Harmonicity Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Subito Music
String Quartet SKU: SU.27180040 For String Quartet. Composed by Co...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
SU.27180040
For
String Quartet.
Composed by Cory Brodack.
Score & Parts. Subito
Music Corporation
#27180040. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.27180040).
A contemplative
piece for string quartet
that explores a lucious
soundscape filled with
harmonics, glissandi, and
pizzicati.String Quartet
Duration: 6' Composed:
2020 Published by:
Brodack Music.
What Child Is This? Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Intermédiaire David E. Smith Publications
String quartet - Grade 3 SKU: DS.169424 Composed by Willaim C. Dix. Arran...(+)
String quartet - Grade 3
SKU: DS.169424
Composed by Willaim C.
Dix. Arranged by Dana F.
Everson. Christmas. Sheet
Music. Sacred
instrumental music. Score
and parts. David E. Smith
#169424. Published by
David E. Smith
(DS.169424).
A
string quartet with
optional third violin for
viola. After a brief
introduction the theme is
presented in a straight
forward ensemble
harmonization with some
altered pitches. The next
section places the melody
in the viola line with
opposing lines in the
violins. The ensuing
section now gives the
tune to the second violin
with contrapuntal action
in the other voices. A
chorus section is now
more articulated and
active until the tune is
handed to the first
violin with ever more
moving counterpoint in
the other voices. The
piece then ends in a
strong
statement.
String Quartet No. 2 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Merion Music
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440265S Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440265S
Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Large Score. With
Standard notation.
Duration 25 minutes.
Merion Music #144-40265S.
Published by Merion Music
(PR.14440265S).
UPC:
680160027910.
The
Second and Third Quartets
were conceived at the
same time; indeed, their
composition intermingled,
over half of No. 3 being
sketched before No. 2 was
completed. Accordingly,
they share similar
material but, like the
intertwining blood of
cousins, their natures
differ: No. 2 being
somewhat acerbic and
declamatory, No. 3 more
lyric and gentler. An
annunicatory 'leaping
motive' (derived from a
motto generated by my
name) opens Quartet No. 2
and inhabits the course
of the piece as a
cyclical binding-force. A
five-note motive, usually
very deliberate, also
keeps recurring like an
insistent caller. All
three movements are based
on tonal centers (I on B
and E, II on D, III on C)
and the harmonic
'grammar' spoken tends to
recall the jazz world of
my youth. To hopefully
achieve a certain
classical ambience was
one of the goals of this
piece, and all three
movements have
traditional forms. The
first movement is a
modified Sonata-Allegro
design, with a
severely-truncated
recapitulation balanced
by a lengthy, and
decaying Coda. The second
movement is a set of
strophic variants and an
epilogue interspersed
with both solo ritornelli
and first-movement
material (the motto and
the five-note motive) in
the nature of a
fantasia-like
'call-and-response.' It
is dedicated to the
memory of the American
mezzo-soprano Jan
DeGaetani. The third
movement is a modified
Rondo (ABACBA) which
evolves out of the
opening motto. All three
movements make much use
of canonic stretti,
similar gestures, and
repetition. For example,
the climax of movement
III's Rondo throws the
first movement back at us
again, as if the players
were reluctant to let it
go, so that the entire
piece could perhaps be
viewed as a single large,
extended, Sonata
movement, with
introduction and
Coda. The Second and
Third Quartets were
conceived at the same
time; indeed, their
composition intermingled,
over half of No. 3 being
sketched before No. 2 was
completed.Â
Accordingly, they share
similar material but,
like the intertwining
blood of cousins, their
natures differ: No. 2
being somewhat acerbic
and declamatory, No. 3
more lyric and gentler.An
annunicatory
‘leaping
motive’ (derived
from a motto generated by
my name) opens Quartet
No. 2 and inhabits the
course of the piece as a
cyclical
binding-force. A
five-note motive, usually
very deliberate, also
keeps recurring like an
insistent caller. All
three movements are based
on tonal centers (I on B
and E, II on D, III on C)
and the harmonic
‘grammar’
spoken tends to recall
the jazz world of my
youth.To hopefully
achieve a certain
classical ambience was
one of the goals of this
piece, and all three
movements have
traditional forms.Â
The first movement is a
modified Sonata-Allegro
design, with a
severely-truncated
recapitulation balanced
by a lengthy, and
decaying Coda. The
second movement is a set
of strophic variants and
an epilogue interspersed
with both solo ritornelli
and first-movement
material (the motto and
the five-note motive) in
the nature of a
fantasia-like
‘call-and-response.
’ It is
dedicated to the memory
of the American
mezzo-soprano Jan
DeGaetani. The third
movement is a modified
Rondo (ABACBA) which
evolves out of the
opening motto.All three
movements make much use
of canonic stretti,
similar gestures, and
repetition. For
example, the climax of
movement III’s
Rondo throws the first
movement back at us
again, as if the players
were reluctant to let it
go, so that the entire
piece could perhaps be
viewed as a single large,
extended, Sonata
movement, with
introduction and
Coda.
String quartet - difficult SKU: HL.49044143 For string quartet. Co...(+)
String quartet -
difficult
SKU:
HL.49044143
For
string quartet.
Composed by Detlev
Mueller-Siemens. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String Ensemble.
Softcover. Composed 2011.
96 pages. Duration 12'.
Schott Music #ED21351.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49044143).
ISBN
9790001187237.
...c
alled dusk II for string
quartet draws its
inspiration from a line
in Samuel Beckett's short
story Lessness: 'Figment
dawn dispeller of
figments and the other
called dusk'.The work is
a kind of double
Chaconne, each part of
which contains 26 chords
based on specific
permutations of
fundamental notes and
their harmonics. Each of
the parts pass through
alternating, harmonically
contrasted planes,
becoming entwined in the
manner of a chimera
through their rhythmic
structure and dynamics.
This intermittently
produces a sort of 'inner
voice' which runs through
all four instruments. The
fundamental notes and
harmonics separate during
the progress of the
composition, becoming
independent and then
disintegrating. The
consonant harmony
resulting from the
amalgamation of the two
planes ultimately
collapses into a rigid
motor-like linearity.
Detlev
Muller-Siemens.
String Quartet SKU: SU.27040230 For String Quartet. Composed by Gr...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
SU.27040230
For
String Quartet.
Composed by Gregory J.
Hutter. Chamber Music,
String
Trio/Quartet/Quintet.
Score & Parts. Subito
Music Corporation
#27040230. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.27040230).
Inspired by
minimalism, the primary
composition concern was
to create a large-scale
work employing a sparse
melodic and harmonic
content: most of the
harmonic and thematic
material is derived from
a diatonic five-note
chord. The four movements
of this quartet are
played without pause and
are partitioned by a
recurring chorale.String
Quartet Duration: 20'
Composed: 2000 Published
by: Hutter Music.
String Quartet (Score) SKU: HL.284555 String Quartet. Composed by ...(+)
String Quartet (Score)
SKU: HL.284555
String Quartet.
Composed by John Luther
Adams. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2018.
74 pages. Chester Music
#CH87868. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.284555).
UPC:
888680912901. 9x12
inches.
Composers
note:
I never
imagined I would write a
string quartet. Then I
heard the JACK Quartet,
and I understood how I
might be able to make the
medium my own. The result
was The Wind in High
Places - a twenty-minute
work composed entirely on
natural harmonics and
open strings.
Over
the next few years, two
more quartets followed.
The second quartet,
untouched, is a further
exploration of the
aeolian sound world of
the first. Then, in
Canticles of the Sky, the
musicians finally touch
the fingerboards of their
instruments.
And
now comes Everything That
Rises.
This fourth
quartet is more
expansive, both in time
and in space. It grows
out of Sila: The Breath
of the World - a
performance-length
choral/orchestral work
composed on a rising
series of sixteen
harmonic
clouds.
Everything
That Rises traverses this
same territory, but in a
much more melodic
way.
Each musician
is a soloist, playing
throughout. They surround
the audience. Time
floats.
Over the
course of an hour, the
lines spin out - always
rising - in acoustically
perfect intervals that
grow progressively
smaller as they spiral
upward... until the music
dissolves into the soft
noise of the bows,
sighing.
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.
String Quartet, Accordion SKU: BT.WHKP01684 Composed by Hans Abrahamsen. ...(+)
String Quartet, Accordion
SKU: BT.WHKP01684
Composed by Hans
Abrahamsen. Classical.
Score Only. 32 pages.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WHKP01684. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(BT.WHKP01684).
English.
Three
Little Nocturnes was
composed by Hans
Abrahamsen in 2005.
Commissioned by the
Cikada Ensemble, with
support from NOMUS, and
written for Frode Haltli
and the Cikada String
Quartet. Programme Note:
In the first nocturne a
slow, falling music
emerges on an irregular
pulse, filled with high
harmonics in the strings.
The second nocturne is
fast and unrestful music,
with a lot of passion,
which in a moment runs
into a glimpse of a
tango. In this movement
the accordion is employed
in its traditional
fashion, using the chord
bass, with its
“oom-pah-pahâ€
standard chords. The
third nocturne is again
slow, indeed very slow,
and it has German tempo
and expression markings.
Thepiece ends with a
lullaby in the accordion,
played with an unusual
technique, imitating the
string portato. This is
accompanied by high
harmonics in the strings,
while the first violin
slowly and softly plays a
melody from the second
nocturne. Hans
Abrahamsen.
String Quartet No. 3 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Subito Music
2 vn, vla, vcl SKU: SU.29120070 For 2 vn, vla, vcl. Composed by To...(+)
2 vn, vla, vcl
SKU:
SU.29120070
For 2
vn, vla, vcl.
Composed by Todd Mason.
Chamber Music, String
Trio/Quartet/Quintet.
Score & Parts. Subito
Music Corporation
#29120070. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.29120070).
String Quartet
No. 3 is in one
continuous movement and
represents some harmonic
and structural
experimentation by the
composer. The work plays
out a bit like a tone
poem for string quartet.
Mason says This work
blends tonal, polytonal
and atonal material. My
goal was to create new
sounds but with a driving
suspense and energy from
the very first chords to
the very end to take the
listener on a kind of
cosmic tour to different
worlds of mystery,
longing, warmth, and even
triumph. This piece is
suggested for advanced
level players. YouTube
link with the Lyris
Quartet performing this
work:: 2 vn, vla, vcl
Duration: 14' Composed:
2021 Published by: Todd
Mason.
Gran Torso Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.KM-2261 Music for String Quartet(+)
String Quartet
(2vl,va,vc)
SKU:
BR.KM-2261
Music
for String Quartet.
Composed by Helmut
Lachenmann. This edition:
2 Violins, Viola, Cello.
Chamber music; Folder.
Kammermusik-Bibliothek
(Chamber Music Library).
World premiere: Bremen
(pro musica nova), May 6,
1972Have a look into KM
2261. Music post-1945;
New music (post-2000).
Set of parts. Composed
1971/78/88. 112 pages.
Duration 23'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #KM 2261.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.KM-2261).
ISBN 9790004501658.
16.5 x 11.5
inches.
Gran Torso,
for string quartet, was
composed in 1971 and
revised in 1978. It
belongs to a series of
works, including Air,
Kontrakadenz, Pression
and Klangschatten, whose
concept of material
attempts to free itself
from convention. That is,
instead of using the
sound itself as a point
of departure, structural
and formal hierarchies
are derived from the
mechanical and physical
conditions present during
the process of sound
production. It is clear
that such a radical break
with tradition is not
easily achieved: the
instrument, the given
means, the resonating
body itself (as the
embodiment of convention)
all work against such
attempts (with the
extended performance
techniques representing
only the tip of the
iceberg of deep-seated
contradictions where the
bourgeois artist is
concerned). Implicit in
such a challenge,
however, is a claim to
aesthetic pregnance: an
offer, if one would have
it, of uncomprosing
beauty.(Helmut
Lachenmann,
1978)CDs/LPs:Berner
StreichquartettCD col
legno 0647 277Berner
StreichquartettLP col
legno 5504Societa
Cameristica ItalianaLP
ABT ERZ 1003Arditti
String QuartetCD KAIROS,
0012662KAIstadler
quartettCD NEOS 10806The
JACK QuartetCD mode
267Stadler Quartett, Rg.
Caroline SiegersDVD NEOS
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World
premiere: Bremen (pro
musica nova), May 6,
1972.