(Streichquartett nr. 14 / Quatuor A Cordes No. 14). By Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904...(+)
(Streichquartett nr. 14 /
Quatuor A Cordes No. 14).
By Antonin Dvorak
(1841-1904). For 2
violins, viola, cello. In
a folder. The Complete
Works of Antonin Dvorak
IV/7 - B 193. Czech
title: Smy covy kvartet
14 As dur op. 105. Set of
parts. Opus 105, No. 14.
16/16/16/16 pages.
Published by Editio
Baerenreiter Praha
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.
String Quartet No. 2 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Merion Music
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.144402180 After Zurbarán. ...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.144402180
After
Zurbarán. Composed
by James Primosch. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
20+8+8+8+8 pages.
Duration 18 minutes.
Merion Music #144-40218.
Published by Merion Music
(PR.144402180).
UPC:
680160027156. 9.5 x 13
inches.
The
concerts and exhibits of
the Cleveland Museum of
Art were an important
formative influence for
me during my student
days. So when the
invitation came to create
a new work celebrating
this institution on its
seventy-fifth
anniversary, I was not
only happy to accept, but
knew immediately that I
wanted to write a piece
that would somehow relate
specifically to the
museum. I decided to make
the work a reflection on
a painting in the
museum's collection:
Zurbaran's The Holy House
of Nazareth. My quartet
is not program music in a
narrative sense, but
rather a kind of
meditation that takes its
tone from this painting's
remarkable integration of
intense affect,
mysterious repose and
secret geometry. Besides
Zurbaran's painting, the
piece is occupied with a
purely musical object of
contemplation: the hymn
tune Picardy, best known
with the text Let All
Mortal Flesh Keep
Silence. This tune
permeates the harmonic
and melodic life of the
quartet, sometimes
appearing in a very
simple, straightforward
fashion, but often hidden
amidst more complex
structures. I was
attracted to the melody
for its musical
qualities, but later
realized that the hymn's
text also resonates with
the mood of the painting;
the words speak of a
reverent awe, of cherubim
with sleepless eye, and
of the mystery of the
Incarnate Word who must
suffer: King of kings,
yet born of Mary...
String Quartet No. 2 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Merion Music
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440218S After Zurbarán. ...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440218S
After
Zurbarán. Composed
by James Primosch. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Duration 18
minutes. Merion Music
#144-40218S. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.14440218S).
UPC:
680160027170. 9.5 x 13
inches.
The
concerts and exhibits of
the Cleveland Museum of
Art were an important
formative influence for
me during my student
days. So when the
invitation came to create
a new work celebrating
this institution on its
seventy-fifth
anniversary, I was not
only happy to accept, but
knew immediately that I
wanted to write a piece
that would somehow relate
specifically to the
museum. I decided to make
the work a reflection on
a painting in the
museum's collection:
Zurbaran's The Holy House
of Nazareth. My quartet
is not program music in a
narrative sense, but
rather a kind of
meditation that takes its
tone from this painting's
remarkable integration of
intense affect,
mysterious repose and
secret geometry. Besides
Zurbaran's painting, the
piece is occupied with a
purely musical object of
contemplation: the hymn
tune Picardy, best known
with the text Let All
Mortal Flesh Keep
Silence. This tune
permeates the harmonic
and melodic life of the
quartet, sometimes
appearing in a very
simple, straightforward
fashion, but often hidden
amidst more complex
structures. I was
attracted to the melody
for its musical
qualities, but later
realized that the hymn's
text also resonates with
the mood of the painting;
the words speak of a
reverent awe, of cherubim
with sleepless eye, and
of the mystery of the
Incarnate Word who must
suffer: King of kings,
yet born of Mary...
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-881-2 Reconstruction by An...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-881-2
Reconstruction by
Anssi Mattila.
Composed by Erik
Tulindberg. Arranged by
Anssi Mattila. Classical.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-881-2.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-881-2).
The first
composer to warrant a
place in the musical
history of Finland, Erik
Tulindberg (1761-1814)
was an excellent
violinist, and he also
played the cello. His
musical reputation spread
all the way to Stockholm
(Finland was at that time
part of the Kingdom of
Sweden), and in 1797 was
there admitted as a
member of the Royal
Academy of
Music.
The I
violin, viola and cello
parts of
Tulindberg’s
String Quartets were
discovered in 1923 in the
collections of Helsinki
University Library. They
were copies of the
instrumental parts
presumably made by
Tulindberg himself,
though they were possibly
never used during his
lifetime. Not only is the
whole of the II violin
part missing; the first
movement of the viola
part of the fifth Quartet
stops in the middle of a
phrase, and the last 60
bars or so of the
movement’s
manuscript page are just
empty staves.
In
the early 2000s, the
Rantatie Quartet asked
Anssi Mattila whether he
would like to reconstruct
the missing II violin
part. The job was
finished in 2004 and the
Rantatie Quartet released
a Classical Emma-winning
disc of the Quartets in
2006.
This product
includes the full score
and the set of parts.
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-880-5 Reconstruction by An...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-880-5
Reconstruction by
Anssi Mattila.
Composed by Erik
Tulindberg. Arranged by
Anssi Mattila. Classical.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-880-5.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-880-5).
The first
composer to warrant a
place in the musical
history of Finland, Erik
Tulindberg (1761-1814)
was an excellent
violinist, and he also
played the cello. His
musical reputation spread
all the way to Stockholm
(Finland was at that time
part of the Kingdom of
Sweden), and in 1797 was
there admitted as a
member of the Royal
Academy of
Music.
The I
violin, viola and cello
parts of
Tulindberg’s
String Quartets were
discovered in 1923 in the
collections of Helsinki
University Library. They
were copies of the
instrumental parts
presumably made by
Tulindberg himself,
though they were possibly
never used during his
lifetime. Not only is the
whole of the II violin
part missing; the first
movement of the viola
part of the fifth Quartet
stops in the middle of a
phrase, and the last 60
bars or so of the
movement’s
manuscript page are just
empty staves.
In
the early 2000s, the
Rantatie Quartet asked
Anssi Mattila whether he
would like to reconstruct
the missing II violin
part. The job was
finished in 2004 and the
Rantatie Quartet released
a Classical Emma-winning
disc of the Quartets in
2006.
This product
includes the full score
and the set of parts.
String quartet SKU: HL.49045639 Chaconne. Composed by Fred Lerdahl...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
HL.49045639
Chaconne. Composed
by Fred Lerdahl. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String Ensemble.
Softcover. Composed 2016.
108 pages. Duration 990
seconds. Schott Music #ED
30174. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49045639).
ISBN
9781540004796. UPC:
888680710774.
9.5x12.0x0.37
inches.
Chaconne
(2016), for string
quartet, was commissioned
by the Daedalus Quartet
to celebrate its 15th
anniversary. The
commission was supported
by New Music USA, made
possible by annual
program support and/or
endowment gifts from
Pennsylvania Council on
the Arts, Helen F.
Whitaker Fund, and Aaron
Copland Fund for Music.My
music has a substantial
history with Daedalus. I
composed the Third String
Quartet (2008) for them,
and subsequently they
performed my three string
quartets on several
occasions and recorded
them brilliantly on
Bridge Records (Bridge
9352: Music of Fred
Lerdahl, vol. 3).
Chaconne is in one
movement lasting 19
minutes. It is
effectively my fourth
string quartet. Quartets
1-3 form a unified cycle
lasting 70 minutes. When
I finished the cycle, I
thought I would never
write again for the
medium; yet I could not
resist the opportunity of
working again with
Daedalus. The issue was
how to compose another
string quartet unrelated
to the earlier cycle. The
solution came from my
solo cello piece There
and Back Again (2010),
which was based on a
four-bar variation
pattern from a
17th-century chaconne.
Unlike the asymmetrical
phrases and expanding
variations of much of my
music, the chaconne form
requires symmetrical
phrases and strictly
periodic variations. I
wished to work again with
these symmetries but on a
larger scale. Chaconne
also differs in character
and expression from the
three-quartet cycle. The
cycle is inward and
intense, a kind of
psychological excavation.
Chaconne is, for the most
part, transparent and
playful. Many of its
textures emerge from
little canons, not
completely unlike the
rounds that children
sing. Any composer who
writes in chaconne form
(one thinks above all of
the last movement of
Bach's D minor violin
partita and the finale of
Brahms's Fourth Symphony)
is confronted with the
challenge of how to
create a larger form out
of a constantly repeating
pattern.My Chaconne grows
from paired
antecedent-consequent
phrases, each variation
lasting eight bars. The
50 variations group into
three large rotations,
forming three arcs of
tension and relaxation,
with subtle parallel
connections across the
rotations.
Notwithstanding my
attraction to chaconne
form, I purposefully
disguised its symmetries
and periodicities in
order to build an overall
dramatic shape. Fred
Lerdahl.
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-884-3 Reconstruction by An...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-884-3
Reconstruction by
Anssi Mattila.
Composed by Erik
Tulindberg. Arranged by
Anssi Mattila. Classical.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-884-3.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-884-3).
The first
composer to warrant a
place in the musical
history of Finland, Erik
Tulindberg (1761-1814)
was an excellent
violinist, and he also
played the cello. His
musical reputation spread
all the way to Stockholm
(Finland was at that time
part of the Kingdom of
Sweden), and in 1797 was
there admitted as a
member of the Royal
Academy of
Music.
The I
violin, viola and cello
parts of
Tulindberg’s
String Quartets were
discovered in 1923 in the
collections of Helsinki
University Library. They
were copies of the
instrumental parts
presumably made by
Tulindberg himself,
though they were possibly
never used during his
lifetime. Not only is the
whole of the II violin
part missing; the first
movement of the viola
part of the fifth Quartet
stops in the middle of a
phrase, and the last 60
bars or so of the
movement’s
manuscript page are just
empty staves.
In
the early 2000s, the
Rantatie Quartet asked
Anssi Mattila whether he
would like to reconstruct
the missing II violin
part. The job was
finished in 2004 and the
Rantatie Quartet released
a Classical Emma-winning
disc of the Quartets in
2006.
This product
includes the full score
and the set of parts.
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-882-9 Reconstruction by An...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-882-9
Reconstruction by
Anssi Mattila.
Composed by Erik
Tulindberg. Arranged by
Anssi Mattila. Classical.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-882-9.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-882-9).
The first
composer to warrant a
place in the musical
history of Finland, Erik
Tulindberg (1761-1814)
was an excellent
violinist, and he also
played the cello. His
musical reputation spread
all the way to Stockholm
(Finland was at that time
part of the Kingdom of
Sweden), and in 1797 was
there admitted as a
member of the Royal
Academy of
Music.
The I
violin, viola and cello
parts of
Tulindberg’s
String Quartets were
discovered in 1923 in the
collections of Helsinki
University Library. They
were copies of the
instrumental parts
presumably made by
Tulindberg himself,
though they were possibly
never used during his
lifetime. Not only is the
whole of the II violin
part missing; the first
movement of the viola
part of the fifth Quartet
stops in the middle of a
phrase, and the last 60
bars or so of the
movement’s
manuscript page are just
empty staves.
In
the early 2000s, the
Rantatie Quartet asked
Anssi Mattila whether he
would like to reconstruct
the missing II violin
part. The job was
finished in 2004 and the
Rantatie Quartet released
a Classical Emma-winning
disc of the Quartets in
2006.
This product
includes the full score
and the set of parts.
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-883-6 Reconstruction by An...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-883-6
Reconstruction by
Anssi Mattila.
Composed by Erik
Tulindberg. Arranged by
Anssi Mattila. Classical.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-883-6.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-883-6).
The first
composer to warrant a
place in the musical
history of Finland, Erik
Tulindberg (1761-1814)
was an excellent
violinist, and he also
played the cello. His
musical reputation spread
all the way to Stockholm
(Finland was at that time
part of the Kingdom of
Sweden), and in 1797 was
there admitted as a
member of the Royal
Academy of
Music.
The I
violin, viola and cello
parts of
Tulindberg’s
String Quartets were
discovered in 1923 in the
collections of Helsinki
University Library. They
were copies of the
instrumental parts
presumably made by
Tulindberg himself,
though they were possibly
never used during his
lifetime. Not only is the
whole of the II violin
part missing; the first
movement of the viola
part of the fifth Quartet
stops in the middle of a
phrase, and the last 60
bars or so of the
movement’s
manuscript page are just
empty staves.
In
the early 2000s, the
Rantatie Quartet asked
Anssi Mattila whether he
would like to reconstruct
the missing II violin
part. The job was
finished in 2004 and the
Rantatie Quartet released
a Classical Emma-winning
disc of the Quartets in
2006.
This product
includes the full score
and the set of parts.
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-879-9 Reconstruction by An...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-879-9
Reconstruction by
Anssi Mattila.
Composed by Erik
Tulindberg. Arranged by
Anssi Mattila. Classical.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-879-9.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-879-9).
The first
composer to warrant a
place in the musical
history of Finland, Erik
Tulindberg (1761-1814)
was an excellent
violinist, and he also
played the cello. His
musical reputation spread
all the way to Stockholm
(Finland was at that time
part of the Kingdom of
Sweden), and in 1797 was
there admitted as a
member of the Royal
Academy of
Music.
The I
violin, viola and cello
parts of
Tulindberg’s
String Quartets were
discovered in 1923 in the
collections of Helsinki
University Library. They
were copies of the
instrumental parts
presumably made by
Tulindberg himself,
though they were possibly
never used during his
lifetime. Not only is the
whole of the II violin
part missing; the first
movement of the viola
part of the fifth Quartet
stops in the middle of a
phrase, and the last 60
bars or so of the
movement’s
manuscript page are just
empty staves.
In
the early 2000s, the
Rantatie Quartet asked
Anssi Mattila whether he
would like to reconstruct
the missing II violin
part. The job was
finished in 2004 and the
Rantatie Quartet released
a Classical Emma-winning
disc of the Quartets in
2006.
This product
includes the full score
and the set of parts.