| Metal Strings Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Chester
Score String Quartet SKU: HL.14032634 For String Quartet Score. Co...(+)
Score String Quartet
SKU: HL.14032634
For String Quartet
Score. Composed by
Karen Tanaka. Music Sales
America. 20th Century.
Score. Composed 2004. 36
pages. Chester Music
#CH61405. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14032634). ISBN
9780711975156. UPC:
888680967635. Score
d For String Quartet.
Commissioned by the New
Arts String Quartet,
first performed in Tokyo
November 1996. Quoting
Tanaka: The title Metal
Strings suggests speed
metal rock music which I
have been listening to a
lot in recent years. I
find an explosive energy
in its music that people
of today thirst for.
Previously I have
explored solid, speedy
and metallic sound in
pieces such as 'Wave
Mechanics' (1994), 'Wave
Mechanics II' (1994) and
'Metalic Crystal'
(1994-95). This idea has
been extended and
developed in my string
quartet, Metal Strings.
Score only edition,
separate parts are also
available on sale. $23.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Quatuor No 2 (String Quartet No 2) Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Chant du Monde
SKU: HL.50603994 Score and Parts. Composed by Daniel D'Adamo. Stri...(+)
SKU: HL.50603994
Score and Parts.
Composed by Daniel
D'Adamo. String.
Softcover. 88 pages.
Duration 600 seconds.
Chant Du Monde
#CDMMC5013. Published by
Chant Du Monde
(HL.50603994). ISBN
9781705164679. UPC:
196288068310. 9.0x12.0
inches. Quatuor No
2 was first performed by
the Tana string quartet
on April 14, 2013, at
Radio France, Paris. I
conceived a piece whose
principal subject was
going to consist in the
description of a
minuscule sonic element.
The description of this
tiny initial material
would be so precise, so
detailed that, deployed
on a much larger scale
than its original one, it
would occupy the entire
duration of the piece. At
that point, I just had to
choose a sound model as
the starting point of the
piece, the sound that
would best characterize
the string instruments
themselves: the noisy
sound produced by the bow
barely coming in contact
with one of the strings,
getting ready to acquire
speed, weight,
acceleration, and
producing a full sound of
a violin, a viola or a
cello... -Daniel
D'Adamo.
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to get to
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| Tuvan Songbook Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.EB-9243 Full Score. Composed by...(+)
String Quartet
(2vl,va,vc) SKU:
BR.EB-9243 Full
Score. Composed by
Christian Mason. Chamber
music; stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. World premiere
of the original version:
London, May 10, 2016World
premiere of the string
orchestra version:
Clermont-Ferrand, October
8, 2020. New music
(post-2000). Full score.
Composed 2016/2020. 40
pages. Duration 19'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
9243. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-9243). ISBN
9790004185438. 9 x 12
inches. It was the
practice of Khoomii
(throat singing) -
following several
workshops with Michael
Ormiston - that first
attracted me to Tuvan
music. Composing this
Songbook, the first in a
series commissioned by
the Ligeti Quartet, I
took the chance to
reflect on compositional
questions around
transcription and
arrangement of existing
music, and frequently
found myself asking:
where is the boundary
between the source
material and the new
substance? Of course the
relationship varies from
piece to piece, and
moment to moment:
sometimes we seem to
glimpse the pure source,
but most of the time
there are differing
degrees of distance,
working towards or away
from it. This new version
for string orchestra
corresponds closely to
the original quartet
version, with an
additional part for
double basses.The
traditional Tuvan songs
that I have transcribed
and recomposed are all
known to me from the Ay
Kherel CD The Music of
Tuva: Throat Singing and
Instruments from Central
Asia (2004, Arc Music).
According to the notes
from that CD, this is
what the songs are
about:1. Dyngylday: If
you have come on a horse
in blue, it doesn't mean
that you are the best. My
heart tells me something
else: my sweetheart
doesn't have such a
beautiful horse, but he
is my darling.An
alternative
interpretation from Alash
Ensemble
(alashensemble.com): The
word dyngylday is a
nonsense term with no
translation. The song
makes good-humored fun of
somebody for being a
good-for-nothing.2. Eki
Attar (The Best Steeds):
The horse is the basis of
our life. It is a magic
creature. Even its step
is full of music and
rhythm. You may not be a
horse rider, but when you
hear this song you will
always remember horses.3.
Kuda Yry: This wedding
song glorifies the
strength of the groom and
the beauty of his
Horse.4. Ezir-Kara
('Black Eagle'): This was
the name of a horse, who
became a legend through
his remarkable strength
and speed.It is not just
overtones that abound
here: there are galloping
rhythms aplenty, and
though I am no horse
rider I tried to keep the
horses galloping in my
imagination while
composing these
pieces.Christian Mason
(with quotes from Ay
Kherel and Alash
Ensemble)
World
premiere of the original
version: London/UK, May
10, 2016, World premiere
of the string orchestra
version:
Clermont-Ferrand/France,
October 8, 2020. $57.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| String Quartet No. 2 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.114405050 Composed by John Downey. S...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet SKU:
PR.114405050 Composed
by John Downey. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation. 53
pages. Duration 25
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-40505.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114405050). UPC:
680160008377. 11 x 14
inches. Although
structurally it
subdivides into five
movements, the entire
quartet emerges as one
vast continuum. There are
no formal breaks between
movements. However,
certain musical signposts
can be discerned,
associated with each of
the movements'
terminations and new
beginnings. The opening
movement, The Nostalgia
of Clanging Bell
Sonorities, begins
floating on recurrent Bbs
whose soft rhythmic flow
slowly puts into motion
strong undercurrents
suggestive of the latent
power of water... After
several suggestions of
tolling bells, the
movement gradually fades
into hushed tones of
veiled and very distant
sonorities. It uses a
unique efffect, for the
first time in a musical
context, conveyed through
the use of extra heavy
practice mutes. The
second movement, The
Spill of Water ,
disengages itself from
the first through its
distinct contrast in
tempo. Water moves fast,
and when it splashes, it
tends to run wildly. In
this case, it happens to
be bubbly water that
gushes forth bodly...
smashing across rocky
shorlines. So, too, the
music attempts to conjure
such moods. At the end of
this movement, a cello
cadenza emerges,
introducing an
introspective type of
melodicism. The third
movement, The Poignancy
of Memory, contains many
silences as it tries to
convey memory through
fragmented remembrances
much like often occur in
our dream state.
Progressing through
several slowly building
images, it gradually
works itself into
juxtaposition of musical
images. Towards the
movement's end, high
harmonics are sounding in
all four instruments
while left hand pizzicato
notes in the cello pluch
the last remembrances of
this central core. Almost
imperceptibly, the viola
assumes leadership as it
dissolves into: The
fourth movement, The
Fluidity of Motion, which
has mostly the viola, but
also the cello,
articulating lyrical
statements against the
sheets of sound conjured
up by the two violins
playing a flood of
swirling figures, evokes
a kind of static motion
in spae. Here, the
virtually imperceptible
manner in which this
hushed whisper continues
incessantly, can suggest
the potential fluidity
with which movement may
inch forward... Later
into the fourth movement
, two fairly extended
solos by the second and
then the first violins,
lead to a kind of
spontaneous dialogue
among the four
instrumentalists.
Eventually, this musical
conversation gets caught
up in: The fifth
movement's The Rush of
Time, which opens with a
hushed flurry of speed,
precipitates the Finale.
It generates, at first
slowly, but then very
swiftly, whole shifts of
rhythmic fields that
initially seem to
conflict with one
another. Ultimately, this
use of 'psycho-rhythmics
contributes to an on-rush
of motion and time.
Rhythmic changes are, at
times, abruptly
precipitated with but
little or no preparation
creating a kind of
inevitability in forward
thrust, while the
movement rushes forward
with a feeling of gradual
and continuous
acceleration. It gathers
density as more and more
notes are piled
progressively upon
successive beats. The
attempt is to spark
tension and ignite
excitement by means of
frenetic confrontations
of dissimilitudes.
Ultimately - with the
help of time - these
polarities centrifically
spin out their own
destinies with their
accompanying fall-out and
own inevitable
resolutions. $130.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Tuvan Songbook Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.EB-9244 Set of Parts. Composed ...(+)
String Quartet
(2vl,va,vc) SKU:
BR.EB-9244 Set of
Parts. Composed by
Christian Mason. Chamber
music; stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. World premiere
of the original version:
London, May 10, 2016World
premiere of the string
orchestra version:
Clermont-Ferrand, October
8, 2020. New music
(post-2000). Set of
parts. Composed
2016/2020. 92 pages.
Duration 19'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9244.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9244).
ISBN 9790004185445. 9
x 12 inches. It was
the practice of Khoomii
(throat singing) -
following several
workshops with Michael
Ormiston - that first
attracted me to Tuvan
music. Composing this
Songbook, the first in a
series commissioned by
the Ligeti Quartet, I
took the chance to
reflect on compositional
questions around
transcription and
arrangement of existing
music, and frequently
found myself asking:
where is the boundary
between the source
material and the new
substance? Of course the
relationship varies from
piece to piece, and
moment to moment:
sometimes we seem to
glimpse the pure source,
but most of the time
there are differing
degrees of distance,
working towards or away
from it. This new version
for string orchestra
corresponds closely to
the original quartet
version, with an
additional part for
double basses.The
traditional Tuvan songs
that I have transcribed
and recomposed are all
known to me from the Ay
Kherel CD The Music of
Tuva: Throat Singing and
Instruments from Central
Asia (2004, Arc Music).
According to the notes
from that CD, this is
what the songs are
about:1. Dyngylday: If
you have come on a horse
in blue, it doesn't mean
that you are the best. My
heart tells me something
else: my sweetheart
doesn't have such a
beautiful horse, but he
is my darling.An
alternative
interpretation from Alash
Ensemble
(alashensemble.com): The
word dyngylday is a
nonsense term with no
translation. The song
makes good-humored fun of
somebody for being a
good-for-nothing.2. Eki
Attar (The Best Steeds):
The horse is the basis of
our life. It is a magic
creature. Even its step
is full of music and
rhythm. You may not be a
horse rider, but when you
hear this song you will
always remember horses.3.
Kuda Yry: This wedding
song glorifies the
strength of the groom and
the beauty of his
Horse.4. Ezir-Kara
('Black Eagle'): This was
the name of a horse, who
became a legend through
his remarkable strength
and speed.It is not just
overtones that abound
here: there are galloping
rhythms aplenty, and
though I am no horse
rider I tried to keep the
horses galloping in my
imagination while
composing these
pieces.Christian Mason
(with quotes from Ay
Kherel and Alash
Ensemble)
World
premiere of the original
version: London/UK, May
10, 2016, World premiere
of the string orchestra
version:
Clermont-Ferrand/France,
October 8, 2020. $92.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| String Quartet No. 2 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.11440505S Composed by John Downey. F...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet SKU:
PR.11440505S Composed
by John Downey. Full
score. With Standard
notation. 53 pages.
Duration 25 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-40505S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11440505S). UPC:
680160008391. 11 x 14
inches. Although
structurally it
subdivides into five
movements, the entire
quartet emerges as one
vast continuum. There are
no formal breaks between
movements. However,
certain musical signposts
can be discerned,
associated with each of
the movements'
terminations and new
beginnings. The opening
movement, The Nostalgia
of Clanging Bell
Sonorities, begins
floating on recurrent Bbs
whose soft rhythmic flow
slowly puts into motion
strong undercurrents
suggestive of the latent
power of water... After
several suggestions of
tolling bells, the
movement gradually fades
into hushed tones of
veiled and very distant
sonorities. It uses a
unique effect, for the
first time in a musical
context, conveyed through
the use of extra heavy
practice mutes. The
second movement, The
Spill of Water,
disengages itself from
the first through its
distinct contrast in
tempo. Water moves fast,
and when it splashes, it
tends to run wildly. In
this case, it happens to
be bubbly water that
gushes forth bodly...
smashing across rocky
shorelines. So, too, the
music attempts to conjure
such moods. At the end of
this movement, a cello
cadenza emerges,
introducing an
introspective type of
melodicism. The third
movement, The Poignancy
of Memory, contains many
silences as it tries to
convey memory through
fragmented remembrances
much like often occur in
our dream state.
Progressing through
several slowly building
images, it gradually
works itself into
juxtaposition of musical
images. Towards the
movement's end, high
harmonics are sounding in
all four instruments
while left hand pizzicato
notes in the cello pluck
the last remembrances of
this central core. Almost
imperceptibly, the viola
assumes leadership as it
dissolves into: The
fourth movement, The
Fluidity of Motion, which
has mostly the viola, but
also the cello,
articulating lyrical
statements against sheets
of sound conjured up by
the two violins playing a
flood of swirling
figures, evokes a kind of
static motion in space.
Here , the virtually
imperceptible manner in
which this hushed whisper
continues incessantly,
can suggest the potential
fluidity with which
movement may inch
forward... Later into the
fourth movement, two
fairly extended solos by
the second and then the
first violins, lead to a
kind of spontaneous
dialogue amont the four
instrumentalists.
Eventually, this musical
conversation gets caught
up in: The fifth
movement's The Rush of
Time, which opens with a
hushed flurry of speed,
precipitates the Finale.
It generates, at first
slowly, but then very
swiftly, whole shifts of
rhythmic fields that
initially seem to
conflict with one
another. Ultimately, this
use of psycho-rhythmics
contributes to an on-rush
seem of motion and time.
Rhythmic changes are, at
times, abruptly
precipitated with but
little or no preparation
creating a kind of
inevitability in forward
thrust, while the
movement rushes forward
with a feeling of gradual
and continuous
acceleration. It gathers
density as more and more
notes are piled
progressively upon
successive beats. The
attempt is to spark
tension and ignite
excitement by means of
frenetic confrontations
of dissimilitudes.
Ultimately - with the
help of time - these
polarities centrifically
spin out their own
destinies with their
accompanying fall-out and
own inevitable
resolutions. $75.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| String Quartet No. 5 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.144404550 Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet SKU:
PR.144404550 Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Set of Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2002.
53+20+16+16+16 pages.
Duration 22 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#144-40455. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.144404550). UPC:
680160030859. After
finishing a serious
woodwind quintet in the
fall of 2001 [Tela
Lacerata], I found, in
the ensuing months, that
its cinders/ashes were
still impregnating my
eardrums. Therefore, when
I set out to write the
present string piece, I
realized that the musical
veins of the quartet,
like related cousins,
were sharing the same
blood as the earlier wind
composition. The
resultant Fifth Quartet
evolved into two large,
extended movements, each
one containing seven
parts that are played
without pause. As the
list of the various
sub-sections clearly
indicates, the formal
structure of the
movements appear to be
identical: each with
three main parts
enveloped by interludes,
plus an introduction and
coda. However, the
principal segments of the
first (slow) movement
gradually decrease in
length, while those of
the second (fast)
movement increase. In
addition, there is a
goodly amount of sonic
material stolen from the
first movement which
reappears -- stitched
together in a new guise
-- into the world of the
second. for example, the
bulk of Parts B and C of
Movement II are lifted
bodily, although
elaborately modified,
from their first
appearances in the
Introduction and Part A
of the fist movement.
This offers, I suppose at
least a hint of a
traditional
recapitulation. As was
true in the earlier
woodwind piece -- both
harmonically and
melodically -- the
embryonic growth of the
musical fabric (primarily
the tritone and perfect
fifth) is omnipresent,
almost obsessively,
throughout the course of
the whole work. These two
intervals, not unlike
plasticine, habitually
transform themselves into
the scales, chords, and
melodic lines that
pervade the texture of
the quartet. Owing to the
largely unrelieved
dramatic flow, the
shifting speed, and the
often fervent intensity,
the quartet places
considerable demands on
the dexterity,
virtuosity, and stamina
of the four performers.
String Quartet No. 5 is
approximately 22 minutes
in duration and
affectionately dedicated
to my violinist wife
Elizabeth, as a gift for
our 47 years together. It
was commissioned by the
Corigliano String
Quartet, New York, NY. --
Sydney Hodkinson. $55.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| A Klezmer Wedding Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Advance Music
SKU: AP.1-ADV6401 For String Quartet. Composed by Mike Curtis. Qua...(+)
SKU: AP.1-ADV6401
For String
Quartet. Composed by
Mike Curtis. Quartet;
Solo Small Ensembles;
String Quartet. Advance
Music. Form: Dance.
Jewish Heritage; Wedding.
Score and Part(s).
Advance Music
#01-ADV6401. Published by
Advance Music
(AP.1-ADV6401). UPC:
805095064018.
English. A Klezmer
Wedding is a set of four
dances, newly-composed
but based on traditional
models. The Doina is an
expressive chant for
three successive
soloists; it twists and
turns with the wailing
lament of a shepherd's
pipe. Next follows the
Hora, a slow Rumanian
dance in three with a
mood that reflects the
wedding's solemn vows. A
Chusidl, with a moderate
speed and bouncy rhythms,
gets the party to the
dance floor. The
concluding Freylach
(happy, but still in a
minor key!) takes the
bride, groom, and guests
to the edge of
frenzy.
Titles:
Doina * Hora * Chusidl *
Freylach. $25.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| String Quartet No. 5 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440455S Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet SKU:
PR.14440455S Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Large Score. With
Standard notation. 53
pages. Duration 22
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #144-40455S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.14440455S). UPC:
680160030873. After
finishing a serious
woodwind quintet in the
fall of 2001 [Tela
Lacerata], I found, in
the ensuing months, that
its cinders/ashes were
still impregnating my
eardrums. Therefore, when
I set out to write the
present string piece, I
realized that the musical
veins of the quartet,
like related cousins,
were sharing the same
blood as the earlier wind
composition. The
resultant Fifth Quartet
evolved into two large,
extended movements, each
one containing seven
parts that are played
without pause. As the
list of the various
sub-sections clearly
indicates, the formal
structure of the
movements appear to be
identical: each with
three main parts
enveloped by interludes,
plus an introduction and
coda. However, the
principal segments of the
first (slow) movement
gradually decrease in
length, while those of
the second (fast)
movement increase. In
addition, there is a
goodly amount of sonic
material stolen from the
first movement which
reappears -- stitched
together in a new guise
-- into the world of the
second. for example, the
bulk of Parts B and C of
Movement II are lifted
bodily, although
elaborately modified,
from their first
appearances in the
Introduction and Part A
of the fist movement.
This offers, I suppose at
least a hint of a
traditional
recapitulation. As was
true in the earlier
woodwind piece -- both
harmonically and
melodically -- the
embryonic growth of the
musical fabric (primarily
the tritone and perfect
fifth) is omnipresent,
almost obsessively,
throughout the course of
the whole work. These two
intervals, not unlike
plasticine, habitually
transform themselves into
the scales, chords, and
melodic lines that
pervade the texture of
the quartet. Owing to the
largely unrelieved
dramatic flow, the
shifting speed, and the
often fervent intensity,
the quartet places
considerable demands on
the dexterity,
virtuosity, and stamina
of the four performers.
String Quartet No. 5 is
approximately 22 minutes
in duration and
affectionately dedicated
to my violinist wife
Elizabeth, as a gift for
our 47 years together. It
was commissioned by the
Corigliano String
Quartet, New York, NY. --
Sydney Hodkinson. $35.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| String quartet no. 1 (2015) - Score & parts Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Fennica Gehrman
String quartet SKU: FG.55011-775-4 Composed by Alex Freeman. Classical, c...(+)
String quartet SKU:
FG.55011-775-4
Composed by Alex Freeman.
Classical, contemporary.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-775-4.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-775-4).
ISBN
9790550117754. Alex
Freeman found initial
inspiration for his
string quartet (2015) in
a series of photographs a
geologist friend showed
him of en échelon
veins in rock formations.
The open strings
punctuated with pizzicato
unisons that begin the
single-movement work call
to mind something
crystalline and
shimmering, which is
immediately infused with
tumbling lyrical lines in
something of a rapid
caccia technique
throughout. The middle of
the work becomes more
suspended in slower
material loosely based on
a technique of prolation
canon, comprises layers
of free, expressive,
lyrical, and even elegiac
music moving at different
speeds. As the work
concludes, the materials
converge in a
rhythmically pulsating
stasis and an almost
chorale-like statement.
Duration: c. 13'
This product
includes the score and
the parts (A4 sized).
American-Finn
ish composer Alex Freeman
(b.1972) has established
himself among the
foremost composers of
choral music in Finland.
A dedicated citizen of
his musical community, a
teacher, and a choral
singer himself, he
composes music that
reflects an appreciation
for a wide range of
aesthetics and a passion
for communicating with
listeners and performers.
In his choral works, in
particular, we find music
that aims to be sonorous,
melodic, and resonant,
but is always crafted to
carefully avoid the
cliches that can burden
conventional tonality.
His instrumental
works run the gamut: a
cantata with orchestra
based on poetry of
Whitman; a significant
body of solo piano works
that reveal deep roots in
everything from austere
absolute music to soaring
elegaic rhetoric (see
Albany Records, Inner
Voice); his chamber work
Blueshift (Navona
Records), which is a kind
of paean to Reich and
Adams in miniature;
open-ended modular works,
like various iterations
of his Slow All Clocks
for electronic media,
solo clarinet, and mixed
choirs of kanteles; and,
recently, some new
directions in microtonal
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