PARTITIONS GRATUITES : VIOLON
CLASSIQUE
- Common

String Quartet

SKU: HL.14031816

Composed by Jean Joubert. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #NOV12053901. Published by Music Sales (HL.14031816).

8.5x11.75x0.3 inches.

Though conceived as four separate movements, my second string quartet has a single motif which is common to them all. This is the three-note Muss es sein? from Beethoven's last quartet, Op. 135. But whereas Beethoven's theme is notated G E A flat, thus giving it an F minor connotation, I have sued an alternative spelling - G E G sharp - which suggests an ambiguous E minor-major. This ambiguity, in fact, becomes the tonal basis of the whole work, only to be resolved at the end of the final movement. Each movement begins with a variant of the basic motif on the cello. The first has the original form of the theme, while the second has a majorised version which is also expressed as a chord. The third movement, with its scherzoid middle section, reverts to the major-minor ambiguity of the first, and the finale begins with the majorised version as an ostinato accompaniment on pizzicato cello. The slow movement is sub-titled In memoriam DSCH and concludes with a quotation of Shostakovich's motto - D E flat C B - which is basically the same as Beethoven's with the addition of one note. This is not to imply that the work contains no other thematic material. One important theme, a rising fifth and a second, is also common to three of the movements, and is ultimately derived from my first quartet, Op. 1 of 27 years earlier, to which this second contribution to the form is in many ways like a sequel. Like the earlier work, too, this quartet is dedicated to my wife.

By Dvorak Antonin. Czech title: Smy covy kvartet 8 E dur op. 80. Published by Praha (Czech import).

String quartet - difficult

SKU: HL.49007611

Composed by Cornelius Uwe Gustav Jenner. Edited by Horst Hermann Heussner. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Score and Parts. 148 pages. Schott Music #ED 7896. Published by Schott Music (HL.49007611).

ISBN 9790001081757.

Gust av Jenner (1865-1920), a student of Brahms', wrote only three string quartets. The Third String Quartet in F major was completed in 1911 and premiered by the Rebner Quartet. Common to all Jenner's Quartets is his way of infusing the classical model with his own musical language, both on an intellectual plane and from a technical point of view. True to the tradition of the genre, the classical form of the string quartet is retained, without however showing itself to be a constraint in the completion of the cycle. What stands out is the sophistication of detail and the purity of form achieved through integration of the elements of composition and nuances of mood.

String quartet (double bass ad libitum) - intermediate

SKU: HL.49018965

Double Bass Part. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Birtel. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Softcover. 8 pages. Duration 13'. Schott Music #ED20713-15. Published by Schott Music (HL.49018965).

ISBN 9790001175791.

What do Beethoven and the children's song Fuchs Du hast die Gans gestohlen have in common? Nothing, strictly speaking. Although the song was written as early as 1824 (and theoretically, Beethoven could have known it), it has not left deep marks on his oeuvre. But what if he had known it? Wolfgang Birtel pursued this question and, in reply to it, conceived a symphony for string quartet: behind each movement is an original symphony by Beethoven (spiced with quotes from other works). The children's song appears as the main theme in the final movement of Symphony No. 1, in the famous funeral march of Eroica, fate knocks at the door (of the goose house) in remembrance of Symphony No. 5, and the work ends with Ode to the Roast Goose (Symphony No. 9). A funny and cleverly arranged collage, a performing and listening pleasure in the footsteps of Beethoven.

Piano Accompaniment, Violin (Score and Solo Part) - intermediate

SKU: HL.49046044

Violin and Piano Reduction. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Wolfgang Birtel. Arranged by Ulrike Dierick. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Solo. Baroque, Classical. Softcover. 60 pages. Schott Music #VLB212. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046044).

ISBN 9790001163033. UPC: 888680925796. 9x12 inches.

This edition of the Violin Concerto in A minor is tailored to today's common style of violin playing as well as historically informed performance practice.

In the appendix of the solo part, the version of the Bach Complete Edition is also printed allowing the violinist to create their own interpretation.