First violin, second violin, viola, cello (1. Violin, 2. Violin, Viola, Violoncello) - Level 3

SKU: BA.BA11543

Composed by Leos Janacek. Arranged by Kryštof Maratka. In a folder. Set of parts. 10/10/10/10 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA11543_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA11543).

ISBN 9790260108509. 31 x 24.3 cm inches.

This piece reflects Janácek’s memories of childhood and youth in his native Hukvaldy and the Augustinian Abbey in Brno. Kryštof Maratka, a Czech composer resident in France and a great admirer of Janácek, has arranged the original version to produce a welcome addition to the string quartet repertoire.

Youth for wind sextet, is a masterpiece from Janácek’s late period (1924). Maratka has successfully managed to transform the concise winds’ sound that give this work its unique flavour into the timbre of the strings, thereby creating a “third string quartet” of the composer.

String quartet - Moderately Difficult to Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193412552

Composed by Anthony Powers. String Quartets. Set of parts. 60 pages. Duration 20'. Oxford University Press #9780193412552. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193412552).

ISBN 9780193412552. 12 x 8 inches.

This four-movement work represents the composer's desire 'to write a piece of real chamber music, intimate and conversational in tone, drawing the listener into its worlds'. The result, he writes, 'is a rather inward-looking, reflective work, not without a capricious aspect, but only occasionally raising its voice.'.

String quartet - Moderately Difficult to Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193583122

Composed by Anthony Powers. String Quartets. Score. 44 pages. Duration 20'. Oxford University Press #9780193583122. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193583122).

ISBN 9780193583122. 12 x 8 inches.

This four-movement work represents the composer's desire 'to write a piece of real chamber music, intimate and conversational in tone, drawing the listener into its worlds'. The result, he writes, 'is a rather inward-looking, reflective work, not without a capricious aspect, but only occasionally raising its voice.'.

By Donald Martino (1931-2005). For Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello. This edition: Study Score. Contemporary Classical. Conservatory. Sheet music

8 Enchanting Pieces for String Quartet. By Pyarelal Sharma. String. 52 pages. Published by Schott.

String Quartet (Score)

SKU: HL.370494

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.

Composed by Leos Janacek (1854-1928). Arranged by Krystof Maratka. Stapled. Study score. Baerenreiter Verlag #TP00521. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

For String Quartet. Composed by Elena Kats-Chernin (1957-). Boosey and Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical. Softcover. 24 pages. Bote and Bock #M202533376. Published by Bote and Bock (HL.48023885).