduction to his Six Concertos and Six Suites for flute, violin and continua, he named four different instrumental combinations that could perform these pieces, and actually wrote out the notes for the different possibilities. Bach arranged his violin concertos for keyboard, and Beethoven not only arranged his Piano Sonata in E Major, Opus 14, No. 1 for string quartet, he also transposed it to the key of F. Brahm's well-known Quintet in F Minor for piano and strings was his own arrangement of his earlier sonata for two pianos, also in F Minor.IIIWe come now to Clementi. It is well known that some of his sixty piano sonatas were his own arrangements of some of his lost symphonies, and that some of his rondos for piano four-hands were originally the last movements of his solo sonatas or piano trios.In order to make the first movement of his delightful Sonatina in C, Opus 36, No. 1 accessible to young string players, I have followed the example established by the composer himself by arranging and transposing one of his piano compositions from one medium (the piano) to another. (string instruments). In order to simplify the work for young string players, in the process of adapting it to the new medium it was necessary to transpose it from the original key of C to G, thereby doing away with some of the difficulties they would have encountered in the original key. The first violin and cello parts are similar to the right- and left-hand parts of the original piano version. The few changes I have made in these parts have been for the convenience of the string players, but in no way do they change the nature of the music.Since the original implied a harmonic framework in many places, I have added a second violin and viola part in such a way that they not only have interesting music to play, but also fill in some of the implied harmony without in any way detracting from the composition's musical value. Occasionally, it has been necessary to raise or lower a few passages an octave or to modify others slightly to make them more accessible for young players.It is hoped that the musical value of the composition has not been too compromised, and that students and teachers will come to enjoy this little piece in its new setting as much as pianists have in the original one. This arrangement may also be performed by a solo string quartet. When performed by a string orchestra, the double bass part may be omitted.- Douglas TownsendString editing by Amy Rosen.

About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series

Thi s series of Grade 2/Grade 2.5 pieces is designed for second and third year ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
--Occasionally extending to third position
--Keys carefully considered for appropriate difficulty
--Addition of separate 2nd violin and viola parts
--Viola T.C. part included
--Increase in independence of parts over beginning levels

String Orchestra - Grade 1

SKU: KN.08143S

(Chester). Composed by William Billings. Arranged by Elliot Del Borgo. Accent String Orchestra. Kendor Music Inc #08143S. Published by Kendor Music Inc (KN.08143S).

UPC: 822795081435.

Willi am Billings' illustrious hymn Chester is scored here in a very playable concert setting that allows for a full sound and interesting lines in all parts. The simple nobility of the melodic line and its strong, solid harmonies are major factors in the enduring popularity of this song. Duration 2:55. Available in SmartMusic.

By Erik Satie (1866-1925). Edited by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs. String Orchestra. For string orchestra. Set of parts. 52 pages. Published by Doblinger Music Publishers

Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 3

SKU: FJ.ST6538

Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Arranged by Robert D McCashin. Series; String Orchestra. FJH String Orchestra. Form: Dance. Masterwork Arrangement. Score and Part(s). The FJH Music Company Inc #98-ST6538. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc (FJ.ST6538).

English.

Drawn from Dvorák's famous Czech Suite, Op. 39, this delightful arrangement perfectly captures the personality of the original while making the piece accessible to medium-level orchestras. Predominantly in a minor key with a festive, short, and lively Trio in the major mode, this work is sure to be enjoyed by all!

About FJH String Orchestra

More emphasis on bow technique and independence of lines. For the accomplished middle, high school, college, or professional group. Grade 3 and up