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.
Score
and Parts. Composed
by Gabriel Prokofiev.
Music Sales America.
Classical, Contemporary.
Set. Composed 2016.
Chester Music #CH84777.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14047957).
8.5x11.75
inches.
String
Quartet No.2 is a work by
Gabriel Prokofiev for
String Quartet,
commissioned by The
Elysian Quartet with
support from the PRS for
Music Foundation. The
work lasts around 17
minutes. This is the Full
Score and Parts .
String Quartet No. 3 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Wilhelm Hansen
SKU: HL.50603860 Score. Composed by Anders Koppel. Score. Softcove...(+)
SKU: HL.50603860
Score. Composed by
Anders Koppel. Score.
Softcover. 42 pages.
Duration 1440 seconds.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH32678. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.50603860).
ISBN
9788759836354. UPC:
196288020059.
Strin
g Quartet No.3 (2015)
composed by Anders
Koppel, with support by
Danish Arts
Foundation.
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String Quartet (Study Score) SKU: HL.51487272 Study Score. Compose...(+)
String Quartet (Study
Score)
SKU:
HL.51487272
Study
Score. Composed by
Alexander Zemlinsky.
Edited by Dominik Rahmer.
Henle Music Folios.
Classical. Softcover. G.
Henle #HN7272. Published
by G. Henle
(HL.51487272).
UPC:
840126989366.
6.75x9.5x0.245
inches.
Alexander
Zemlinsky's music was
long unjustly
overshadowed by what was
regarded as the
“more
progressive†Second
Viennese School. Although
Zemlinsky was close
friends with its
protagonist Arnold
Schönberg, he never
did take the latter's
radical step into
dodecaphony. At the same
time, he composed works
that were no less
original or fully
fledged. Composed between
1913 and 1915, his Second
String Quartet in
particular pushed the
contemporaneous
understanding of form and
tonality to its limits.
With just one movement
but spanning over 1,200
measures, this
multi-faceted work
numbers among the most
significant contributions
to the genre of the time
and has long merited a
critical new edition. The
Urtext edition by G.
Henle Publishers corrects
many errors and
inaccuracies in the first
edition that came to
light after careful
comparison with the
autograph sources in
Vienna and Washington.
For the first time, too,
the metronome markings
that survive only in one
of Zemlinsky's letters
have been incorporated.
Editorial work was kindly
supported by the
Alexander Zemlinsky
Endowment Fund in
Vienna.
About Henle
Urtext
What I can expect from
Henle Urtext
editions:
error-free, reliable
musical texts based on
meticulous musicological
research - fingerings and
bowings by famous artists
and pedagogues
preface in 3
languages with
information on the
genesis and history of
the work
Critical Commentary
in 1 – 3 languages
with a description and
evaluation of the sources
and explaining all source
discrepancies and
editorial
decisions
most beautiful music
engraving
page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them
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editions)
String Quartet (Parts) SKU: HL.51481272 Set of Parts. Composed by ...(+)
String Quartet (Parts)
SKU: HL.51481272
Set of Parts.
Composed by Alexander
Zemlinsky. Edited by
Dominik Rahmer. Henle
Music Folios. Classical.
Softcover. G. Henle
#HN1272. Published by G.
Henle (HL.51481272).
UPC: 840126989250.
9.0x12.0x0.348
inches.
Alexander
Zemlinsky's music was
long unjustly
overshadowed by what was
regarded as the
“more
progressive†Second
Viennese School. Although
Zemlinsky was close
friends with its
protagonist Arnold
Schönberg, he never
did take the latter's
radical step into
dodecaphony. At the same
time, he composed works
that were no less
original or fully
fledged. Composed between
1913 and 1915, his Second
String Quartet in
particular pushed the
contemporaneous
understanding of form and
tonality to its limits.
With just one movement
but spanning over 1,200
measures, this
multi-faceted work
numbers among the most
significant contributions
to the genre of the time
and has long merited a
critical new edition. The
Urtext edition by G.
Henle Publishers corrects
many errors and
inaccuracies in the first
edition that came to
light after careful
comparison with the
autograph sources in
Vienna and Washington.
For the first time, too,
the metronome markings
that survive only in one
of Zemlinsky's letters
have been incorporated.
Editorial work was kindly
supported by the
Alexander Zemlinsky
Endowment Fund in
Vienna.
About Henle
Urtext
What I can expect from
Henle Urtext
editions:
error-free, reliable
musical texts based on
meticulous musicological
research - fingerings and
bowings by famous artists
and pedagogues
preface in 3
languages with
information on the
genesis and history of
the work
Critical Commentary
in 1 – 3 languages
with a description and
evaluation of the sources
and explaining all source
discrepancies and
editorial
decisions
most beautiful music
engraving
page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them
excellent print
quality and
binding
largest Urtext
catalogue
world-wide
longest Urtext
experience (founded 1948
exclusively for Urtext
editions)
(Hardcover, facsimile edition). By Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). For String ...(+)
(Hardcover, facsimile
edition). By Ludwig van
Beethoven (1770-1827).
For String Quartet. Henle
Facsimile. Hardcover. G.
Henle #HN3222. Published
by G. Henle
String Quartet No. 3 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Wilhelm Hansen
SKU: HL.50603861 Parts. Composed by Anders Koppel. String. Softcov...(+)
SKU: HL.50603861
Parts. Composed by
Anders Koppel. String.
Softcover. 48 pages.
Duration 1440 seconds.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH32678A. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.50603861).
ISBN
9788759889060. UPC:
196288020066.
Strin
g Quartet No.3 (2015)
composed by Anders
Koppel, with support by
Danish Arts
Foundation.
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 SKU: HL.14030950 Music Sales America. 20th Century. Editio...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
HL.14030950
Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #WH49837.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14030950).
The composer
writes: In Alman, which
consists of 3 movements,
it is the dynamic waves
that are making the form.
Constantly something is
created, sheltered by
these waves, things are
hidden or are having
their own expression. In
this light the first
movement can be seen as a
big curve, and the second
movement as a mosaic. In
the manic last movement,
the music is whipped
against climax. This
movement is supported by
a quotation of the young
Danish poet Michael
Strunge. The title of
Alman, is the name of a
dance (Fitzwilliam
Virginal Book), even
though this is hardly
heard in my quartet.
String Quartet - Grade 4 SKU: HL.14030988 Composed by Bent Sorensen. Musi...(+)
String Quartet - Grade 4
SKU: HL.14030988
Composed by Bent
Sorensen. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Studyscore. Composed
2006. 44 pages. Edition
Wilhelm Hansen #WH29837B.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14030988).
ISBN
9788759877319.
Alma
n - String Quartet was
composed by Bent Sorensen
in 1984. Parts available:
WH29837A Programme Note:
In Alman, which consists
of 3 movements, it is the
dynamic waves that are
making the form.
Constantly something is
created, sheltered by
these waves, things are
hidden or are having
their own expression. In
this light the first
movement can be seen as a
big curve, and the second
movement as a mosaic. In
the manic last movement,
the music is whipped
against climax. This
movement is supported by
a quotation of the young
Danish poet Michael
Strunge. The title of
Alman, is the name of a
dance (Fitzwilliam
Virginal Book), even
though this is hardly
heard in my quartet.
(BentSorensen).
Second String Quartet Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.114417830 Composed by Carter Pann. P...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.114417830
Composed
by Carter Pann. Premiered
at the ACE Gallery in
Beverly Hills, CA.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed 2014.
46+16+16+16+16 pages.
Duration 30 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41783. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114417830).
UPC:
680160636860.
With
support from Elizabeth
and Justus Schlichting,
Pann's Second String
Quartet was written for
the Takacs Quartet to
honor the contributions
of NancyBell Coe as
president of the Music
Academy of the West. The
Takacs, hailed as one of
the world's greatest
ensembles, performed the
work as part of a
weeklong series of
masterclasses at the
Academy's Summer Festival
2015. The Second String
Quartet is made up of six
descriptive movements: I.
L'Extase, II.
Precipitato, III.
Passacaglias, IV.
Commute, V. Adjusting the
Torque, VI. Escher's
Rounds. For advanced
performers.
Composed by Richard Danielpour (1956-). This edition: saddle-stitch. Score and p...(+)
Composed by Richard
Danielpour (1956-). This
edition: saddle-stitch.
Score and parts. 40 pages
(score), 20 pages (each
part) pages. Duration 30
minutes. Lean Kat Music
#390. Published by Lean
Kat Music
Delphica Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Chester
Score and Parts Viola and Opt. String Quartet (Chamber Ensemble) SKU: HL.2903...(+)
Score and Parts Viola and
Opt. String Quartet
(Chamber Ensemble)
SKU: HL.290330
Viola With Optional
String Quartet Score and
Parts. Composed by
Bryce Dessner. Music
Sales America. Softcover.
Composed 2015. 15 pages.
Chester Music #CH83941.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.290330).
UPC: 888680922306.
8.5x11.0x0.071
inches.
Commissione
d by Muziekgebouw aan 't
IJ, Amsterdam for
Cross-Linx 2015.
Supported by the AMMODO
Foundation.
Second String Quartet Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.11441783S Composed by Carter Pann. P...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.11441783S
Composed
by Carter Pann. Premiered
at the ACE Gallery in
Beverly Hills, CA.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2014. 46 pages.
Duration 30 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41783S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11441783S).
UPC:
680160636884.
With
support from Elizabeth
and Justus Schlichting,
Pann's Second String
Quartet was written for
the Takacs Quartet to
honor the contributions
of NancyBell Coe as
president of the Music
Academy of the West. The
Takacs, hailed as one of
the world's greatest
ensembles, performed the
work as part of a
weeklong series of
masterclasses at the
Academy's Summer Festival
2015. The Second String
Quartet is made up of six
descriptive movements: I.
L'Extase, II.
Precipitato, III.
Passacaglias, IV.
Commute, V. Adjusting the
Torque, VI. Escher's
Rounds. For advanced
performers.
(String Quartet) SKU: HL.50602171 Parts. Composed by Helen Grime. ...(+)
(String Quartet)
SKU:
HL.50602171
Parts. Composed by
Helen Grime. String.
Softcover. Chester Music
#CH88085-01. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.50602171).
UPC:
888680975937.
Commi
ssioned by the Edinburgh
Quartet with financial
support from Creative
Scotland, PRS for Music
Foundation, Britten-Pears
Foundation, RVW Trust and
Hope Scott Trust. First
performed on 21st May
2014 by the Edinburgh
Quartet, at Queen's Hall,
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Three Little Nocturnes Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Wilhelm Hansen
String Quartet, Accordion SKU: BT.WHKP01684 Composed by Hans Abrahamsen. ...(+)
String Quartet, Accordion
SKU: BT.WHKP01684
Composed by Hans
Abrahamsen. Classical.
Score Only. 32 pages.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WHKP01684. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(BT.WHKP01684).
English.
Three
Little Nocturnes was
composed by Hans
Abrahamsen in 2005.
Commissioned by the
Cikada Ensemble, with
support from NOMUS, and
written for Frode Haltli
and the Cikada String
Quartet. Programme Note:
In the first nocturne a
slow, falling music
emerges on an irregular
pulse, filled with high
harmonics in the strings.
The second nocturne is
fast and unrestful music,
with a lot of passion,
which in a moment runs
into a glimpse of a
tango. In this movement
the accordion is employed
in its traditional
fashion, using the chord
bass, with its
“oom-pah-pahâ€
standard chords. The
third nocturne is again
slow, indeed very slow,
and it has German tempo
and expression markings.
Thepiece ends with a
lullaby in the accordion,
played with an unusual
technique, imitating the
string portato. This is
accompanied by high
harmonics in the strings,
while the first violin
slowly and softly plays a
melody from the second
nocturne. Hans
Abrahamsen.