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9
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Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
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Erlkonig Op. 1 (D. 328)
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Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
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Franz Schubert
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Erlkonig Op. 1
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Piano Quartet (Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano) - Primer Level - Digital Download SKU: P5.CL-VOC-11976 Composed by Franz Schubert. Classical. Score and Parts...
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Piano Quartet (Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano) - Primer Level - Digital Download SKU: P5.CL-VOC-11976 Composed by Franz Schubert. Classical. Score and Parts. 47 pages. SheetmusicLAB #CL-VOC-11976. Published by SheetmusicLAB (P5.CL-VOC-11976). 8.3 x 11.7 inches.
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Lieder Op.9 No.2
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Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
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Felix Bartholdy Mendessohn
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André Nusa
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Lieder Op.9 No.2
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Piano Quartet Cello,Piano,Viola,Violin - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1231508 Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendessohn. Arranged by André Nusa. 19...
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Piano Quartet Cello,Piano,Viola,Violin - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1231508 Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendessohn. Arranged by André Nusa. 19th Century,Chamber,Romantic Period. 7 pages. Andre_Nusa #827218. Published by Andre_Nusa (A0.1231508). The arrangement of the lieder op.9 no.2 by Mendelssohn features the piano playing the gentle and flowing accompaniment supported by the oboe and bassoon while the flute takes on the sweet melody. The arrangement stays true to the original piece, capturing the romantic and expressive nature of the music. The flute plays the melodic line with a warm and expressive tone, while the piano, oboe and bassoon provides a rich harmonic foundation. The piece is well-suited for beginner players, with the woodwind part remaining within the comfortable range of the instrument and the piano part utilizing basic chord progressions. The sheet music includes full score standard notation and individual parts.
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Dichterliebe Op. 48. 1.Im wunderschonen Monat Mai
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Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
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Robert Schumann
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Dichterliebe Op. 48. 1.Im wund
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Piano Quartet (Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano) - Primer Level - Digital Download SKU: P5.CL-VOC-2015 Composed by Robert Schumann. Classical. Score and Parts...
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Piano Quartet (Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano) - Primer Level - Digital Download SKU: P5.CL-VOC-2015 Composed by Robert Schumann. Classical. Score and Parts. 9 pages. SheetmusicLAB #CL-VOC-2015. Published by SheetmusicLAB (P5.CL-VOC-2015). 8.3 x 11.7 inches.
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Widmung, Op.25 no.1
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Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
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Robert Alexander Schumann
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Widmung, Op.25 no.1
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Piano quartet (Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano) - Primer Level - Digital Download SKU: P5.CL-VOC-23078 Composed by Robert Alexander Schumann. Modern Period. ...
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Piano quartet (Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano) - Primer Level - Digital Download SKU: P5.CL-VOC-23078 Composed by Robert Alexander Schumann. Modern Period. Score and Parts. 15 pages. SheetmusicLAB #CL-VOC-23078. Published by SheetmusicLAB (P5.CL-VOC-23078). 8.3 x 11.7 inches.
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Schubert: Moment Musicaux for Piano Quartet
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Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
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Franz Schubert
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James M
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Schubert: Moment Musicaux for
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Piano Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549053 Composed by Franz Schubert. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Holiday,Romantic Period,Standa...
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Piano Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549053 Composed by Franz Schubert. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Holiday,Romantic Period,Standards. 13 pages. Jmsgu3 #3448591. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.549053). Description Schubert Piano Quartet version of Moment Musicaux, Op. 94 (D. 780) No. 3 by Franz Schubert, published in 1828. Duration: 1:53 Score 6 pg. String parts: 1 pg. Piano part 3 pg. One of Schubert's most well-known pieces. This is a great recital encore because it's short and very expressive. Piano Quartet The Piano Quartet works very well in this arrangement. The music portrays a melancholy character that the Piano Quartet can express quite naturally. Works well for a variety of occasions: wedding receptions, church services (Easter), and anniversaries. Performance
$49.95
Isaac Albeniz - "Cadiz" arr. for piano quartet (score and parts)
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Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
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Classical
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Isaac Albeniz
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Julia Samarska
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Isaac Albeniz - "Cadiz" arr. f
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Julia Samarska
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Piano Quartet,String Ensemble Cello,Piano,Viola,Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.816346 Composed by Isaac Albeniz. Arranged by Julia Samarska....
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Piano Quartet,String Ensemble Cello,Piano,Viola,Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.816346 Composed by Isaac Albeniz. Arranged by Julia Samarska. 20th Century. Score and parts. 30 pages. Julia Samarska #5327561. Published by Julia Samarska (A0.816346). Original arrangemet of Isaac Albeniz's Cadiz from Spanish Suite No.1 Op. 47 for piano quartet ensemble - piano, violin, viola and cello (score and parts).
$30.00
Isaac Albeniz - "Sevilla" arr. for piano quartet (score and parts)
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Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
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Classical
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Isaac Albeniz
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Julia Samarska
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Isaac Albeniz - "Sevilla" arr.
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Julia Samarska
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Piano Quartet,String Ensemble Cello,Piano,Viola,Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.816348 Composed by Isaac Albeniz. Arranged by Julia Samarska....
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Piano Quartet,String Ensemble Cello,Piano,Viola,Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.816348 Composed by Isaac Albeniz. Arranged by Julia Samarska. 20th Century. Score and parts. 40 pages. Julia Samarska #5327581. Published by Julia Samarska (A0.816348). Original arrangemet of Isaac Albeniz's Sevilla from Spanish Suite No.1 Op. 47 for piano quartet ensemble - piano, violin, viola and cello (score and parts).
$30.00
Isaac Albeniz - "Cataluna" arr. for piano quartet (score and parts)
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Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
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ADVANCED
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Classical
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Isaac Albeniz
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Julia Samarska
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Isaac Albeniz - "Cataluna" arr
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Julia Samarska
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Piano Quartet,String Ensemble Cello,Piano,Viola,Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.816347 Composed by Isaac Albeniz. Arranged by Julia Samarska....
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Piano Quartet,String Ensemble Cello,Piano,Viola,Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.816347 Composed by Isaac Albeniz. Arranged by Julia Samarska. 20th Century. Score and parts. 21 pages. Julia Samarska #5327573. Published by Julia Samarska (A0.816347). Original arrangemet of Isaac Albeniz's Cataluna from Spanish Suite No.1 Op. 47 for piano quartet ensemble - piano, violin, viola and cello (score and parts).
$30.00
Funny Like a Monkey for piano quartet
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Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
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Contemporary
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Robert M
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Funny Like a Monkey for piano
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Robert M. Greenberg
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Piano Quartet,String Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.987845 Composed by Robert M. Greenberg. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 10...
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Piano Quartet,String Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.987845 Composed by Robert M. Greenberg. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 105 pages. Robert M. Greenberg #90267. Published by Robert M. Greenberg (A0.987845). Preferred Contact Information: RMonteverdi@comcast.net Performing Rights Organization: BMI Website: robertgreenbergmusic.com Facebook Band Page: facebook.com/RobertGreenbergMusic Video: movement 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abie7jcHVA0 movement 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b__yWnl7LcU movement 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8V3g4AC0eM Duration: ca. 17 minutes Year of composition: 2001 Program Note: I. Knock Yourself Out II. Flutterby III. Morph (with apologies to J. B.) Funny Like a Monkey is one of the many phrases coined by my then 16 year-old daughter in order to address the actions and well-intended attempts at humor by both her younger brother and her hopelessly antiquated father. What I love about these phrases – of which Funny Like a Monkey is but one of many – is their use of nonsequitur elevated to high verbal art. They are at once biting and humorous, and are filled with the sort of over-the-top verbal bravado that only a teenager, as the self-acknowledged epitome of hip, can get away with. Though Funny Like a Monkey is scored as a traditional piano quartet, it is in reality composed for string trio PLUS piano. Along with being part of the larger ensemble, the piano has a featured role in the piece: it is narrator, commentator, curmudgeon, critic, and emcee, as it introduces and comments upon the relative merits of the musical materials that comprise the work. The first movement is entitled Knock Yourself Out. The movement’s energy and exuberance, as well as its mercurial-shift-on-a-dime nature is a rather personal reference to the dedicatee. The second movement is entitled Flutterby. A spoonerism created (or at least favored) by my daughter, the reference is to a sort of macro- butterfly, a mega-mariposa, if you will, one of extraordinary beauty and delicacy that floats and drifts and shimmers in some imagined place. The third movement, Morph, With Apologies to J.B. refers to the rather obvious fact that the music keeps morphing in and out of the finale of Johannes Brahms’ (J.B.’s) Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25. I’m crazy about Brahms’ piano quartets, and I have surrendered to the urge to mess with his pitch collections and thematic motives. The movement, with its musical puns, metamorphoses, and attempts at humor, is a perfect example of what might be referred to as funny like a monkey. Funny . . . is dedicated, with love, to Rachel Amy Greenberg on the occasion of her 16th birthday.
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