Solo soprano voice, string quartet (Soprano solo, String quartet)

SKU: BA.BA07446

Composed by Manfred Trojahn. Stapled. Score. Composed 1996. Duration 18 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA07446_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA07446).

ISBN 9790006505555. 36.5 x 27.5 cm inches. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

This composition uses the Lied Nahe des Geliebten (Goethe) by Franz Schubert; World Premiere 01/02/1997, Saarbrucken.

String quartet, soprano voice and mezzo voice

SKU: LM.JJ15710

Composed by Lucien Guerinel. Classical: 20th Century (Contemporary). Score and parts. 61 + 2x5 + 4x10 pages. Editions Jobert #JJ15710. Published by Editions Jobert (LM.JJ15710).

ISBN 9790230815710.

Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.14440265S

Composed by Sydney F. Hodkinson. Large Score. With Standard notation. Duration 25 minutes. Merion Music #144-40265S. Published by Merion Music (PR.14440265S).

UPC: 680160027910.

The Second and Third Quartets were conceived at the same time; indeed, their composition intermingled, over half of No. 3 being sketched before No. 2 was completed. Accordingly, they share similar material but, like the intertwining blood of cousins, their natures differ: No. 2 being somewhat acerbic and declamatory, No. 3 more lyric and gentler. An annunicatory 'leaping motive' (derived from a motto generated by my name) opens Quartet No. 2 and inhabits the course of the piece as a cyclical binding-force. A five-note motive, usually very deliberate, also keeps recurring like an insistent caller. All three movements are based on tonal centers (I on B and E, II on D, III on C) and the harmonic 'grammar' spoken tends to recall the jazz world of my youth. To hopefully achieve a certain classical ambience was one of the goals of this piece, and all three movements have traditional forms. The first movement is a modified Sonata-Allegro design, with a severely-truncated recapitulation balanced by a lengthy, and decaying Coda. The second movement is a set of strophic variants and an epilogue interspersed with both solo ritornelli and first-movement material (the motto and the five-note motive) in the nature of a fantasia-like 'call-and-response.' It is dedicated to the memory of the American mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani. The third movement is a modified Rondo (ABACBA) which evolves out of the opening motto. All three movements make much use of canonic stretti, similar gestures, and repetition. For example, the climax of movement III's Rondo throws the first movement back at us again, as if the players were reluctant to let it go, so that the entire piece could perhaps be viewed as a single large, extended, Sonata movement, with introduction and Coda.
The Second and Third Quartets were conceived at the same time; indeed, their composition intermingled, over half of No. 3 being sketched before No. 2 was completed.  Accordingly, they share similar material but, like the intertwining blood of cousins, their natures differ: No. 2 being somewhat acerbic and declamatory, No. 3 more lyric and gentler.An annunicatory ‘leaping motive’ (derived from a motto generated by my name) opens Quartet No. 2 and inhabits the course of the piece as a cyclical binding-force.  A five-note motive, usually very deliberate, also keeps recurring like an insistent caller.  All three movements are based on tonal centers (I on B and E, II on D, III on C) and the harmonic ‘grammar’ spoken tends to recall the jazz world of my youth.To hopefully achieve a certain classical ambience was one of the goals of this piece, and all three movements have traditional forms.  The first movement is a modified Sonata-Allegro design, with a severely-truncated recapitulation balanced by a lengthy, and decaying Coda.  The second movement is a set of strophic variants and an epilogue interspersed with both solo ritornelli and first-movement material (the motto and the five-note motive) in the nature of a fantasia-like ‘call-and-response. ’  It is dedicated to the memory of the American mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani.  The third movement is a modified Rondo (ABACBA) which evolves out of the opening motto.All three movements make much use of canonic stretti, similar gestures, and repetition.  For example, the climax of movement III’s Rondo throws the first movement back at us again, as if the players were reluctant to let it go, so that the entire piece could perhaps be viewed as a single large, extended, Sonata movement, with introduction and Coda.

Voice

SKU: RM.RUBIN1091

Composed by Philippe Gouttenoire. Voix et ensemble divers. Instrumental music. Editions Robert Martin #RUBIN1091. Published by Editions Robert Martin (RM.RUBIN1091).

ISBN 9790560141091.

Flute & String Quartet

SKU: SU.27060280

For Flute & String Quartet. Composed by Mark Carlson. Chamber Music, String Trio/Quartet/Quintet, Woodwinds, Flute/Piccolo, Chamber Music, Mixed Ensemble. Score & Parts. Subito Music Corporation #27060280. Published by Subito Music Corporation (SU.27060280).

Six Bagatelles is a set of whimsical character pieces which, in my own composer’s perception, provided balance to some of the heavier works I had written over the previous several years. The first movement, Humming, not only hums along like a well-tuned engine, but it also evokes a melody that someone might actually hum. Let Evening Come is an arrangement of a song, for baritone or mezzo-soprano, flute, and piano, on Jane Kenyon’s poem of the same name—part of a cycle from 1994 called Night Will Blossom. The title Melancholy speaks for itself, as does that of the fifth movement, Solace. Skirmish started out as a march, but when changes of meter emerged in the composing of the piece, I realized it was no longer marchable, though still martial in character. The final movement is a Mosaic in two senses: the accompaniment in the strings in the outer sections of the piece is made up of small bits of material, combining to create an overall texture; and its middle section is made up of fragments of material heard in earlier movements. —Mark Carlson Flute & String Quartet Composed: 1995 Published by: Pacific Serenades.

String Quartet and Soprano Soprano, String Quartet (Score & Parts)

SKU: HL.50486962

String Quartet and Soprano (6th String Quartet) Score and Parts. Composed by Peter Ruzicka. String. Classical. 88 pages. Sikorski #SIK8595. Published by Sikorski (HL.50486962).

UPC: 884088536404. 8.25x11.75 inches.

By Josef Holbrooke. For 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, soprano voice/tenor voice. Facsimile Editions - Strings and Piano. Sextets. 20th Century. Published by Rosewood Publications