Composed by Christian Mason. World premiere: Paris, Cite de la musique, Januar...(+)
Composed by Christian
Mason.
World premiere: Paris,
Cite
de la musique, January
14,
2020. Breitkopf and
Haertel
#EB 9377. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
Cassatt. Composed
by Dan Welcher. Premiere:
Cassatt Quartet,
Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago, IL.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2007. WRT11142.
52 pages. Duration 24
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #164-00272S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.16400272S).
UPC:
680160588442. 8.5 x 11
inches.
My third
quartet is laid out in a
three-movement structure,
with each movement based
on an early, middle, and
late work of the great
American impressionist
painter Mary Cassatt.
Although the movements
are separate, with
full-stop endings, the
music is connected by a
common scale-form,
derived from the name
MARY CASSATT, and by a
recurring theme that
introduces all three
movements. I see this
theme as Mary's Theme, a
personality that stays
intact while undergoing
gradual change. I
The Bacchante (1876)
[Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania] The
painting shows a young
girl of Italian or
Spanish origin, playing a
small pair of cymbals.
Since Cassatt was trying
very hard to fit in at
the French Academy at the
time, she painted a lot
of these subjects, which
were considered typical
and universal. The style
of the painting doesn't
yet show Cassatt's
originality, except
perhaps for certain
details in the face.
Accordingly the music for
this movement is
Spanish/Italian, in a
similar period-style but
using the musical
signature described
above. The music begins
with Mary's Theme,
ruminative and slow, then
abruptly changes to an
alla Spagnola-type fast
3/4 - 6/8 meter. It
evokes the
Spanish-influenced music
of Ravel and Falla.
Midway through,
there's an accompanied
recitative for the viola,
which figures large in
this particular movement,
then back to a truncated
recapitulation of the
fast music. The overall
feeling is of a
well-made, rather
conventional movement in
a contemporary
Spanish/Italian style.
Cassatt's painting, too,
is rather conventional.
II At the Opera
(1880) [Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts]
This painting is one of
Cassatt's most well known
works, and it hangs in
the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. The painting
shows a woman alone in a
box at the opera house,
completely dressed
(including gloves) and
looking through opera
glasses at someone or
something that is NOT on
the stage. Across the
auditorium from her, but
exactly at eye level, is
a gentleman with opera
glasses intently watching
her - though it is not
him that she's looking
at. It's an intriguing
picture. This
movement is far less
conventional than the
first movement, as the
painting is far less
conventional. The music
begins with a rapid,
Shostakovich-type
mini-overture lasting
less than a minute, based
on Mary's Theme. My
conjecture is that the
woman in the painting has
arrived late to the
opera, busily stumbling
into her box. What
happens next is a kind of
collage, a kind of
surrealistic overlaying
of two different
elements: the foreground
music, at first is a
direct quotation of
Soldier's Chorus from
Gounod's FAUST (an opera
Cassatt would certainly
have heard in the
brand-new Paris Opera
House at that time),
played by Violin II,
Viola, and Cello. This
music is played sul
ponticello in the melody
and col legno in the
marching accompaniment.
On top of this, the first
violin hovers at first on
a high harmonic, then
descends into a slow
melody, completely
separate from the Gounod.
It's as if the woman in
the painting is hearing
the opera onstage but is
not really interested in
it. Then the cello joins
the first violin in a
kind of love-duet (just
the two of them, at
first). This music isn't
at all Gounod-derived;
it's entirely from the
same scale patterns as
the first movement and
derives from Mary's Theme
and its scale. The music
stays in a kind of
dichotomy feeling,
usually
three-against-one, until
the end of the movement,
when another Gounod
melody, Valentin's aria
Avant de quitter ce lieux
reappears in a kind of
coda for all four
players. It ends
atmospherically and
emotionally disconnected,
however. The overall
feeling is a kind of
schizophrenic,
opera-inspired dream.
III Young Woman in
Green, Outdoors in the
Sun (1909) [Worcester Art
Museum, Massachusetts]
The painting, one
of Cassatt's last, is
very simple: just a
figure, looking sideways
out of the picture. The
colors are pastel and yet
bold - and the woman is
likewise very
self-assured and not in
the least demure. It is
eight minutes long, and
is all about melody -
three melodies, to be
exact (Young Woman,
Green, and Sunlight). No
angst, no choppy rhythms,
just ever-unfolding
melody and lush
harmonies. I quote one
other French composer
here, too: Debussy's song
Green, from Ariettes
Oubliees. 1909 would have
been Debussy's heyday in
Paris, and it makes
perfect sense musically
as well as visually to do
this. Mary Cassatt
lived her last several
years in near-total
blindness, and as she
lost visual acuity, her
work became less sharply
defined - something akin
to late water lilies of
Monet, who suffered
similar vision loss. My
idea of making this
movement entirely melodic
was compounded by having
each of the three
melodies appear twice,
once in a pure form, and
the second time in a more
diffuse setting. This
makes an interesting two
ways form:
A-B-C-A1-B1-C1.
String Quartet No.3
(Cassatt) is dedicated,
with great affection and
respect, to the Cassatt
String Quartet, whose
members have dedicated
themselves in large
measure to the furthering
of the contemporary
repertoire for
quartet.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.164002720 Cassatt. Composed b...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.164002720
Cassatt. Composed
by Dan Welcher. Spiral
and Saddle. Premiere:
Cassatt Quartet,
Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago, IL.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed 2007. WRT11142.
52+16+16+16+16 pages.
Duration 24 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00272. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.164002720).
UPC:
680160573042. 8.5 x 11
inches.
My third
quartet is laid out in a
three-movement structure,
with each movement based
on an early, middle, and
late work of the great
American impressionist
painter Mary Cassatt.
Although the movements
are separate, with
full-stop endings, the
music is connected by a
common scale-form,
derived from the name
MARY CASSATT, and by a
recurring theme that
introduces all three
movements. I see this
theme as Mary's Theme, a
personality that stays
intact while undergoing
gradual change. I
The Bacchante (1876)
[Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania] The
painting shows a young
girl of Italian or
Spanish origin, playing a
small pair of cymbals.
Since Cassatt was trying
very hard to fit in at
the French Academy at the
time, she painted a lot
of these subjects, which
were considered typical
and universal. The style
of the painting doesn't
yet show Cassatt's
originality, except
perhaps for certain
details in the face.
Accordingly the music for
this movement is
Spanish/Italian, in a
similar period-style but
using the musical
signature described
above. The music begins
with Mary's Theme,
ruminative and slow, then
abruptly changes to an
alla Spagnola-type fast
3/4 - 6/8 meter. It
evokes the
Spanish-influenced music
of Ravel and Falla.
Midway through,
there's an accompanied
recitative for the viola,
which figures large in
this particular movement,
then back to a truncated
recapitulation of the
fast music. The overall
feeling is of a
well-made, rather
conventional movement in
a contemporary
Spanish/Italian style.
Cassatt's painting, too,
is rather conventional.
II At the Opera
(1880) [Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts]
This painting is one of
Cassatt's most well known
works, and it hangs in
the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. The painting
shows a woman alone in a
box at the opera house,
completely dressed
(including gloves) and
looking through opera
glasses at someone or
something that is NOT on
the stage. Across the
auditorium from her, but
exactly at eye level, is
a gentleman with opera
glasses intently watching
her - though it is not
him that she's looking
at. It's an intriguing
picture. This
movement is far less
conventional than the
first movement, as the
painting is far less
conventional. The music
begins with a rapid,
Shostakovich-type
mini-overture lasting
less than a minute, based
on Mary's Theme. My
conjecture is that the
woman in the painting has
arrived late to the
opera, busily stumbling
into her box. What
happens next is a kind of
collage, a kind of
surrealistic overlaying
of two different
elements: the foreground
music, at first is a
direct quotation of
Soldier's Chorus from
Gounod's FAUST (an opera
Cassatt would certainly
have heard in the
brand-new Paris Opera
House at that time),
played by Violin II,
Viola, and Cello. This
music is played sul
ponticello in the melody
and col legno in the
marching accompaniment.
On top of this, the first
violin hovers at first on
a high harmonic, then
descends into a slow
melody, completely
separate from the Gounod.
It's as if the woman in
the painting is hearing
the opera onstage but is
not really interested in
it. Then the cello joins
the first violin in a
kind of love-duet (just
the two of them, at
first). This music isn't
at all Gounod-derived;
it's entirely from the
same scale patterns as
the first movement and
derives from Mary's Theme
and its scale. The music
stays in a kind of
dichotomy feeling,
usually
three-against-one, until
the end of the movement,
when another Gounod
melody, Valentin's aria
Avant de quitter ce lieux
reappears in a kind of
coda for all four
players. It ends
atmospherically and
emotionally disconnected,
however. The overall
feeling is a kind of
schizophrenic,
opera-inspired dream.
III Young Woman in
Green, Outdoors in the
Sun (1909) [Worcester Art
Museum, Massachusetts]
The painting, one
of Cassatt's last, is
very simple: just a
figure, looking sideways
out of the picture. The
colors are pastel and yet
bold - and the woman is
likewise very
self-assured and not in
the least demure. It is
eight minutes long, and
is all about melody -
three melodies, to be
exact (Young Woman,
Green, and Sunlight). No
angst, no choppy rhythms,
just ever-unfolding
melody and lush
harmonies. I quote one
other French composer
here, too: Debussy's song
Green, from Ariettes
Oubliees. 1909 would have
been Debussy's heyday in
Paris, and it makes
perfect sense musically
as well as visually to do
this. Mary Cassatt
lived her last several
years in near-total
blindness, and as she
lost visual acuity, her
work became less sharply
defined - something akin
to late water lilies of
Monet, who suffered
similar vision loss. My
idea of making this
movement entirely melodic
was compounded by having
each of the three
melodies appear twice,
once in a pure form, and
the second time in a more
diffuse setting. This
makes an interesting two
ways form:
A-B-C-A1-B1-C1.
String Quartet No.3
(Cassatt) is dedicated,
with great affection and
respect, to the Cassatt
String Quartet, whose
members have dedicated
themselves in large
measure to the furthering
of the contemporary
repertoire for
quartet.
We Are The Champions Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Facile De Haske Publications
String Quartet - early intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1185965-070 As Perform...(+)
String Quartet - early
intermediate
SKU:
BT.DHP-1185965-070
As Performed by
Queen. Composed by
Freddie Mercury. Arranged
by Anthony Gröger. De
Haske Pops for String
Quartet. Pop and Rock.
Set (Score and Parts).
Composed 2018. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1185965-070. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1185965-070).
ISBN 9789043154505.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Queen are known
not only for their
stylistic diversity, but
also for their
over-the-top theatrics
during concerts and in
videos. This helped give
them the staying power to
have hit songs for over
twenty years! One of
their biggest, instantly
recognised hits is the
rock-anthem We Are the
Champions, written by
Freddie Mercury. This
monster hit is now
available in an energetic
string quartet
arrangement by Anthony
Gröger.
Queen
is niet alleen gekend om
hun muziek in diverse
stijlen, maar ook om hun
theatrale uitvoeringen
tijdens concerten en in
videoclips. Een van hun
grootste hits is het
rocknummer We Are the
Champions, geschreven
door Freddie Mercury.
Deze monsterhit is nu
beschikbaar in een
meesleepend arrangement
voor strijkkwartet
bewerkt door Anthony
Gröger.
Neben
der stilistischen
Vielseitigkeit ist das
Theatralische und
Pompöse eines der
Erkennungsmerkmale der
Musik von Queen und zwar
offensichtlich durchaus
im positiven Sinne, wie
der zeitlose Erfolg ihrer
Hits beweist! Ein
Paradebeispiel dafu r ist
die Rockhymne We Are
the Champions aus der
Feder von Freddie
Mercury, die nun in einer
mitreiÃ?enden
Streichquartettbearbeitun
g von Anthony Gröger
vorliegt.
Moon River Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
String Quartet - intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1175850-070 Composed by Henry M...(+)
String Quartet -
intermediate
SKU:
BT.DHP-1175850-070
Composed by Henry
Mancini. Arranged by Nico
Dezaire. De Haske Pops
for String Quartet. Set
(Score & Parts). Composed
2017. 8 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1175850-070. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1175850-070).
ISBN 9789043153904.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Moon
River was written
especially for Audrey
Hepburn to sing and
originally featured on
the soundtrack for the
movie Breakfast at
Tiffany’s. The
song has been covered by
many other artists and
has remained well-known
for many years. This love
song to a river also
makes a wonderful
instrumental work,
especially so on stringed
instruments. Nico
Dezaire’s
sensitive arrangement for
string quartet gives each
member of the ensemble
the opportunity to play
the wistful
melody.
Het
speciaal voor Audrey
Hepburn geschreven nummer
Moon River maakte
oorspronkelijk deel uit
van de soundtrack voor de
film Breakfast at
Tiffany’s. Al
snel werd het echter door
vele zangers en
zangeressen gecoverd en
ontpopte het zich
blijvend tot een
wereldwijde hit. Dit
liefdesliedje voor een
rivier is ook een
heerlijk instrumentaal
werkje, vooral voor
strijkinstrumenten. Nico
Dezaires gevoelige
arrangement voor
strijkkwartet geeft elk
lid van het ensemble de
gelegenheid om de
weemoedige melodie te
spelen.
Moon
River war
ursprünglich Teil des
Soundtracks zum
Hollywood-Klassiker
Breakfast at
Tiffany's und der
jungen Audrey Hepburn auf
den Leib geschrieben.
Schon bald wurde der Song
von zahlreichen
Sängern gecovert und
trat so seinen Siegeszug
um die Welt an, der bis
heute anhält. Diese
musikalische
Liebeserklärung an
einen Fluss lässt sich
natürlich auch bestens
instrumental darstellen,
besonders schön auf
Streichinstrumenten. Nico
Dezaire lässt in
seinem einfühlsamen
Arrangement für
Streichquartett jeden der
vier Musiker an der
sehnsuchtsvollen Melodie
teilhaben.
String Quartet No. 4 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Carl Fischer
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: CF.BE24 The Planet on the Table....(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
CF.BE24
The Planet
on the Table.
Composed by Martin
Bresnick. Folio. Set of
Score and Parts.
48+20+16+16+16 pages.
Duration 32 minutes. Carl
Fischer Music #BE24.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.BE24).
ISBN
9781491156780. UPC:
680160915323. 9 x 12
inches. La.
Based
on Wallace Stevens' poem
The Planet on the Table
this string quartet's
world is made of the
music and sounds of
remembered times or of
something heard that the
composer, Martin
Bresnick, liked. The
quartet has five
movements, each headed by
a quotation from one of
Stevens' poems as a point
of departure or pathway
into those remembered
sounds and music. What
matters is that my music,
like his (Stevens')
poetry, should bear some
lineament or character,
some affluence, if only
half perceived in the
poverty of its sounds, of
the planet of which it
was part.. Wallace
Stevens' poem The Planet
on the Table begins -
Ariel was glad he had
written his poems, They
were of a remembered time
Or of something seen that
he liked. In this string
quartet, also entitled
The Planet on the Table,
my planet is made of the
music and sounds of a
remembered time or of
something heard that I
liked. The quartet has
five movements, each
headed by a quotation
from one of Stevens'
poems* as a point of
departure or pathway into
those remembered sounds
and music: I. Mrs.
Anderson's Swedish Baby
II. She Measured the Hour
III. Scene 10 Becomes 11
IV. Someone Has Walked
Across the Snow V. His
Self and the Sun Like
Stevens, my self and the
sun are one, and my
music, like his poetry,
although makings of my
self, is also makings of
the sun. Stevens wrote it
was not important that
his poetry survive, which
is also true of my work.
What matters is that my
music, like his poetry,
should bear some
lineament or character,
some affluence, if only
half perceived in the
poverty of its sounds, of
the planet of which it
was part. *Sources for
the titles: I. The
Pleasures of Merely
Circulating II. The Idea
of Order at Key West III.
Chaos in Motion and Not
in Motion IV. Vacancy in
the Park V. The Planet on
the Table. Wallace
Stevens' poem The Planet
on the Table begins
-Ariel was glad he had
written his poems,They
were of a remembered
timeOr of something seen
that he liked.In this
string quartet, also
entitled The Planet on
the Table, my planet is
made of the music and
sounds of a remembered
time or of something
heard that I liked.The
quartet has five
movements, each headed by
a quotation from one of
Stevens' poems* as a
point of departure or
pathway into those
remembered sounds and
music:I. Mrs. Anderson's
Swedish BabyII. She
Measured the HourIII.
Scene 10 Becomes 11IV.
Someone Has Walked Across
the SnowV. His Self and
the SunLike Stevens, my
self and the sun are one,
and my music, like his
poetry, although makings
of my self, is also
makings of the sun.
Stevens wrote it was not
important that his poetry
survive, which is also
true of my work.What
matters is that my music,
like his poetry, should
bear some lineament or
character, some
affluence, if only half
perceived in the poverty
of its sounds, of the
planet of which it was
part.*Sources for the
titles:I. The Pleasures
of Merely CirculatingII.
The Idea of Order at Key
WestIII. Chaos in Motion
and Not in MotionIV.
Vacancy in the ParkV. The
Planet on the Table.
Wash Rag for String Quartet Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Intermédiaire LudwigMasters Publications
String Quartet - Grade 3 SKU: AP.36-52703617 Composed by Alan Shulman. Th...(+)
String Quartet - Grade 3
SKU:
AP.36-52703617
Composed by Alan Shulman.
This edition: Latham
Music. Quartet; Solo
Small Ensembles; String -
Quartet. LudwigMasters -
Latham Music. Book.
LudwigMasters
Publications
#36-52703617. Published
by LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-52703617).
UPC:
735816385521.
English.
This
humorous little vignette
for string quartet was
composed in 1979 and was
originally intended to be
published by Piedmont
Music, the ASCAP division
of EB Marks Classical.
For reasons unknown,
however, it remained in
manuscript form until
2021, when a copy of the
composer's autograph
parts was discovered in
the archives of a
completely different Alan
Shulman piece. This newly
engraved Latham Music
edition therefore
represents the first
publication of Shulman's
delightful work, as well
as the first full score.
As the title suggests,
this is a medium-slow
rag, or cakewalk in a
loose AABA form. The
bluesy and graceful main
melody is introduced by
the first violin in a
call and response
exchange with the rest of
the ensemble. The
restatement of the
primary theme is led by
the second violin, with
the entire ensemble
playing pizzicato, having
the effect of playful
mockery. In the B
section, the first violin
earnestly reasserts the
stately grace from the
opening however, the
cello is clearly becoming
restless and decides to
take over the lead just
before the final reprise.
The lighthearted ending
again has the first
violin doing its best to
bring the tune to a
refined conclusion, but
the rest of the group
still has mischief in
mind. After a couple
moments of seeming
confusion, the ensemble
regroups at last and
plays the final riff with
resolute emphasis. If
you're looking to add a
light moment to a recital
program, or looking for a
short, medium level
contest piece that
players and audiences
alike will enjoy, this
little miniature is an
ideal choice!
These products
are currently being
prepared by a new
publisher. While many
items are ready and will
ship on time, some others
may see delays of several
months.
Pan pipe and string quartet SKU: M7.SAE-32-04 Turandot. Composed b...(+)
Pan pipe and string
quartet
SKU:
M7.SAE-32-04
Turandot. Composed
by Giacomo Antonio
Domenico Michele Secondo
Maria Puccini. Arranged
by Laurentiu Gondiu.
Sheet music. Score and
parts. SonArt Edition
#SAE 32-04. Published by
SonArt Edition
(M7.SAE-32-04).
ISBN
9790707651612.
This
is an overflowing
arrangement for Pan Flute
and String Quintet, that
preserve the beauty of
the original work,
worldwide well known as a
high virtuosity
masterpiece, carefully
written to suit the
technical needs of the
instruments. At the same
time, differ in the
essence, due to the
creative and inovative
flavour who was
introduced in the
arrangement of this work.
A pleasure for the
performers who have an
appetite for unique and
interesting arrangements,
with which they will
surely delight the
audience.
String Quartet - intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1196190-070 Composed by Ulrich ...(+)
String Quartet -
intermediate
SKU:
BT.DHP-1196190-070
Composed by Ulrich
Roever, Michael Korb.
Arranged by Anthony
Gröger. De Haske Pops
for String Quartet. Set
(Score & Parts). Composed
2019. 12 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1196190-070. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1196190-070).
ISBN 9789043157971.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
1982 saw the
publication of a melody
for written for bagpipes
by the name of
Highland
Cathedral—a
name that draws its
inspiration from a famous
neo-Gothic church in
Glasgow, Scotland. Since
its first appearance,
Highland Cathedral
has enjoyed a triumphant
tour around the globe,
often acknowledged as an
enthusiastic tribute to
the nation of Scotland.
Anthony
Gröger’s
version for string
quartet combines this
passionate character with
unmistakeable echoes of
the Scottish feel of the
original work. Here then
is this true classic,
especially popular at
wedding ceremonies, now
arranged for string
quartet.
In het
jaar 1982 werd een voor
doedelzak geschreven
melodie gepubliceerd,
waarvan de titel
Highland Cathedral
was ge nspireerd op een
beroemde neogotische kerk
in het Schotse Glasgow.
Sindsdien heeft het stuk
gaandeweg de wereld
veroverd en wordt het
vaak ten gehore gebracht
als enthousiast eerbetoon
aan Schotland. Anthony
Grögers versie voor
vier strijkers combineert
dat gepassioneerde
karakter met onmiskenbare
echo’s van de
Schotse sfeer van het
origineel. Een geliefde
klassieker, veelvuldig
gespeeld op bruiloften,
is nu dus ook
verkrijgbaar in een
arrangement voor
strijkkwartet.
Im
Jahre 1982 wurde eine
für Dudelsack
geschriebene Melodie
erstmals
veröffentlicht, deren
Name Highland
Cathedral auf einen
berühmten neogotischen
Kirchenbau im
schottischen Glasgow
anspielt. Seitdem hat sie
ihren Siegeszug um die
Welt angetreten und wird
oft als enthusiastisches
Bekenntnis zur
schottischen Nation
aufgefasst. Anthony
Grögers Version für
Streichquartett verbindet
diesen leidenschaftlichen
Charakter mit
unverkennbaren
Anklängen an das
schottische Klangidiom
des Originals. Ein
beliebter Klassiker, vor
allem auf
Hochzeitsfeiern, steht
somit nun auch
Streichquartett-Formation
en zur
Verfügung.