| Sardinian Songbook Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet SKU: BR.EB-9271 Composed by Christian Mason. Chamber music...(+)
String Quartet SKU:
BR.EB-9271 Composed
by Christian Mason.
Chamber music. Edition
Breitkopf. New music
(post-2000); Music
post-1945. Sheet Music.
Composed 2018. Duration
21'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 9271.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9271).
ISBN 9790004185711. 0
x 0 inches. I fell
in love with the
remarkable singing of the
Tenores di Bitti on
hearing their recordings
as a student. Their
uniquely intense vocal
timbre, their harmony,
which seemed pure and
rough at once, and the
sense that this music
was, at root, not so much
about performance as
simply being together in
the world, in a community
of spirit. At the time, I
had no intention of using
this music to my own
creative ends, but now,
here we are: Sardinian
Songbook is the second in
a cycle of works for the
Ligeti Quartet, all based
on transcriptions of
music from different
throat-singing
traditions. Like string
quartets, the tenores
usually sing in groups of
four voices, but being
free from instruments
they stand very close
together enabling the
resonances of their
voices to blend and
interact in a special
way. The quartet, of
course, can only sit so
close before their bows
clash, so I have chosen
instead to reflect this
physical closeness
inversely, by getting the
players to stand
increasingly far from one
another as the piece
progresses. In so doing,
the initial state of
sonic blend gives way to
hocketing lines, opening
up the sense of
space.Christian Mason,
2018 The four movements
may be played separately
or as a collection. If
played together the
following order should be
observed (see table of
contents).
World
premiere: Sheffield/UK,
Firth Hall, April 14,
2018, Commissioned by
Ligeti Quartet. $42.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Sardinian Songbook Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet SKU: BR.EB-9270 Composed by Christian Mason. Chamber music...(+)
String Quartet SKU:
BR.EB-9270 Composed
by Christian Mason.
Chamber music. Edition
Breitkopf. New music
(post-2000); Music
post-1945. Sheet Music.
Composed 2018. 28 pages.
Duration 21'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9270.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9270).
ISBN 9790004185704. 9
x 12 inches. I fell
in love with the
remarkable singing of the
Tenores di Bitti on
hearing their recordings
as a student. Their
uniquely intense vocal
timbre, their harmony,
which seemed pure and
rough at once, and the
sense that this music
was, at root, not so much
about performance as
simply being together in
the world, in a community
of spirit. At the time, I
had no intention of using
this music to my own
creative ends, but now,
here we are: Sardinian
Songbook is the second in
a cycle of works for the
Ligeti Quartet, all based
on transcriptions of
music from different
throat-singing
traditions. Like string
quartets, the tenores
usually sing in groups of
four voices, but being
free from instruments
they stand very close
together enabling the
resonances of their
voices to blend and
interact in a special
way. The quartet, of
course, can only sit so
close before their bows
clash, so I have chosen
instead to reflect this
physical closeness
inversely, by getting the
players to stand
increasingly far from one
another as the piece
progresses. In so doing,
the initial state of
sonic blend gives way to
hocketing lines, opening
up the sense of
space.Christian Mason,
2018 The four movements
may be played separately
or as a collection. If
played together the
following order should be
observed (see table of
contents).
World
premiere: Sheffield/UK,
Firth Hall, April 14,
2018, Commissioned by
Ligeti Quartet. $59.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Three Four-part Ricercari Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
String Quartet SKU: PR.154400180 Composed by Andrea Gabrieli. Edited by H...(+)
String Quartet SKU:
PR.154400180 Composed
by Andrea Gabrieli.
Edited by Hans David.
Arranged by Hans Theodore
David. Renaissance. Score
and parts. With Standard
notation. 28 pages.
Theodore Presser Company
#154-40018. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.154400180). UPC:
680160642465. 9 x 12
inches. Andrea
Gabrieli was a major
force in moving the
classical music world
toward the more modern
Venetian school of the
Renaissance. Called by
Alfred Einstein One of
the greatest and most
influential masters of
the Renaissance period,
Gabrieli fully developed
the use of choirs of
voices and instruments,
often in opposition to
each other. David has
selected three examples
from a posthumous 1589
collection, advising that
the four-part pieces were
originally scored for
viols but are here
arranged for modern
instruments. And while
the arrangement will
accommodate a number of
players per part, single
players would be more
historically correct. As
important as Andrea was
to the Venetian School,
his fame would be
eclipsed by his nephew
and student, Giovanni
Gabrieli. $27.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Three Four-part Ricercari Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
String Quartet SKU: PR.15440018S Composed by Andrea Gabrieli. Edited by H...(+)
String Quartet SKU:
PR.15440018S Composed
by Andrea Gabrieli.
Edited by Hans David.
Arranged by Hans Theodore
David. Renaissance.
Score. With Standard
notation. 12 pages.
Theodore Presser Company
#154-40018S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.15440018S). UPC:
680160642489. 9 x 12
inches. Andrea
Gabrieli was a major
force in moving the
classical music world
toward the more modern
Venetian school of the
Renaissance. Called by
Alfred Einstein One of
the greatest and most
influential masters of
the Renaissance period,
Gabrieli fully developed
the use of choirs of
voices and instruments,
often in opposition to
each other. David has
selected three examples
from a posthumous 1589
collection, advising that
the four-part pieces were
originally scored for
viols but are here
arranged for modern
instruments. And while
the arrangement will
accommodate a number of
players per part, single
players would be more
historically correct. As
important as Andrea was
to the Venetian School,
his fame would be
eclipsed by his nephew
and student, Giovanni
Gabrieli. $16.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Christmas Music to Sing and Play Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet (rec,vl,vc,pno) SKU: BR.EB-6705 Pieces in Two to Four P...(+)
String Quartet
(rec,vl,vc,pno) SKU:
BR.EB-6705 Pieces
in Two to Four Parts.
Composed by Fritz
Scharlach. Chamber music;
stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. Music
pedagogy. Full score. 56
pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 6705.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-6705).
ISBN 9790004169063. 9
x 12 inches.
German. Though a
piano can always be
included, it is not an
essential requirement for
the performance of these
settings: in some of the
carols, two violins or
two flutes are quite
sufficient, especially if
voices are used as well.
The following
combinations are
particularly suitable for
domestic music-making,
whether or not voices are
included as well:one
violin and piano,two
violins and piano,two or
three violins,violins and
recorders,two concert (C)
flutes (and an alto
flute) and - as the ideal
combination for
shepherds' songs -
flutes, violins, cello
and piano.Performing
groups and music schools
have the advantage of a
wider choice of forces
and the possibility of
varying the
instrumentation within
the individual carols and
verses. Thus large and
small combinations can
alternate, strings and
flutes can play in turn,
and finally the piano can
be used by itself or to
reinforce other
instrumental
combinations, in which
case the cello can be
added, too.The pieces are
graded in increasing
order of difficulty; the
first carols are chosen
so that they can be
mastered by violinists
after as little as 4 to 6
months of learning their
instrument. The choise
and sequence of the
carols in this book, and
also their keys, were
determined, amongst other
factors, by their
suitability for the start
of violin tuition, both
in first and in third
position, so that these
carols make an especially
good supplement of
Christmas music to the
violin method of Fritz
and Gottfried Scharlach
(with its principle of
starting with the third
position). The
progressively increasing
difficulty of the carols
has resulted, for
example, in the three
Advent carols (nos.
23-25) being placed later
in the collection.The
editor hopes that these
carols will be much
played and sung, and thus
help to fill the
Christmas season with joy
and splendour.Fritz
Scharlach, Salzburg,
December 1972
Our
beautiful Christmas
carols, old and new, are
presented here in
settings, ranging from
the easy to the more
difficult, for various
combinations of voices
and instruments that may
be available in domestic
music-making or for a
Christmas concert. $29.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Violins Go Vivaldi -- Two Movements for Violin Quartet Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Alfred Publishing
Arranged by Goran Berg. For Violin. Book; Masterworks; Quartet; String - Violin ...(+)
Arranged by Goran Berg.
For Violin. Book;
Masterworks; Quartet;
String - Violin Quartet.
Masterwork. 44 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
$34.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
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