Harbor Music Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
String Quartet SKU: PR.16400222S Composed by Dan Welcher. Full score (stu...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
PR.16400222S
Composed
by Dan Welcher. Full
score (study). With
Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00222S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16400222S).
UPC:
680160037841.
This
work follows my Quartet
No. 1 by five years. In
terms of style and
aesthetic aim, however,
it seems light years
away. Where the first
work, a 28-minute,
four-movement piece, took
aim at cosmic conflicts
and heroic resolutions,
the present work is
intended as a kind of
divertissment. Harbor
Music lasts a mere eleven
minutes, is cast in a
single movement with six
sections, and should
leave both performers and
listeners with a feeling
of good humor and
affection. The
title comes from my
experience as a guest in
the magnificent city of
Sydney, Australia. One of
its most attractive
features is its unique
system of ferry boats:
the city is laid out
around a large,
multi-channeled harbor,
with destinations more
easily approached by
water than by land.
Consequently, inhabitants
of Sydney get around on
small, people-friendly
boats that come and go
from the central docks at
Circular Quay. During a
week's visit in 1991, I
must have boarded these
boats at least a dozen
times, always bound for a
new location - the resort
town of Manley, or the
Zoo at Taronga Park, or
the shopping district at
Darling Harbour.
In casting about for a
form for my second string
quartet, a kind of loose
rondo came to mind. Each
new destination would be
approached from the same
starting-out point
(although there are
subtle variations in the
repeating theme; it's
always in a new key, and
the texture is never the
same). The result, I
hope, is a sense of
constant new information
presented with
introductory frames of a
more familiar nature.
The embarkation
theme, which begins the
piece, is a sort of
bi-tonal fanfare in which
the violins are in G
major and the viola and
cello are in B-flat
major. It is bold, eager,
and forward-looking. The
first voyage maintains
this bi-tonality,
beginning as a 9/8 due
for second violin and
viola in a kind of
rocking motion -much as a
boat produces when
reaching the deeper water
in the harbor. A sweet,
nostalgic theme emerges
over this rocking
accompaniment. This music
is developed somewhat,
then transforms quickly
into a much faster and
lighter episode, filled
with rising and falling
scales (again, in
differing keys). A
scherzando interlude in
short notes and changing
meters provides contrast,
and the episode ends with
a reprise of the scales.
The second
embarkation follows, this
time in A major/C major.
It leads quickly into a
very warm and slow theme,
in wide-leaping intervals
for the viola. This
section is interrupted
twice by solo cadenzas
for the cello, suggesting
distant boat-horns in
major thirds. The end of
the episode becomes a
transition, with
boat-horns leading into
the final appearance of
the embarkation music,
this time in trills and
tremolos instead of
sharply accented chords.
The nostalgic theme of
the first episode makes a
final appearance, serving
now as a coda. The
rocking motion continues,
in a lullaby fashion,
leaving us drowsy and
satisfied on our homeward
journey. Harbor
Music was written for the
Cavani Quartet, and is
dedicated to Richard J.
Bogomolny. Commissioned
by his employees at First
National Supermarkets as
a gift, it represents a
thank you from many of
the people (including
this composer) who have
benefitted from his
vision and generosity. An
ardent advocate of
chamber music (and a
cellist himself), Mr.
Bogomolny has for many
years been Chairman of
the Board of Chamber
Music America. -- Dan
Welcher.
Tenor & String Quartet SKU: PE.EP72822 Composed by Jonathan Dove. Voice(s...(+)
Tenor & String Quartet
SKU: PE.EP72822
Composed by Jonathan
Dove. Voice(s) & Various
Instruments. Edition
Peters. Living Composer.
Score and Part(s). 164
pages. Duration 00:30:00.
Edition Peters
#98-EP72822. Published by
Edition Peters
(PE.EP72822).
ISBN
9790577011769. 232 x
303mm inches.
English.
I have
only visited Damascus
once, twenty years ago,
on the way to
Palmyra. I had a
purpose (I was writing
music for a play about
Palmyra’s Queen
Zenobia) but essentially
I was a tourist.
Like any visitor, I was
thrilled to step out of
the noisy modern city
into the magical ancient
world of the walled Old
City, its vibrant souk
leading to the
magnificent mosque, and a
labyrinth of winding,
narrow streets filled
with the smell of
unleavened
bread.
In Palmyra,
I was met with
extraordinary kindness
everywhere. On one
occasion, a little
Bedouin boy noticed that
I was risking sunstroke
wandering bare-headed
among the spectacular
ruins: he showed me how
to tie a turban, then
took me to have tea with
his family in their
tent.
Since then, I
have watched helplessly
as these places of wonder
have been devastated and
their inhabitants
scattered and
killed. When the
Sacconi Quartet suggested
that I might choose a
Syrian poet for our
collaboration, I welcomed
the idea.
I
searched for a long time
to find a contemporary
poet whose work might
gain from any music I
could imagine. I
felt it was important to
find first-hand accounts
of the Syrian experience
– but, of course, I
was always reading them
in translation. In
an anthology
called Syria
Speaks, I was
astonished to read
something that looked
like prose, but was full
of poetry. It was
Anne-Marie
McManus’s fine
translation of Ali
Safar’s A
Black Cloud in a Leaden
White Sky
– an
eloquent, thoughtful,
contained yet vivid
account of life in a
war-torn country, all the
more moving for its
restraint.
In
setting these words, I
have not attempted to
imitate Syrian
music. However,
there is what might be
called a linguistic
accommodation in my
choice of scale, or
mode. Several
movements are in a mode
that I first discovered
while writing a cantata
commemorating the First
World War: it has a
tuning that I associate
with war, its violence
and desolation.
This eight-note
mode is similar to scales
found in Syrian
music. I did not
choose it in the
abstract: it emerged from
the harmonies I was
exploring in the earlier
work, and emerged again
as I was looking for the
right musical colours to
set Ali Safar’s
words. In this
work, its Arabic aspect
is more prominent. -
Jonathan
Dove
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Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.11440902S Composed by Behzad Ranjbar...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.11440902S
Composed
by Behzad Ranjbaran. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Composed 1990.
44 pages. Duration 22
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-40902S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11440902S).
UPC:
680160013708.
The
quartet begins with a
5-note motif, played in
unison that permeates
melodically and
harmonically throughout
the movement. The
energetic and hard-driven
character of the second
musical idea propels the
music forward with fast
moving notes and greater
urgency. It often
alternates with the more
lyrical rendition of the
5-note motif, yielding
contrasting sections.
After a brief coda, the
5-note motif concludes
the movement much the
same way it had begun but
with greater intensity.
The second movement
explores the world of
fantasy. To some extent
the beginning and the
ending of the movement
function as the opening
and closing doors that
separate the reality from
the dream and
subconscious. It is one
continuous movement in an
arch form that gradually
accelerates to an
expansive emotional
climax and returning
steadily to the surface
led by an ethereal solo
cello. The transcendent
ending is similar to the
beginning, though half
step higher. The third
movement begins boldly
with the 5-note motif
transformed into a dance
character in a compound
meter. The asymmetrical
meter of the Persian folk
music influences much of
the rhythmic character of
the movement. The return
of many materials from
earlier movements
interwoven into the
fabric of this movement
reinforces the cyclical
and organic character of
the quarter.
Particularly, a
mysterious passage,
reminiscence of the
second movement leading
to a brief full-blown
ballad is a favorite
moment of Ranjbaran's in
the quartet. A blazingly
virtuosic viola leads the
quartet to an uplifting
conclusion.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.11441345S Prelude to Contrapunctu...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.11441345S
Prelude to
Contrapunctus X from the
Art of the Fugue.
Composed by Shulamit Ran.
Full score. With Standard
notation. Duration 4
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41345S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11441345S).
UPC:
680160608829. 8.5 x 11
inches.
BACH-SHARDS
was commissioned by the
Brentano String Quartet
as part of their Art of
the Fugue companion-piece
project. Ran deliberately
stays within the realm of
Bach-like vocabulary,
altering syntax in ways
that add up to something
slightly different from
the anticipated sum of
the parts. The work
builds up to a climax
that makes the entry
point into Bach’s
Contrapunctus X seem
thoroughly
natural. While
composing Bach-Shards I
found myself gravitating,
intuitively and
gradually, toward a dual
goal. First, though
the tension and
dissonance inherent in
certain moments of
Bach’s own
maze-likeÂ
contrapuntal structures
could quite easily and
naturally lead one into a
pungent contemporary
terrain, I opted not to
stray outside the realm
of Bach-like materials
and harmonic
language. Instead, it
was my hope to alter
their relationships and
context in ways that add
up to a something
that’s slightly
different than the
anticipated sum of the
parts. A mildly
deconstructed Bach, if
you will. The other
important challenge I set
for myself was building
up the latter,
toccata-like portion of
Bach-Shards in a way that
would make the entry
point of the fugue which
it precedes,
Contrapunctus X, seem
thoroughly natural.Â
It was my intent to have
the first fugal entrance
feel like a huge and much
welcome release of the
energy created by my
Prelude’s
penultimate stretch, with
its bravura figurations
elaborating on an
insistent dominant pedal
point.
String Quartet Score and Parts. Composed by Jhene Aiko. Arranged by Larry Moor...(+)
String Quartet Score and
Parts. Composed by Jhene
Aiko.
Arranged by Larry Moore.
Pops
For String Quartet.
Movies.
Softcover. Duration 160
seconds. Published by Hal
Leonard
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440398S Composed by James Primosch...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440398S
Composed
by James Primosch. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Duration 20
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #144-40398S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.14440398S).
UPC:
680160030101.
Primo
sch's String Quartet No.
3 sets out as a theme and
variations, but a sudden
Fantasia finds its way
into the mix. Upon
returning to another
variation, we find
elements of the Fantasia
now appearing, leading to
a viola cadenza and the
ultimate unison
re-statement of a slow
variation. Composed for
the Ying Quartet and
commissioned by the
Philadelphia Chamber
Music Society, String
Quartet No. 3 had its
premiere in 1999. For
advanced performers.
Duration: 20'.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.144403980 Composed by James Primosch...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.144403980
Composed
by James Primosch. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed 1999.
32+16+16+16+16 pages.
Duration 22 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#144-40398. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.144403980).
UPC:
680160030088.
Primo
sch's String Quartet No.
3 sets out as a theme and
variations, but a sudden
Fantasia finds its way
into the mix. Upon
returning to another
variation, we find
elements of the Fantasia
now appearing, leading to
a viola cadenza and the
ultimate unison
re-statement of a slow
variation. Composed for
the Ying Quartet and
commissioned by the
Philadelphia Chamber
Music Society, String
Quartet No. 3 had its
premiere in 1999. For
advanced performers.
Duration: 20'.
(Traditional Hymns with a Popular Twist). Composed by Ed Hogan. String ensembl...(+)
(Traditional Hymns with a
Popular Twist). Composed
by Ed
Hogan. String ensemble.
For
string quartet.
Moderately
difficult. Published by
Lillenas Publishing
Company
Fiddle Fingers Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Partition + CD] - Débutant Carl Fischer
Beggining Fiddle Lessons for String Classes or Individual Learners. By Doris Gaz...(+)
Beggining Fiddle Lessons
for String Classes or
Individual Learners. By
Doris Gazda; Janet
Farrar-Royce; Jay Ungar;
Molly Mason. For Fiddle.
Classical. Student Book.
32 pages. Published by
Carl Fischer.
String Quartet No.9 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Music Sales
String Quartet SKU: HL.14031827 Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales Amer...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
HL.14031827
Composed
by Per Norgard. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. 48 pages. Music
Sales #KP01084. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14031827).
ISBN
9788759871089.
Danish-English.
Pre
face The three movements
of the quartet may be
perceived as three
different expressions of
an unstable core: an
inherent unrest leads to
frequent changes of
direction. The first
movement is full of
dramatic contrasts: it is
followed by a second
movement, whose basic
mood of meditative rest
is challenged by
occasional centrifugal
utbursts, while the third
movement takes the
inherent conflicts to a
higher level, contrasting
material of introspective
lyricism with excessively
pathetic moods. The final
way out is a retrograde
one, (back) into the
source: through a
constant
accelerando-diminuendo
the piece disappears into
a vanishing point. The
into the source of the
titlemay be visualized as
a reversed
fountain-action: the
broad fan-like spread of
the first movement, a
more coherent-solid
second movement, and
finally - in the third
movement - a return-run,
ever more vehemently,
like a suction into the
spring itself ... The
musical motifs are
varied: there are
traffic-situations (which
I heard!) with stomping
and machine-like rhythms
in different, but
simultaneous tempi, and
there are more abstract
upwards and downwards
half-tone-scales, with
changing accents,
creating glimpses of
melodies. INTO THE
SOURCE, String Quartet
No. 9, was composed on a
double-commission from
the Orion Quartet and the
Vertavo Quartet. The
premiere performances
took places in Santa Fe
in 2002 and in Oslo in
2003. Per Norgard.