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Strings & Threads Suite (string parts - for violin and string orchestra) String Orchestra

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861802 Composed by Mark O'Con…(+)

$45.00 40.59 € #String Orchestra #Mark Oâ€™Connor

String Orchestra arrangement by Edgar Meyer

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Strings & Threads Suite (score - for violin and string orchestra) String Orchestra

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861800 Composed by Mark O'Con…(+)

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861800 Composed by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 47 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6202123. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861800). Strings & Threads Suite (score - for violin and string orchestra) MO134AScore (violin and string parts available)Music by Mark Oâ€™Connor43 pages - 15:00 minutes in length I. Fair Dancer Reel - p. 1II. Sailorâ€™s Jig - p. 6III. Captainâ€™s Jig - p. 9IV. Off To Sea - p. 11V. Pilgimâ€™s Waltz - p. 12VI. Road To Appalachia - p. 15VII. Shine On - p. 18VIII. Cotton Pickinâ€™ Blues - p. 21IX. Pickinâ€™ Parlor Rag - p. 23X. Queen Of The Cumberland - p. 27XI. Texas Dance Hall Blues - p. 30XII. Swing 11:11 - p. 33XIII. Sweet Suzanne - p. 37 Strings & Threads Suite for violin and string orchestra is a piece comprising thirteen tunes composed by Mark Oâ€™Connor. In 1986, the Tennessee Dance Theater commissioned the Suite to be performed at Nashvilleâ€™s Summer Lights Festival. A few years later Edgar Meyer provided the beautiful string orchestra arrangement that is contained in this score. The individual tunes are in various folk styles appearing in a chronological order Oâ€™Connor says, not only represents the evolution of American folk music, but also mirrors his own familyâ€™s migration from Ireland and Holland to America. It traces the familyâ€™s route through the thirteen colonies initially, and then eventually West during WWI nearly 300 hundred years later. Oâ€™Connor wrote the pieces in a manner and style he felt his family could have heard along the way. The Suite begins with Irish music, perhaps similar to the music Oâ€™Connorâ€™s family brought with them. Then in a thoughtful progression, he reveals music they must have encountered living in early America. Strings & Threads musically describes how folk music styles hundreds of years apart are interconnected â€“ possessing a common thread â€“ from an Irish reel to jazz. The music is suited for advanced and intermediate levels but portions of the piece can be appropriate for beginners. Original music printed from the composerâ€™s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark Oâ€™Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 1986 Composed By Mark Oâ€™ConnorString Orchestra arrangement by Edgar MeyerStrings & Threads Suite (violin and string orchestra version) can be heard on American Seasons Sony Classical Mark Oâ€™Connor â€“ violin, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Scott YooCatalogue Number MO134ACopyright Â© 1986 by Mark Oâ€™Connor Music InternationalFor more information on violinist and composer Mark O'Connor, Oâ€™Connor String Camps, Touring Ensembles, Discography, Bio, Repertoire and more, please visitwww.markoconnor.com For information on the Oâ€™Connor Method â€“ instructional book series for violin, viola, cello and school string orchestra programs:www.oconnormethod.com
$22.50 20.3 € #String Orchestra #Mark Oâ€™Connor
String Orchestra arrangement by Edgar Meyer
Strings & Threads Suite #Mark O'Connor #Strings & Threads Suite #Mark O'Connor Musik International #SheetMusicPlus

Strings & Threads Suite (violin solo part - for violin and string orchestra) String Orchestra

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861801 Composed by Mark O'Con…(+)

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861801 Composed by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 20 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6202131. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861801). Strings & Threads Suite (violin solo part - for violin and string orchestra) MO134BViolin Solo Part (score and string parts available)Music by Mark Oâ€™Connor16 pages - 15:00 minutes in length I. Fair Dancer Reel - p. 1II. Sailorâ€™s Jig - p. 6III. Captainâ€™s Jig - p. 9IV. Off To Sea - p. 11V. Pilgimâ€™s Waltz - p. 12VI. Road To Appalachia - p. 15VII. Shine On - p. 18VIII. Cotton Pickinâ€™ Blues - p. 21IX. Pickinâ€™ Parlor Rag - p. 23X. Queen Of The Cumberland - p. 27XI. Texas Dance Hall Blues - p. 30XII. Swing 11:11 - p. 33XIII. Sweet Suzanne - p. 37 Strings & Threads Suite for violin and string orchestra is a piece comprising thirteen tunes composed by Mark Oâ€™Connor. In 1986, the Tennessee Dance Theater commissioned the Suite to be performed at Nashvilleâ€™s Summer Lights Festival. A few years later Edgar Meyer provided the beautiful string orchestra arrangement that is contained in this score. The individual tunes are in various folk styles appearing in a chronological order Oâ€™Connor says, not only represents the evolution of American folk music, but also mirrors his own familyâ€™s migration from Ireland and Holland to America. It traces the familyâ€™s route through the thirteen colonies initially, and then eventually West during WWI nearly 300 hundred years later. Oâ€™Connor wrote the pieces in a manner and style he felt his family could have heard along the way. The Suite begins with Irish music, perhaps similar to the music Oâ€™Connorâ€™s family brought with them. Then in a thoughtful progression, he reveals music they must have encountered living in early America. Strings & Threads musically describes how folk music styles hundreds of years apart are interconnected â€“ possessing a common thread â€“ from an Irish reel to jazz. The music is suited for advanced and intermediate levels but portions of the piece can be appropriate for beginners. Original music printed from the composerâ€™s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark Oâ€™Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 1986 Composed By Mark Oâ€™ConnorString Orchestra arrangement by Edgar MeyerStrings & Threads Suite (violin and string orchestra version) can be heard on American Seasons Sony Classical Mark Oâ€™Connor â€“ violin, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Scott YooCatalogue Number MO134BCopyright Â© 1986 by Mark Oâ€™Connor Music InternationalFor more information on violinist and composer Mark O'Connor, Oâ€™Connor String Camps, Touring Ensembles, Discography, Bio, Repertoire and more, please visitwww.markoconnor.com For information on the Oâ€™Connor Method â€“ instructional book series for violin, viola, cello and school string orchestra programs:www.oconnormethod.com
$15.00 13.53 € #String Orchestra #Mark Oâ€™Connor
String Orchestra arrangement by Edgar Meyer
Strings & Threads Suite #Mark O'Connor #Strings & Threads Suite #Mark O'Connor Musik International #SheetMusicPlus

Overture for Strings No. 3 - Score Only String Orchestra

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1183534 Composed by Joseph Bo…(+)

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1183534 Composed by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St. Georges. Arranged by Robert Debbaut. Classical,Contest,Festival,Historic,Multicultural,World. 28 pages. ROBERT DEBBAUT #783207. Published by ROBERT DEBBAUT (A0.1183534). How is it that one can be born a slave in French colonial Guadeloupe and rise to be among Parisâ€™ musical giants, to become a colonel in the French Army as well as the frequent dinner guest of princes and potentates? The story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is surely an interesting one, even the stuff of which movies are made.Joseph Bologneâ€™s father, Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges was a French planter. Saint-Georges was the name of his plantation. He impregnated Anne, the Senegalese slave of his wife, who bore him a son in 1745. Uncharacteristic of many of these sort of relationships he acknowledged the child was his and gave him his family name. When he was seven Bologneâ€™s father took him to Paris for his education, enrolling him in a boarding school. Two years later he and the childâ€™s mother returned to France and set up housekeeping as a family in Parisâ€™ Saint-Germain-des-PrÃ©s district.At age thirteen Josephâ€™s father enrolled him in the Royal Technical Academy of Fencing and Swordsmanship. He quickly became the finest swordsman in the academy, perhaps in all of Paris. Upon graduation he was made an Officer of the Kingâ€™s Bodyguard and a chevalier (an honorary knighthood). He went on to serve tours of duty in the French Army during the Seven Years War (1756-1763) and later after the French Revolution, where he was Colonel and commander of an all-Black regiment of the Revolutionary Army. All this in spite of the fact that French law forbade him, a man of African heritage, to become a citizen, to retain his fatherâ€™s royal title of â€œGentleman of the Kingâ€™s Chamber,â€ or to marry outside his class.There is limited information about Bologneâ€™s musical training, but he was obviously so well-skilled that Italian violinist-composer Antonio Lolli (1725-1802) wrote two violin concertos for him and French composer FranÃ§ois-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) dedicated his set of String Trios, Op. 9 to Bologne. Lolli may have worked with him on violin technique and Gossec composition, but this may be apocryphal. Bologne played in Gossecâ€™s orchestra, and was later both leader and conductor of the group.As a composer Joseph Bologne was quite prolific, composing six operas, fourteen violin concertos, four symphonies concertantes, and numerous chamber works and songs. His Six String Quartets, Op. 1, Nos. 1-6 date from 1770-1771 and were published by the Paris publishing house of Jean-Georges Sieber (1738-1822) in 1773 (There are a total of 18 quartets: Six Quartets â€œau goÃ»t du jourâ€ [up-to-date] from 1779 and the Opus 14 set of six which date from 1785). The Opus 1 quartets are dedicated to Anne Louis Alexandre de Montmorency (1724-1812), 7th Prince of Robeck (Robecq) and Grand Duke of Spain.The Opus 1 quartets all display a similarity to the Italian opera overtures from earlier in the Eighteenth Century (often called â€œsinfoniaâ€) in that they have an overall â€œA-B-Aâ€ form with the â€˜Aâ€™ sections being robust allegros and all â€˜Bâ€™ sections marked â€œrondo.â€ As such, in arranging them for string orchestra it seemed quite natural to rename them â€œovertures.â€ Certain liberties were taken by the arranger in order to maintain the integrity of the classic Rondo formula. All six have been arranged in this manner for string orchestra. They vary in length from twelve to almost twenty minutes.Â If you wish to obtain parts, write to debbaut@gmail.com and pay $42 via venmo or $40 via personal check and they will be sent to you in pdf format.
$9.99 9.01 € #String Orchestra #Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St #Overture for Strings No. 3 - Score Only #ROBERT DEBBAUT #SheetMusicPlus

Overture for Strings No. 5 - Score Only String Orchestra

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1183536 Composed by Joseph Bo…(+)

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1183536 Composed by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St. Georges. Arranged by Robert Debbaut. Classical,Contest,Festival,Historic,Multicultural,World. 39 pages. ROBERT DEBBAUT #783209. Published by ROBERT DEBBAUT (A0.1183536). How is it that one can be born a slave in French colonial Guadeloupe and rise to be among Parisâ€™ musical giants, to become a colonel in the French Army as well as the frequent dinner guest of princes and potentates? The story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is surely an interesting one, even the stuff of which movies are made.Joseph Bologneâ€™s father, Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges was a French planter. Saint-Georges was the name of his plantation. He impregnated Anne, the Senegalese slave of his wife, who bore him a son in 1745. Uncharacteristic of many of these sort of relationships he acknowledged the child was his and gave him his family name. When he was seven Bologneâ€™s father took him to Paris for his education, enrolling him in a boarding school. Two years later he and the childâ€™s mother returned to France and set up housekeeping as a family in Parisâ€™ Saint-Germain-des-PrÃ©s district.At age thirteen Josephâ€™s father enrolled him in the Royal Technical Academy of Fencing and Swordsmanship. He quickly became the finest swordsman in the academy, perhaps in all of Paris. Upon graduation he was made an Officer of the Kingâ€™s Bodyguard and a chevalier (an honorary knighthood). He went on to serve tours of duty in the French Army during the Seven Years War (1756-1763) and later after the French Revolution, where he was Colonel and commander of an all-Black regiment of the Revolutionary Army. All this in spite of the fact that French law forbade him, a man of African heritage, to become a citizen, to retain his fatherâ€™s royal title of â€œGentleman of the Kingâ€™s Chamber,â€ or to marry outside his class.There is limited information about Bologneâ€™s musical training, but he was obviously so well-skilled that Italian violinist-composer Antonio Lolli (1725-1802) wrote two violin concertos for him and French composer FranÃ§ois-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) dedicated his set of String Trios, Op. 9 to Bologne. Lolli may have worked with him on violin technique and Gossec composition, but this may be apocryphal. Bologne played in Gossecâ€™s orchestra, and was later both leader and conductor of the group.As a composer Joseph Bologne was quite prolific, composing six operas, fourteen violin concertos, four symphonies concertantes, and numerous chamber works and songs. His Six String Quartets, Op. 1, Nos. 1-6 date from 1770-1771 and were published by the Paris publishing house of Jean-Georges Sieber (1738-1822) in 1773 (There are a total of 18 quartets: Six Quartets â€œau goÃ»t du jourâ€ [up-to-date] from 1779 and the Opus 14 set of six which date from 1785). The Opus 1 quartets are dedicated to Anne Louis Alexandre de Montmorency (1724-1812), 7th Prince of Robeck (Robecq) and Grand Duke of Spain.The Opus 1 quartets all display a similarity to the Italian opera overtures from earlier in the Eighteenth Century (often called â€œsinfoniaâ€) in that they have an overall â€œA-B-Aâ€ form with the â€˜Aâ€™ sections being robust allegros and all â€˜Bâ€™ sections marked â€œrondo.â€ As such, in arranging them for string orchestra it seemed quite natural to rename them â€œovertures.â€ Certain liberties were taken by the arranger in order to maintain the integrity of the classic Rondo formula. All six have been arranged in this manner for string orchestra. They vary in length from twelve to almost twenty minutes.Â If you wish to obtain parts, write to debbaut@gmail.com and pay $42 via venmo or $40 via personal check and they will be sent to you in pdf format.
$9.99 9.01 € #String Orchestra #Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St #Overture for Strings No. 5 - Score Only #ROBERT DEBBAUT #SheetMusicPlus

Wieniawski Polonaise Brillante No. 1 Op.4 for Violin and String Orchestra String Orchestra

String Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.736760 Composed by Henri Wien…(+)

String Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.736760 Composed by Henri Wieniawski. Arranged by Paul Wood. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 28 pages. MyMusicScores.com #5725677. Published by MyMusicScores.com (A0.736760). Polonaise Brillante (Polonaise de Concert) Op. 4 is the first of two polonaises composed by the Polish violin virtuoso Henryk Wieniawski. It was written in two versions: for violin with piano accompaniment, and violin and orchestra. The version known to us today was published in Germany in 1853 as Polonaise de Concert in D major. However, it was originally sketched out in 1848, by a thirteen-year-old Wieniawski. It was renamed to Polonaise Brillante when it was re-published in Paris in 1858.
$24.99 22.54 € #String Orchestra #Henri Wieniawski #Wieniawski Polonaise Brillante No. 1 Op.4 for Violin and String Orchestra #MyMusicScores.com #SheetMusicPlus

Overture for Strings No. 6 - Score Only String Orchestra

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1183537 Composed by Joseph Bo…(+)

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1183537 Composed by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St. Georges. Arranged by Robert Debbaut. Classical,Contest,Festival,Historic,Multicultural,World. 57 pages. ROBERT DEBBAUT #783210. Published by ROBERT DEBBAUT (A0.1183537). How is it that one can be born a slave in French colonial Guadeloupe and rise to be among Parisâ€™ musical giants, to become a colonel in the French Army as well as the frequent dinner guest of princes and potentates? The story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is surely an interesting one, even the stuff of which movies are made.Joseph Bologneâ€™s father, Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges was a French planter. Saint-Georges was the name of his plantation. He impregnated Anne, the Senegalese slave of his wife, who bore him a son in 1745. Uncharacteristic of many of these sort of relationships he acknowledged the child was his and gave him his family name. When he was seven Bologneâ€™s father took him to Paris for his education, enrolling him in a boarding school. Two years later he and the childâ€™s mother returned to France and set up housekeeping as a family in Parisâ€™ Saint-Germain-des-PrÃ©s district.At age thirteen Josephâ€™s father enrolled him in the Royal Technical Academy of Fencing and Swordsmanship. He quickly became the finest swordsman in the academy, perhaps in all of Paris. Upon graduation he was made an Officer of the Kingâ€™s Bodyguard and a chevalier (an honorary knighthood). He went on to serve tours of duty in the French Army during the Seven Years War (1756-1763) and later after the French Revolution, where he was Colonel and commander of an all-Black regiment of the Revolutionary Army. All this in spite of the fact that French law forbade him, a man of African heritage, to become a citizen, to retain his fatherâ€™s royal title of â€œGentleman of the Kingâ€™s Chamber,â€ or to marry outside his class.There is limited information about Bologneâ€™s musical training, but he was obviously so well-skilled that Italian violinist-composer Antonio Lolli (1725-1802) wrote two violin concertos for him and French composer FranÃ§ois-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) dedicated his set of String Trios, Op. 9 to Bologne. Lolli may have worked with him on violin technique and Gossec composition, but this may be apocryphal. Bologne played in Gossecâ€™s orchestra, and was later both leader and conductor of the group.As a composer Joseph Bologne was quite prolific, composing six operas, fourteen violin concertos, four symphonies concertantes, and numerous chamber works and songs. His Six String Quartets, Op. 1, Nos. 1-6 date from 1770-1771 and were published by the Paris publishing house of Jean-Georges Sieber (1738-1822) in 1773 (There are a total of 18 quartets: Six Quartets â€œau goÃ»t du jourâ€ [up-to-date] from 1779 and the Opus 14 set of six which date from 1785). The Opus 1 quartets are dedicated to Anne Louis Alexandre de Montmorency (1724-1812), 7th Prince of Robeck (Robecq) and Grand Duke of Spain.The Opus 1 quartets all display a similarity to the Italian opera overtures from earlier in the Eighteenth Century (often called â€œsinfoniaâ€) in that they have an overall â€œA-B-Aâ€ form with the â€˜Aâ€™ sections being robust allegros and all â€˜Bâ€™ sections marked â€œrondo.â€ As such, in arranging them for string orchestra it seemed quite natural to rename them â€œovertures.â€ Certain liberties were taken by the arranger in order to maintain the integrity of the classic Rondo formula. All six have been arranged in this manner for string orchestra. They vary in length from twelve to almost twenty minutes.Â If you wish to obtain parts, write to debbaut@gmail.com and pay $42 via venmo or $40 via personal check and they will be sent to you in pdf format.
$9.99 9.01 € #String Orchestra #Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St #Overture for Strings No. 6 - Score Only #ROBERT DEBBAUT #SheetMusicPlus

Overture for Strings No. 4 - Score Only String Orchestra

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1183535 Composed by Joseph Bo…(+)

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1183535 Composed by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St. Georges. Arranged by Robert Debbaut. Classical,Contest,Festival,Historic,Multicultural,World. 34 pages. ROBERT DEBBAUT #783208. Published by ROBERT DEBBAUT (A0.1183535). How is it that one can be born a slave in French colonial Guadeloupe and rise to be among Parisâ€™ musical giants, to become a colonel in the French Army as well as the frequent dinner guest of princes and potentates? The story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is surely an interesting one, even the stuff of which movies are made.Joseph Bologneâ€™s father, Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges was a French planter. Saint-Georges was the name of his plantation. He impregnated Anne, the Senegalese slave of his wife, who bore him a son in 1745. Uncharacteristic of many of these sort of relationships he acknowledged the child was his and gave him his family name. When he was seven Bologneâ€™s father took him to Paris for his education, enrolling him in a boarding school. Two years later he and the childâ€™s mother returned to France and set up housekeeping as a family in Parisâ€™ Saint-Germain-des-PrÃ©s district.At age thirteen Josephâ€™s father enrolled him in the Royal Technical Academy of Fencing and Swordsmanship. He quickly became the finest swordsman in the academy, perhaps in all of Paris. Upon graduation he was made an Officer of the Kingâ€™s Bodyguard and a chevalier (an honorary knighthood). He went on to serve tours of duty in the French Army during the Seven Years War (1756-1763) and later after the French Revolution, where he was Colonel and commander of an all-Black regiment of the Revolutionary Army. All this in spite of the fact that French law forbade him, a man of African heritage, to become a citizen, to retain his fatherâ€™s royal title of â€œGentleman of the Kingâ€™s Chamber,â€ or to marry outside his class.There is limited information about Bologneâ€™s musical training, but he was obviously so well-skilled that Italian violinist-composer Antonio Lolli (1725-1802) wrote two violin concertos for him and French composer FranÃ§ois-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) dedicated his set of String Trios, Op. 9 to Bologne. Lolli may have worked with him on violin technique and Gossec composition, but this may be apocryphal. Bologne played in Gossecâ€™s orchestra, and was later both leader and conductor of the group.As a composer Joseph Bologne was quite prolific, composing six operas, fourteen violin concertos, four symphonies concertantes, and numerous chamber works and songs. His Six String Quartets, Op. 1, Nos. 1-6 date from 1770-1771 and were published by the Paris publishing house of Jean-Georges Sieber (1738-1822) in 1773 (There are a total of 18 quartets: Six Quartets â€œau goÃ»t du jourâ€ [up-to-date] from 1779 and the Opus 14 set of six which date from 1785). The Opus 1 quartets are dedicated to Anne Louis Alexandre de Montmorency (1724-1812), 7th Prince of Robeck (Robecq) and Grand Duke of Spain.The Opus 1 quartets all display a similarity to the Italian opera overtures from earlier in the Eighteenth Century (often called â€œsinfoniaâ€) in that they have an overall â€œA-B-Aâ€ form with the â€˜Aâ€™ sections being robust allegros and all â€˜Bâ€™ sections marked â€œrondo.â€ As such, in arranging them for string orchestra it seemed quite natural to rename them â€œovertures.â€ Certain liberties were taken by the arranger in order to maintain the integrity of the classic Rondo formula. All six have been arranged in this manner for string orchestra. They vary in length from twelve to almost twenty minutes.Â If you wish to obtain parts, write to debbaut@gmail.com and pay $42 via venmo or $40 via personal check and they will be sent to you in pdf format.
$9.99 9.01 € #String Orchestra #Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St #Overture for Strings No. 4 - Score Only #ROBERT DEBBAUT #SheetMusicPlus

Overture for Strings No. 2 - Score Only String Orchestra

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1183533 Composed by Joseph Bo…(+)

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1183533 Composed by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St. Georges. Arranged by Robert Debbaut. Classical,Contest,Festival,Historic,Multicultural,World. 43 pages. ROBERT DEBBAUT #783206. Published by ROBERT DEBBAUT (A0.1183533). How is it that one can be born a slave in French colonial Guadeloupe and rise to be among Parisâ€™ musical giants, to become a colonel in the French Army as well as the frequent dinner guest of princes and potentates? The story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is surely an interesting one, even the stuff of which movies are made.Joseph Bologneâ€™s father, Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges was a French planter. Saint-Georges was the name of his plantation. He impregnated Anne, the Senegalese slave of his wife, who bore him a son in 1745. Uncharacteristic of many of these sort of relationships he acknowledged the child was his and gave him his family name. When he was seven Bologneâ€™s father took him to Paris for his education, enrolling him in a boarding school. Two years later he and the childâ€™s mother returned to France and set up housekeeping as a family in Parisâ€™ Saint-Germain-des-PrÃ©s district.At age thirteen Josephâ€™s father enrolled him in the Royal Technical Academy of Fencing and Swordsmanship. He quickly became the finest swordsman in the academy, perhaps in all of Paris. Upon graduation he was made an Officer of the Kingâ€™s Bodyguard and a chevalier (an honorary knighthood). He went on to serve tours of duty in the French Army during the Seven Years War (1756-1763) and later after the French Revolution, where he was Colonel and commander of an all-Black regiment of the Revolutionary Army. All this in spite of the fact that French law forbade him, a man of African heritage, to become a citizen, to retain his fatherâ€™s royal title of â€œGentleman of the Kingâ€™s Chamber,â€ or to marry outside his class.There is limited information about Bologneâ€™s musical training, but he was obviously so well-skilled that Italian violinist-composer Antonio Lolli (1725-1802) wrote two violin concertos for him and French composer FranÃ§ois-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) dedicated his set of String Trios, Op. 9 to Bologne. Lolli may have worked with him on violin technique and Gossec composition, but this may be apocryphal. Bologne played in Gossecâ€™s orchestra, and was later both leader and conductor of the group.As a composer Joseph Bologne was quite prolific, composing six operas, fourteen violin concertos, four symphonies concertantes, and numerous chamber works and songs. His Six String Quartets, Op. 1, Nos. 1-6 date from 1770-1771 and were published by the Paris publishing house of Jean-Georges Sieber (1738-1822) in 1773 (There are a total of 18 quartets: Six Quartets â€œau goÃ»t du jourâ€ [up-to-date] from 1779 and the Opus 14 set of six which date from 1785). The Opus 1 quartets are dedicated to Anne Louis Alexandre de Montmorency (1724-1812), 7th Prince of Robeck (Robecq) and Grand Duke of Spain.The Opus 1 quartets all display a similarity to the Italian opera overtures from earlier in the Eighteenth Century (often called â€œsinfoniaâ€) in that they have an overall â€œA-B-Aâ€ form with the â€˜Aâ€™ sections being robust allegros and all â€˜Bâ€™ sections marked â€œrondo.â€ As such, in arranging them for string orchestra it seemed quite natural to rename them â€œovertures.â€ Certain liberties were taken by the arranger in order to maintain the integrity of the classic Rondo formula. All six have been arranged in this manner for string orchestra. They vary in length from twelve to almost twenty minutes.Â If you wish to obtain parts, write to debbaut@gmail.com and pay $42 via venmo or $40 via personal check and they will be sent to you in pdf format.
$9.99 9.01 € #String Orchestra #Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St #Overture for Strings No. 2 - Score Only #ROBERT DEBBAUT #SheetMusicPlus

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