Vistas. Composed
by Shulamit Ran. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation. 42 +
112 pages. Duration 25
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-40698.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114406980).
UPC:
680160010806.
Shula
mit Ran’s second
string quartet, subtitled
“Vistas,â€
occupies a large canvas
that is cast in a
traditional fourmovement
mold, where the outer
movements present,
explore, and later return
to the work’s
principal musical
materials, surrounding a
slow movement and
scherzo-type third
movement with a trio. In
addition to tempo-based
titles, the individual
movements have subtitles
that are evocative of
each movement’s
character, as follows: I.
Concentric: from the
inside out II. Stasis
III. Flashes IV.
Vistas. My second
string quartet,
“Vistasâ€, is
a work cast in a
traditional four-movement
formal mold, with the
outer movements,
presenting and later
returning to the
work’s principal
musical materials,
surrounding a slow
movement and a
scherzo-type third
movement.While the four
movements’
“properâ€
names -- Maestoso con
forza, Lento, Scherzo
impetuoso, and
Introduzione; Maestoso e
grande – give some
indication of the general
character of the
individual movements, I
have also subtitled, less
formally, each movement
as follows:Â 1)
Concentric:Â from the
inside out 2)Â
Stasis 3) FlashesÂ
4) Vista. The images
evoked by these titles
tell one, I think, a bit
more about the inner
workings of the
quartet.In the first
movement, a prominently
presented opening pitch
(E) reveals itself, as
the movement unfolds, to
be a center of gravity
from which ever-growing
cycles of activity
gradually evolve.Â
While various important
themes come into being as
the movement progresses,
their impact on the
listener has, I believe,
a great deal to do with
their juxtaposition and
relationship to the
initial central point of
gravity.Stasis is, as the
name implies, a movement
where activity seems, at
times, almost
suspended. Being
also, as Webster’s
Dictionary reminds us,
“a state of static
balance and equilibrium
among opposing tendencies
or forces,†it
develops various
materials, including ones
from the first movement,
without bringing them to
points of
resolution.Flashes is
short and very fast,
evoking in my mind the
quick shimmer of
fireflies, a
“sudden burst of
lightâ€, but also a
“brief
timeâ€. Perhaps,
even, a
“smile�Final
ly, the last movement,
Vista, is not only
“a view or
outlookâ€, but also
“a comprehensive
mental view of a series
of remembered or
anticipated
events.â€Â After
a brief recall of the
opening of the second
movement, this movement
brings back all the
important themes of the
first movement in their
original order. But
just as going back can
never really mean going
back in time, the
movement is much more
than recapitulatory.Â
By cutting through
previously transitory
passages and presenting
the main ideas in a
fashion more direct yet
more evolved, it also
sheds new light on
earlier events, offering
a retrospective, synoptic
view of the first
movement as it brings to
culmination the work as a
whole. “Vistasâ
€ was commissioned by
C. Geraldine Freund for
the Taneyev String
Quartet of what was then
Leningrad. It was the
first commission given in
this country to a Soviet
chamber ensemble since
the 1985 cultural
exchange accord between
the Soviet Union and the
United States.
Songbook For Annamaria Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.114412190 Composed by Robert Maggio....(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.114412190
Composed
by Robert Maggio.
Shenandoah, All the
Pretty Little Horses,
Blue Tail Fly, I've Been
Working on the Railroad.
Set of Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2001. 56 + 76
pages. Duration 20
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41219.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114412190).
UPC:
680160017683. Shenandoah,
All the Pretty Little
Horses, I've Been Working
on the Railroad, Blue
Tail Fly.
Composed by Antonin
Dvorak. Edited by Peter
Jost. Study Score.
Paperbound. Henle Study
Scores. Classical.
Softcover. 80 pages. G.
Henle #HN7045. Published
by G. Henle
(HL.51487045).
ISBN
9790201870458. UPC:
888680745318.
6.75x9.5x0.244
inches.
In autumn
1895, after returning
from New York once and
for all, Dvorák took
up his former position as
teacher at the Prague
Conservatory. This
clearly had an inspiring
impact on him because in
the space of just four
weeks he composed a new
string quartet in G
major. Together with the
Quartet in A-flat major
op. 105, it forms a
glorious close to his
chamber music oeuvre.
Echoes of Bohemian folk
music are here mixed with
cantabile themes, while
his motivic working shows
him to be a master at the
height of his powers.
Even today, it seems
almost as if we can feel
the composer's
satisfaction with this
work: “I am working
so easily and it is going
so smoothly that I could
not wish it
better.â€.
String Quartet - advanced SKU: HL.49033197 Score and Parts. Compos...(+)
String Quartet - advanced
SKU: HL.49033197
Score and Parts.
Composed by Paul Dessau.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Score and
Parts. Composed 1957. 28
pages. Duration 7'.
Schott Music #ED9617.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49033197).
ISBN
9790001134897. UPC:
884088075477.
8.25x11.75x0.071
inches.
Dessau's
String Quartet movement
was written while he was
also working on Brecht's
opera Puntila. After
Brecht's death in 1956
Dessau found himself
looking for a new
direction. On the one
hand he was still working
on music begun in
collaboration with the
poet, while on the other
hand Dessau was trying to
work towards a socially
oriented musical
aesthetic, which led him
to compose songs for
political purposes. Even
this Quartet movement
does not owe its
inspiration purely to an
artistic vision. In spite
of its technical demands,
the piece is intended to
be comprehensible and
could even be played by
an amateur ensemble in
its cleverly reduced
form. Only discovered
after the composer's
death, the Movement for
String Quartet is
published for the first
time in this edition.
Songbook For Annamaria Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.11441219S Composed by Robert Maggio....(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.11441219S
Composed
by Robert Maggio.
Shenandoah, All the
Pretty Little Horses,
Blue Tail Fly, I've Been
Working on the Railroad.
Full score. With Standard
notation. 56 pages.
Duration 20 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41219S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11441219S).
UPC:
680160017706. Shenandoah,
I've Been Working on the
Railroad, All the Pretty
Little Horses, Blue Tail
Fly.
String quartet SKU: HH.HH187-FSP Composed by Vaclav Pichl. Edited by Chri...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
HH.HH187-FSP
Composed
by Vaclav Pichl. Edited
by Christopher Hogwood.
Two Violins, Viola,
Violoncello. Full score
and parts. Edition HH
Music Publishers
#HH187-FSP. Published by
Edition HH Music
Publishers
(HH.HH187-FSP).
ISBN
9781905779178.
Like
so many of his
compatriots, the Czech
born Vaclav Pichl spent
much of his working life
in Vienna (where the
Empress Maria Theresa,
preferred him to Mozart),
but with a period working
for Dittersdorf (in what
is now Rumania) and
nearly twenty years spent
in Milan. His
compositions were
performed at EszterhA!za
by Haydn, who had a set
of Pichl's new quartets
copied in 1780 (he wrote
over 30 quartets in
all).His compositions
were performed at
EszterhA!za by Haydn, who
had a set of Pichl's new
quartets copied in 1780
(he wrote over 30
quartets in all).
Composed by Carlo Monza. Edited by Simone Laghi. Full score and parts. Editi...(+)
Composed by Carlo Monza.
Edited by Simone Laghi.
Full
score and parts. Edition
HH
Music Publishers
#HH594-FSP.
Published by Edition HH
Music
Publishers
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.
Contralto, Baroque string quartet (contralto(2 glass crystals).2vn.va da gamba.v...(+)
Contralto, Baroque string
quartet (contralto(2
glass crystals).2vn.va da
gamba.vc)
SKU:
HL.49045309
Score
and Parts. Composed
by Joseph Schwantner.
This edition: Folder.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Softcover.
Composed 2012. 216 pages.
Duration 20'. Schott
Music #ED31320. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49045309).
ISBN
9781495082443. UPC:
888680656577.
9.0x12.0x0.859 inches.
English.
I was
immediately drawn to the
quartet's poignant,
intimate and expressive
sound world, the
evocative and hauntingly
beautiful voice of
contralto Karen Clark and
the poetry of Henry David
Thoreau whose words so
thoroughly capture the
transcendental spirit of
nineteenth century New
England life. Living and
working in the high hills
of rural New Hampshire
provided a synergy of
poetry and music that
formed an ideal union to
help frame the mood,
character and direction
of this work. Joseph
Schwantner.
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.
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-876-8 Composed by Timo Alakot...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-876-8
Composed by Timo
Alakotila. Classical,
contemporary, folk. Score
& parts. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-876-8. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-876-8).
Timo
Alakotila's String
quartet no. 4 (2022) was
premiered by Tempera
Quartet. In its four
movements the work
combines the rich sound
of the classical string
quartet with rhythms and
idioms of Finnish folk
music. The titles of the
movements decribe the
journey (Quest - Joy -
Direction -
Resolution).
This
product includes a full
score and a set of
parts.
Composer,
musician Timo Alakotila
(b. 1959) is a
distinguished, active and
versatile talent in the
Finnish music scene whose
long career working with
different genres of music
- folk music in
particular - has been
ground-breaking.
Alakotila's works
showcase his versatility:
he has produced highly
acclaimed classical music
compositions and
arrangements for Pekka
and Jaakko Kuusisto, the
Meta4 quartet, the Kamus
and Tempera quartets,
Eeva Oksala, Dalia
Stasevska and Jorma
Hynninen, among
others.