By John Craton. String quartet. For 2 violins, viola, violoncello. Chamber Musi...(+)
By John Craton. String
quartet. For 2 violins,
viola, violoncello.
Chamber Music. A quartet
for the young, playable
by an intermediate level
ensemble. Contemporary.
Score and parts. 26
pages. Duration 13:00.
Published by Wolfhead
Music. (WM103)
Level: Intermediate.
By Rowland Hugh Prichard. Arranged by Rich Heffler. For string quartet. Christma...(+)
By Rowland Hugh Prichard.
Arranged by Rich Heffler.
For string quartet.
Christmas. Level:
Intermediate. Score and
set of parts. Published
by Rich Heffler Music.
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.
Over the Rainbow Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Partition + CD] Santorella Publications
(from The Wizard of Oz ). Composed by Harold Arlen. Arranged by Michael Tarro. ...(+)
(from The Wizard of Oz
). Composed by Harold
Arlen. Arranged by
Michael Tarro. For string
quartet. Score and 2
play-along CDs. Published
by Santorella
Publications
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.
String Quartet No. 8 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Merion Music
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.144407270 Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.144407270
Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Sws. Set of Score and
Parts. 44+16+16+16+16
pages. Duration 22
minutes. Merion Music
#144-40727. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.144407270).
UPC:
680160681891. 9 x 12
inches.
My Eighth
and Ninth String
Quartets, begun in late
2017, are sonic cousins.
Akin to real cousins,
each piece exhibits
differing natures. They
were requested by two
ensembles that have
become asecond familiesa
to me: The Jupiter
Quartet of Urbana,
Illinois and the Amernet
Quartet based in Miami,
Florida. Their collective
dedication to, and care
for, our art remains a
personal and constant
are-fuelinga for me. The
quartets were
commissioned by, and
dedicated to, Margaret
and Philip Verleger of
Denver, Colorado.
Additional financial
support was provided by
the School of Music at
Stetson University,
Timothy Peter, Dean.
Quartet No.8 is laid out
in a classical
four-movement design. The
work does break somewhat
from conventional
tradition by often
placing quartet members
into soloistic roles as
the movement titles note.
individual The opening
piece presents at the
outset a three-note motto
which is turned over,
tumbled, and
energetically discussed,
primarily by a violin
duet. It is a duel. The
two players part company
only infrequently during
the movement's progress,
pausing briefly for other
commentary by their
alower cohortsa, the
Viola and Cello do not
argue, but abet their
friends' aeffortsa. The
piece's overall character
is fairly bright and
dancelike, closing in an
unresolvedastandoffa. not
Two principal
asound-objectsa stitch
the second movement
scherzo together: sliding
hands (glissandos) and a
plucked ashufflea
(pizzicato) - both
instigated by the (solo)
cellist. The others are
influenced - or are not -
by their aleadera, and
follow - or interrupt -
the cello throughout
their four-voiced
conversation. The third
movement (longest of the
set) is an elegy
dedicated to the memory
of a close personal
friend, the American
composer David Maslanka
(1943 - 2017). Its'
genesis is a simple
5-note melody derived
from my own name
(SaC/DaC/EaC/H). This
line commences in the
(solo) viola and is
obsessively uttered
without relief during the
movement's lamentations.
The closing movement
revisits much of that
opening three-note
material, but now dressed
up for the full quartet
to view. It is a slowly
accelerating romp which -
twice - cannot avoid a
nod to the Amernet and
Jupiter performers by
offering a humble bow to
the 4th movement of
Gustav Holst's PLANETS -
Jupiter: The Bringer of
Jollity. My quartet
serves as an honouring
salute of thanks for the
talent, respect, and
friendship of these two
young quartets. STRING
QUARTET No. 8 is roughly
22 minutes in duration.
It was written as an
homage to Franz Joseph
Haydn, my
adesert-island-composera,
and completed in Holly
Hill, Florida in early
April of 2019. S.H.
String Quartet No. 8 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Merion Music
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440727S Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440727S
Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Sws. Full score. 44
pages. Duration 22
minutes. Merion Music
#144-40727S. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.14440727S).
UPC:
680160681907. 9 x 12
inches.
My Eighth
and Ninth String
Quartets, begun in late
2017, are sonic cousins.
Akin to real cousins,
each piece exhibits
differing natures. They
were requested by two
ensembles that have
become asecond familiesa
to me: The Jupiter
Quartet of Urbana,
Illinois and the Amernet
Quartet based in Miami,
Florida. Their collective
dedication to, and care
for, our art remains a
personal and constant
are-fuelinga for me. The
quartets were
commissioned by, and
dedicated to, Margaret
and Philip Verleger of
Denver, Colorado.
Additional financial
support was provided by
the School of Music at
Stetson University,
Timothy Peter, Dean.
Quartet No.8 is laid out
in a classical
four-movement design. The
work does break somewhat
from conventional
tradition by often
placing quartet members
into soloistic roles as
the movement titles note.
individual The opening
piece presents at the
outset a three-note motto
which is turned over,
tumbled, and
energetically discussed,
primarily by a violin
duet. It is a duel. The
two players part company
only infrequently during
the movement's progress,
pausing briefly for other
commentary by their
alower cohortsa, the
Viola and Cello do not
argue, but abet their
friends' aeffortsa. The
piece's overall character
is fairly bright and
dancelike, closing in an
unresolvedastandoffa. not
Two principal
asound-objectsa stitch
the second movement
scherzo together: sliding
hands (glissandos) and a
plucked ashufflea
(pizzicato) - both
instigated by the (solo)
cellist. The others are
influenced - or are not -
by their aleadera, and
follow - or interrupt -
the cello throughout
their four-voiced
conversation. The third
movement (longest of the
set) is an elegy
dedicated to the memory
of a close personal
friend, the American
composer David Maslanka
(1943 - 2017). Its'
genesis is a simple
5-note melody derived
from my own name
(SaC/DaC/EaC/H). This
line commences in the
(solo) viola and is
obsessively uttered
without relief during the
movement's lamentations.
The closing movement
revisits much of that
opening three-note
material, but now dressed
up for the full quartet
to view. It is a slowly
accelerating romp which -
twice - cannot avoid a
nod to the Amernet and
Jupiter performers by
offering a humble bow to
the 4th movement of
Gustav Holst's PLANETS -
Jupiter: The Bringer of
Jollity. My quartet
serves as an honouring
salute of thanks for the
talent, respect, and
friendship of these two
young quartets. STRING
QUARTET No. 8 is roughly
22 minutes in duration.
It was written as an
homage to Franz Joseph
Haydn, my
adesert-island-composera,
and completed in Holly
Hill, Florida in early
April of 2019. S.H.
String quartet SKU: FG.55011-498-2 Composed by Kimmo Hakola. Parts. Fenni...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
FG.55011-498-2
Composed by Kimmo Hakola.
Parts. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-498-2. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-498-2).
ISBN
9790550114982.
Kimm
o Hakola's String Quartet
No. 4 op. 95 (2016) was
commissioned by the
Kimito Island Music
Finland and it's
dedicated to the Meta4
Quartet. In composer's
words, it is the
floundering, playful, if
necessary defiantly
dramatic, surprising,
capricious and
unrestrained tour de
force of a youthful
entity.Kimmo Hakola has
gone through a number of
styles and influences in
his career as a composer,
his idiom expanding at
times to embrace
Romanticism, Orientalism
and klezmer. He has
attained international
recognition with an
output that spans various
genres from intimate solo
works to full-length
operas such as La Fenice
(2011) commissioned by
the Savonlinna Opera
Festival. Many of his
works are expansive and
epic: his Piano Concerto
(1996), for instance,
clocks in at 55 minutes.
Hakola says that he sees
music as drama. His
dramas explore almost
Shakespearean extremes,
from moments of raging
'sound and fury' and
violent battles to quiet
moments of meditation and
heart-rending
monologues.
String quartet SKU: FG.55011-497-5 Composed by Kimmo Hakola. Score. Fenni...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
FG.55011-497-5
Composed by Kimmo Hakola.
Score. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-497-5. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-497-5).
ISBN
9790550114975.
Kimm
o Hakola's String Quartet
No. 4 op. 95 (2016) was
commissioned by the
Kimito Island Music
Finland and it's
dedicated to the Meta4
Quartet. In composer's
words, it is the
floundering, playful, if
necessary defiantly
dramatic, surprising,
capricious and
unrestrained tour de
force of a youthful
entity.Kimmo Hakola has
gone through a number of
styles and influences in
his career as a composer,
his idiom expanding at
times to embrace
Romanticism, Orientalism
and klezmer. He has
attained international
recognition with an
output that spans various
genres from intimate solo
works to full-length
operas such as La Fenice
(2011) commissioned by
the Savonlinna Opera
Festival. Many of his
works are expansive and
epic: his Piano Concerto
(1996), for instance,
clocks in at 55 minutes.
Hakola says that he sees
music as drama. His
dramas explore almost
Shakespearean extremes,
from moments of raging
'sound and fury' and
violent battles to quiet
moments of meditation and
heart-rending
monologues.