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.
Grade 3 SKU: AP.36-52703136 Composed by Lynne Latham. This edition: Latha...(+)
Grade 3
SKU:
AP.36-52703136
Composed by Lynne Latham.
This edition: Latham
Music. Performance Music
Ensemble; Quartet; String
Quartet. LudwigMasters -
Latham Music. Score and
Part(s). 88 pages. Latham
Music Enterprises
#36-52703136. Published
by Latham Music
Enterprises
(AP.36-52703136).
ISBN
9781621568360. UPC:
679360600894.
English.
This album
for string quartet
includes: Trumpet Tune
(Purcell); Trumpet
Voluntary (Clarke);
Wedding March (Wagner);
Wedding March
(Mendelssohn); Entrance
of the Queen of Sheba
(Handel); Rondeau
(Mouret); Jesu, Joy of
Man's Desiring (Bach);
Ave Maria (Schubert);
Aria from Xerxes
(Handel); Largo from
Winter (Vivaldi) and
Liebestraum (Liszt).
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Wash Rag for String Quartet Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Facile LudwigMasters Publications
String Quartet - Grade 3 SKU: AP.36-52703617 Composed by Alan Shulman. Th...(+)
String Quartet - Grade 3
SKU:
AP.36-52703617
Composed by Alan Shulman.
This edition: Latham
Music. Quartet; Solo
Small Ensembles; String -
Quartet. LudwigMasters -
Latham Music. Book.
LudwigMasters
Publications
#36-52703617. Published
by LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-52703617).
UPC:
735816385521.
English.
This
humorous little vignette
for string quartet was
composed in 1979 and was
originally intended to be
published by Piedmont
Music, the ASCAP division
of EB Marks Classical.
For reasons unknown,
however, it remained in
manuscript form until
2021, when a copy of the
composer's autograph
parts was discovered in
the archives of a
completely different Alan
Shulman piece. This newly
engraved Latham Music
edition therefore
represents the first
publication of Shulman's
delightful work, as well
as the first full score.
As the title suggests,
this is a medium-slow
rag, or cakewalk in a
loose AABA form. The
bluesy and graceful main
melody is introduced by
the first violin in a
call and response
exchange with the rest of
the ensemble. The
restatement of the
primary theme is led by
the second violin, with
the entire ensemble
playing pizzicato, having
the effect of playful
mockery. In the B
section, the first violin
earnestly reasserts the
stately grace from the
opening however, the
cello is clearly becoming
restless and decides to
take over the lead just
before the final reprise.
The lighthearted ending
again has the first
violin doing its best to
bring the tune to a
refined conclusion, but
the rest of the group
still has mischief in
mind. After a couple
moments of seeming
confusion, the ensemble
regroups at last and
plays the final riff with
resolute emphasis. If
you're looking to add a
light moment to a recital
program, or looking for a
short, medium level
contest piece that
players and audiences
alike will enjoy, this
little miniature is an
ideal choice!
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String Quartet Nr. 2 op. 31 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Set de Parties séparées] Barenreiter
Composed by Suk Josef. Edited by Zdenek Nouza. For 2 violins, viola, cello. This...(+)
Composed by Suk Josef.
Edited by Zdenek Nouza.
For 2 violins, viola,
cello. This edition:
Urtext edition. Stapled.
Level 4. Set of parts.
Opus 31. 17/16/19/15
pages. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello SKU: AP.36-M240591 Composed by William...(+)
Two Violins, Viola and
Violoncello
SKU:
AP.36-M240591
Composed by William
Ryden. Performance Music
Ensemble; String Quartet.
Ludwig Masters. Score and
Part(s). LudwigMasters
Publications #36-M240591.
Published by
LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-M240591).
UPC:
660355031168.
English.
An
impressive and practical
collection of wedding
music arranged for string
quartet. Contains the
standard wedding
favorites. Titles
included: 1.
Wedding March
(Mendelssohn) 2.
March (Mozart) 3.
Air in F (Handel)
4. Sheep May Safely
Graze (Bach) 5.
Adagio (Mozart) 6.
Greensleeves
7.Panis Angelicus
(Franck) 8. Prayer
(Wolf).
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Wedding Album 1 - String Trio Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Intermédiaire Latham Music Enterprises
Grade 3.5 SKU: AP.36-52702144 Composed by Lynne Latham. This edition: Lat...(+)
Grade 3.5
SKU:
AP.36-52702144
Composed by Lynne Latham.
This edition: Latham
Music. Performance Music
Ensemble; Quartet; String
Quartet. LudwigMasters -
Latham Music. Score and
Part(s). Latham Music
Enterprises #36-52702144.
Published by Latham Music
Enterprises
(AP.36-52702144).
ISBN
9781621569749. UPC:
830056001443.
English.
Includes
optional Violin 2 part
for Viola.Contents: Bach,
Jesu Joy of Man's
Desiring, Air on the G
String; Wagner, Bridal
Chorus; Mendelssohn,
Wedding March; Handel,
selections from Royal
Fireworks and Water
Music, Entrance of the
Queen of Sheba; Mouret,
Rondeau; Pachelbel Canon;
Schubert, Ave Maria;
Vivaldi, Largo from
Winter; Clarke, Trumpet
Voluntary; Purcell,
Trumpet Tune.
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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.
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