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.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.114413820 'Shades Of Green'. ...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.114413820
'Shades Of Green'.
Composed by Clint
Needham. Contemporary.
Set of Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
Composed Summer 2005.
24+12+12+12+8 pages.
Duration 17 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41382. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114413820).
UPC:
680160585830.
Anoth
er prize-winning
composition from Needham
is his String Quartet No.
1, which sprang from an
afternoon's exposure to
Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
Says the composer, The
work itself is about
cycles. Nature cycles
(day to night, seasonal,
moon, tides, etc.), life
cycles, and even cycles
in music make their way
into the piece, both
consciously and
subconsciously. The work
is a homage to nature and
to the affective spirit
found in the music of
Vivaldi..
Composed
by Ulvi Cemal Erkin. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String Ensemble.
Classical, Contemporary.
Softcover. Composed
1935/1936. 80 pages.
Duration 14'. Schott
Music #ED21652. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49044199).
ISBN
9790001193740.
9.0x11.75x0.286
inches.
These two
chamber music works are
one of the main focuses
in the oeuvre of Ulvi
Cemal Erkin. Lively and
spirited, they combine
Western European
tradition with rhythmic
and melodic elements from
Turkish folk music. Both
are perfectly suitable
for music lessons and
concert recitals, adding
a new interesting colour
to the common chamber
music repertoire.Erkin
(1906-1972) is one of the
most important composers
of Turkey. He studied
piano and composition in
France and later returned
to his home country where
he became professor in
Ankara.
Soprano voice and string quartet - difficult SKU: HL.49007921 By Rober...(+)
Soprano voice and string
quartet - difficult
SKU: HL.49007921
By Robert Schumann,
op. 107. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Arranged
by Aribert Reimann. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Score and
Parts. 56 pages. Duration
10'. Schott Music #ED
8329. Published by Schott
Music (HL.49007921).
ISBN 9790001111911.
9.0x12.0x0.238
inches.
In these
lieder, Robert Schumann
seems to mirror his life
full of crises. The
composition coincides
with the first
signs of his illness. The
picture of the drowning
Ophelia evoked in the
first chant
conjures up the image of
his suicide attempt three
years later. Aribert
Reimann's transcription
seems to be opposed to
Schumann's endeavours to
make stronger use of 'the
development of the
accompanying instrument,
the piano'. On the other
hand, the complete
integration of the vocal
part in the musical
setting of the string
quartet confirms
Schumann's assessment
that the singing voice
alone cannot 'express
everything; apart from
the expression of the
whole, even subtle
nuances of the poem shall
become apparent'. These
transcriptions show
Reimann's sense of timbre
and his many years of
experience as a lied
accompanist.
String quartet SKU: HH.HH202-FSP Composed by Ming Wang. String Quartet. F...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
HH.HH202-FSP
Composed
by Ming Wang. String
Quartet. Full score and
parts. Edition HH Music
Publishers #HH202-FSP.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
(HH.HH202-FSP).
ISBN
9790708041900.
The
present work features a
kind of pentatonic music
that is often associated
with a far eastern
landscape. However, it
has no genuine
compositional connection
with Asian music. In this
piece pentatonicism is
conducive to frictionless
intervals and
transparency of sound;
these are produced in an
ideal manner on stringed
instruments by means of
natural harmonics. The
contrasting central
section brings dense
textures and sharp
dissonance, which sound
with full intensity and
combine with portamento
to produce extreme
emotional expression and
narrative gestures.