Composed by Christian Mason. World premiere: Paris, Cite de la musique, Januar...(+)
Composed by Christian
Mason.
World premiere: Paris,
Cite
de la musique, January
14,
2020. Breitkopf and
Haertel
#EB 9377. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.114410380 Composed by Lowell Lieberm...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.114410380
Composed
by Lowell Liebermann.
Saddle, Tape Junction.
Set of Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
Composed 1998. Opus 60.
48 + 92 pages. Duration
30 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-41038. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114410380).
UPC:
680160015160. 9.5 x 13
inches.
My second
String Quartet was
written twenty years
after the first, Opus 4
from 1978. The First
Quartet is an obsessively
contrapuntal work in one
movement, which was no
doubt influenced by my
studies with David
Diamond. I had always
intended to return to the
medium once I left the
astringency of my earlier
style, but it was only
when the National
Federation of Music Clubs
commissioned a major
chamber work, with
unspecified
instrumentation, to
celebrate their 100th
Anniversary that I was
enabled to do so. The
Second Quartet is in four
movements: Moderato,
Allegro isterico, an
Andante theme with 11
variations, and the
closing Allegro, which
then returns to the tempo
of the first movement. An
audience member at the
premiere told me that she
heard echoes of recent
tragic events such as the
Oklahoma bombing in this
work. While I had no such
programmatic intent while
writing the quartet, it
was not an entirely
incorrect assessment of
the work's intended
emotional impact. The
quartet is pervaded by a
sense of seriousness,
even mournfulness. The
second movement's scherzo
is an aggressively
animated piece of musical
machinery. The third
movement's Variations
unfold into a greater
variety of moods than the
others - but the moments
of lyricism are countered
by aggressive or ironic
outbursts. The final
movement's attempt at
triumph quickly subsides
into a return of the
first movement, before
being transformed onto a
sense of resignation and
acceptance as the
chromaticism of the
opening theme is
transformed into a pure
and diatonic C-Major. The
work received its world
premiere by the Shanghai
Quartet at the 100th
Anniversary Congress of
the National Federation
of Music Clubs at the
Congress Hotel in Chicago
on August 19th
1998. My second String
Quartet was written
twenty years after the
first, Opus 4 from
1978. The First
Quartet is an obsessively
contrapuntal work in one
movement, which was no
doubt influenced by my
studies with David
Diamond. I had always
intended to return to the
medium once I left the
astringency of my earlier
style, but it was only
when the National
Federation of Music Clubs
commissioned a major
chamber work, with
unspecified
instrumentation, to
celebrate their 100th
Anniversary that I was
enabled to do so.The
Second Quartet is in four
movements:Â Moderato,
Allegro isterico, an
Andante theme with 11
variations, and the
closing Allegro, which
then returns to the tempo
of the first movement.An
audience member at the
premiere told me that she
heard echoes of recent
tragic events such as the
Oklahoma bombing in this
work. While I had no
such programmatic intent
while writing the
quartet, it was not an
entirely incorrect
assessment of the
work’s intended
emotional impact. The
quartet is pervaded by a
sense of seriousness,
even mournfulness.Â
The second
movement’s scherzo
is an aggressively
animated piece of musical
machinery. The third
movement’s
Variations unfold into a
greater variety of moods
than the others –
but the moments of
lyricism are countered by
aggressive or ironic
outbursts. The final
movement’s attempt
at triumph quickly
subsides into a return of
the first movement,
before being transformed
onto a sense of
resignation and
acceptance as the
chromaticism of the
opening theme is
transformed into a pure
and diatonic C-Major.The
work received its world
premiere by the Shanghai
Quartet at the 100th
Anniversary Congress of
the National Federation
of Music Clubs at the
Congress Hotel in Chicago
on August 19th 1998.
Quartet Sant Petersburg Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Editorial de Musica Boileau
String quartet SKU: BO.B.3664 Composed by Jordi Cervello. Published by Ed...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
BO.B.3664
Composed by
Jordi Cervello. Published
by Editorial de Musica
Boileau (BO.B.3664).
Cuarteto San
Petersburgo (The Saint
Petersburg Quartet) was
written between January
and March 2011. It owes
its name to the fact that
Saint Petersburg has been
a very significant city
for me. I was invited
there in 1988 to take
part in a big
contemporary music
festival, but my
uninterrupted bond with
the city started on 2002,
thanks to the
negotiations of my friend
and pupil Albert Barbeta.
Since then, I have
constantly travelled
there in order to record
a considerable part of my
repertoire: seventeen
pieces. In addition to
the concerts we went to,
I took the opportunity
during my trips to visit
the well-known
conservatoire where so
many great personalities
from the world of music
composition once taught,
and the place that
launched the most
important violin school
in the whole of Russia:
the school of Leopoldo
Auer. Spending a long
time in Auer's classroom
writing my concert for
violin and orchestra was
an unforgettable
experience for me. His
large portrait motivated
me even
further.
Cuartet
o San Petersburgo evokes
many of the most
cherished and moving
moments that I have had
in this city. It is
structured in four
movements. The first one,
Allegretto-Allegro, opens
with an introduction that
sets forth the two main
themes, amid a soft and
elastic atmosphere. The
Allegro starts vigorously
and in it we find changes
in the tempo and moments
of mystery, as well as
certain seclusion,
returning then to the
emphatic theme where the
counterpoint finds its
place. The movement ends
placidly.
The
Scherzo-marcato that
follows is marked by a
persistent rhythm of
triplets that carries on
from beginning to end.
The tempo does not
change, but brief and
decided themes are
introduced, as well as
passages of counterpoint.
Brief and dissonant
chords are heard
throughout the movement,
which ends
vigorously.
The
third movement, Ut, is a
very special one. For a
while already I had been
playing with the idea of
writing a movement that
was to have the tonality
C as a leitmotiv. This
one is made up by two
slow and static parts. In
the first one, the first
violin plays
pizzicatti-glissandi. In
the second, the first
violin and particularly
the violoncello settle on
C while the other two
instruments produce
descending chromatic
harmonies.
Final
ly, the
Introduccion-Presto (the
Introduction-Presto). It
starts with some bucolic
passages which remind us
of the introduction to
the first movement. A
fast and energetic Presto
suddenly erupts. A kind
of moto perpetuo which
alternates with two
expressive passages and,
towards the end, a viola
and violoncello tremolo,
all of great mystery and
expectation, make way for
a resounding finale
marcato.
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.EB-9259 Composed by Manuela Kerer. Cha...(+)
String Quartet
(2vl,va,vc)
SKU:
BR.EB-9259
Composed
by Manuela Kerer. Chamber
music; stapled. Edition
Breitkopf.
World
premiere: Stockholm
(Festival O/MODERNT),
June 19, 2017
Music
post-1945; New music
(post-2000). Full score.
Composed 2016/17. 32
pages. Duration 15' -
18'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 9259.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9259).
ISBN 9790004185599. 9
x 12 inches.
When
Hugo Ticciati asked me to
write a new piece for his
quartet, I was
immediately enthusiastic
about this project. I
love how Hugo and his
O/MODERNT String Quartet
unite old and new music
in a completely natural
way. So, I was absolutely
excited about Hugo`s idea
of having my piece based
on two of my idols, Bach
and Beethoven,
deconstructing the one
and constructing the
other. With all my
respect for these great
composers I gave to the
piece a very personal
inner part consisting of
my own music that
influenced and inspired
the other parts. For the
whole piece I felt very
close to Beethoven, who
said: To make a fugue is
not art, which [is
something] I have made
dozens of times in my
study. But the
imagination will assert
its rights and must come
today, in light of the
old traditional form, to
another truly poetic
element. De/Con is a
travel into different
centuries with different
sound-languages. For me,
it was like having a
wonderful constructive
discussion with Johann
Sebastian Bach and Ludwig
van Beethoven, each of us
trying to speak our own
language, approaching the
others step by step. The
piece could be defined as
a Love Letter to two of
the greatest composers
ever. De/Con could be
preceded by (parts of)
Johann Sebastian Bach's
Die Kunst der Fuge (The
Art of the Fugue) and
succeeded by Ludwig van
Beethoven's Grosse Fuge
(Great Fugue). Ideally,
then, all parts should be
played attacca. It could,
but it hasn't to be
played with these two
pieces. (Manuela
Kerer)
World
premiere: Stockholm
(Festival O/MODERNT),
June 19, 2017.
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.EB-9260 Composed by Manuela Kerer. Cha...(+)
String Quartet
(2vl,va,vc)
SKU:
BR.EB-9260
Composed
by Manuela Kerer. Chamber
music; Folder. Edition
Breitkopf.
World
premiere: Stockholm
(Festival O/MODERNT),
June 19, 2017
Music
post-1945; New music
(post-2000). Set of
parts. Composed 2016/17.
32 pages. Duration 15' -
18'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 9260.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9260).
ISBN 9790004185605. 9
x 12 inches.
When
Hugo Ticciati asked me to
write a new piece for his
quartet, I was
immediately enthusiastic
about this project. I
love how Hugo and his
O/MODERNT String Quartet
unite old and new music
in a completely natural
way. So, I was absolutely
excited about Hugo`s idea
of having my piece based
on two of my idols, Bach
and Beethoven,
deconstructing the one
and constructing the
other. With all my
respect for these great
composers I gave to the
piece a very personal
inner part consisting of
my own music that
influenced and inspired
the other parts. For the
whole piece I felt very
close to Beethoven, who
said: To make a fugue is
not art, which [is
something] I have made
dozens of times in my
study. But the
imagination will assert
its rights and must come
today, in light of the
old traditional form, to
another truly poetic
element. De/Con is a
travel into different
centuries with different
sound-languages. For me,
it was like having a
wonderful constructive
discussion with Johann
Sebastian Bach and Ludwig
van Beethoven, each of us
trying to speak our own
language, approaching the
others step by step. The
piece could be defined as
a Love Letter to two of
the greatest composers
ever. De/Con could be
preceded by (parts of)
Johann Sebastian Bach's
Die Kunst der Fuge (The
Art of the Fugue) and
succeeded by Ludwig van
Beethoven's Grosse Fuge
(Great Fugue). Ideally,
then, all parts should be
played attacca. It could,
but it hasn't to be
played with these two
pieces. (Manuela
Kerer)
World
premiere: Stockholm
(Festival O/MODERNT),
June 19, 2017.
Volume 1. For
String Quartet.
Composed by Gene Milford.
This edition: Latham
Music. Quartet; Solo
Small Ensembles; String -
Quartet. LudwigMasters -
Latham Music. Book.
LudwigMasters
Publications
#36-52703614. Published
by LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-52703614).
ISBN
9781581069761. UPC:
654690687517.
English.
This
collection of folk songs
from Latin America
(Mexico, Costa Rica and
Guatemala) are meant to
expand young player's
knowledge of music from
other cultures or give
them pride in the music
of their own heritage.
The music is mostly in
1st position with only
Violin 1 and Violoncello
wandering briefly into
other positions. Players
will use pizzicato and a
variety of bowing
styles.
Naci en la Cumbre (I
was Born on the Mountain)
is a traditional
Guatemalan folk
song.
Vuela,
suspiro (Fly, My Sighs)
is a traditional Costa
Rican folk song.
Ay! Tituy is a
traditional folk song
from Costa Rica.
La Cucaracha (The
Cockroach) is a
traditional Spanish song,
also trendy in Latin
America. It is about a
cockroach who can't walk.
The song came to
symbolize the Mexican
Revolution (1910-20) and
Pancho
Villa.
These products
are currently being
prepared by a new
publisher. While many
items are ready and will
ship on time, some others
may see delays of several
months.
String Quartet (Parts) SKU: HL.4492994 Set of Parts. By Brods...(+)
String Quartet
(Parts)
SKU:
HL.4492994
Set of
Parts. By Brodsky
Quartet and Elvis
Costello. Edited by
Jacqueline Thomas and
Paul Cassidy. Music for
String Quartet.
Classical. Softcover.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.4492994).
ISBN
9781705186466. UPC:
196288119203. 9.0x12.0
inches.
Elvis
Costello was inspired to
create this song sequence
for string quartet and
voice after discovering
that a Veronese academic
had been replying to
letters addressed to
â??Juliet Capulet.â?
The delicate and personal
nature of the
correspondence inspired a
wonderful and poignant
set of songs, written,
arranged and originally
performed by Elvis
Costello and the Brodsky
Quartet. Released in
1993, the album was met
with critical acclaim for
its creative mix of rock
and classical style
influences and
intelligent sense of
melody. Hal Leonard is
proud to publish this
30th Anniversary Edition
of the work, edited by
Brodsky Quartet members
Jacqueline Thomas and
Paul Cassidy.
30th
Anniversary Edition
Score. By Brodsky
Quartet and Elvis
Costello. Edited by
Jacqueline Thomas and
Paul Cassidy. Music for
String Quartet.
Classical. Softcover.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.4492993).
ISBN
9781705186459. UPC:
196288119197. 9.0x12.0
inches.
Elvis
Costello was inspired to
create this song sequence
for string quartet and
voice after discovering
that a Veronese academic
had been replying to
letters addressed to
â??Juliet Capulet.â?
The delicate and personal
nature of the
correspondence inspired a
wonderful and poignant
set of songs, written,
arranged and originally
performed by Elvis
Costello and the Brodsky
Quartet. Released in
1993, the album was met
with critical acclaim for
its creative mix of rock
and classical style
influences and
intelligent sense of
melody. Hal Leonard is
proud to publish this
30th Anniversary Edition
of the work, edited by
Brodsky Quartet members
Jacqueline Thomas and
Paul Cassidy.
3 Pieces Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Kunzelmann
By Duke Ellington. Edited by Werner Thomas-Mifune. For 2 violin, viola, violonce...(+)
By Duke Ellington. Edited
by Werner Thomas-Mifune.
For 2 violin, viola,
violoncello. Zonky
Blues,I'm in Another
World,Pigeons and
Peppers. Published by
Edition Kunzelmann.
Composed
by Peteris Vasks. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott. Score and
Parts. Composed 2004. 56
pages. Duration 25'.
Schott Music #ED9809.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49033305).
ISBN
9790001137911. UPC:
884088408053.
9.0x12.0x0.202
inches.
String
Quartet No. 5 consists of
two contrasting
movements. The first
movement, being present,
immediately leads to an
atmosphere of high
emotional tension. The
prevailing atmospheric
elements of the music are
dramatic and passionate,
alternating with each
other like a
kaleidoscope. In contrast
to that, a second theme
is intoned three times -
an invitation, a memory
of the existence of
another world, a
light-house which
illuminates the twilight
in which we live so
often. But this
invitation remains
unheard. The first
movement concludes with
dissonances in the upper
register - a cry of utter
desperation.The second
movement, so distant ...
yet so near, is the calm,
unhurried vocal section
of the quartet. A
forgiving, loving look at
a world tortured by grief
and contradictions.
Gradually, the singing
becomes more personal,
more emotional and more
dramatic. The rhythmic
figure of a funeral march
in the recapitulation of
the second movement is a
gesture of loss.
Eventually, the quartet
loses itself in an
atmosphere of
light-filled grief.
Peteris Vask.