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.
Tango Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Schott
Score and Parts String Quartet (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.49045929 No. 7 ...(+)
Score and Parts String
Quartet (Score & Parts)
SKU: HL.49045929
No. 7 from:
“Jazz-like. Partita
for Piano†String
Quartet Score and
Parts. Composed by
Erwin Schulhoff. Arranged
by Wolfgang Birtel.
String Ensemble.
Classical. Softcover. 12
pages. Schott Music
#ED22607. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49045929).
9.0x12.0x0.057
inches.
The
Austro-Hungarian composer
Erwin Schulhoff
(1894-1942) was musically
precocious: At the
suggestion of AntonÃn
Dvorák, he
receivedpiano lessons at
the age of seven, and at
the age of ten became a
student at the Prague
Conservatory. Further
piano studies in Vienna,
Cologne and Leipzig as
well as composition
lessons with Max Reger
supplemented his
education. His Jewish
heritage, which defamed
his music as
“degenerateâ€,
and his sympathy for
communism, however, cost
him his life. In Prague
and finally interned in
Wülzburg near
Weissenburg in Bavaria,
he died of tuberculosis.
Schulhoff's musical
significance lies in the
integration of jazz into
art music, for example in
his oratorio H.M.S. Royal
Oak or in his Hot Sonata
for alto saxophone and
piano. He earned his
living as a jazz pianist
for a long time. In
August 1922 he wrote four
short piano pieces, his
Rag Music, to which he
added four more phrases
in November: released as
Partita, also known as
Jazz-like Partita - with
the fashion dances
Ragtime, Foxtrott,
Shimmy, Boston and - as
No. 7 - a tango. From a
piano to a string quartet
movement, the arrangement
presents itself as a
delicate and smart,
technically not too
difficult sweet, suitable
as a diversion or
addition in a quartet
program.
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By Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Moser, Dechert. For 2 violin, viola, violoncell...(+)
By Franz Joseph Haydn.
Edited by Moser, Dechert.
For 2 violin, viola,
violoncello.
Op.1,Nos.1-6(B|,E|,D,G,B|
,C);
Op.2,Nos.1-6(A,E,E|,F,D,B
|);
Op.3,Nos.1,2,4,6(E,C,B|,A
);
Op.20,(Sun)Nos.1-3(E|,C,g
); Op.33,(Quartets with
Scherzi)(Jungfern,Bird or
Russian)Nos.1,4,5,(b,B|;G
,How do you do?);
Op.51,(Seven Last
Words):Introduction(d); 7
Sonata. Published by C.F.
Peters.
String Quartet SKU: BR.PB-5708 Urtext. Composed by Joachim Raff. E...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
BR.PB-5708
Urtext. Composed
by Joachim Raff. Edited
by Stefan Konig. Chamber
music; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Romantic
period. Study Score.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5708. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5708).
ISBN
9790004216453. 6.5 x 9
inches.
When his
musical triad op. 192 was
created in the winter of
1873/74, Raff was one of
Germany's most successful
composers and the central
artistic authority in the
Hessian spa, royal
residence and imperial
city of Wiesbaden. With
op. 192, Raff cultivated
his reputation as an
erudite composer who was
a master of contrapuntal
forms. By the time the
string quartets were
composed, he had already
established himself as
one of the most prolific
and versatile suite
composers of the 19th
century, as is evident
here in the various suite
conceptions: Opus 192 No.
1 (in C minor), as Suite
in the ancient style, has
with Baroque labels
stylized dance movements
follow one another. Die
schone Mullerin [The Fair
Maid of the Mill] op. 192
No. 2 (in D major), on
the other hand,
interprets the suite as a
sequence of chapters in a
musical narrative and
thus becomes probably the
first tone poem in string
quartet scoring. In the
third quartet (in C
major), of which Raff the
artist was proudest,
other genre designations
mix in among the dance
movements, and with its
free succession of
different movement types,
not usual for a sonata,
it preserves structural
openness. In
collaboration with the
Joachim-Raff-Archiv
Lachen (CH)
Some
eighteen years elapsed
between Raff's first
counted String Quartet
op. 77 and his Quartets
Nos. 6-8 op. 192,
combined as one work. As
such, Raff parted with
the weighty single opus
in quartet composition -
without, however,
sacrificing musical
quality.
Inspired by Leo Tolstoy's "Kreutzer Sonata". By Leos Janacek. Edited by Leos Fal...(+)
Inspired by Leo Tolstoy's
"Kreutzer Sonata". By
Leos Janacek. Edited by
Leos Faltus; Milos
Stedron. For Viola,
Violin (2), Violoncello.
Baerenreiter
Studienpartituren - Study
scores. Published by
Baerenreiter-Taschenparti
turen (German import).
