Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Quartet in C Minor is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino, played by the Viola, but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistfu…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Many anecdotes surround String Quartet op. 131: Beethoven is said to have considered it to be his finest quartet and of his late period works, the one dearest to his heart. It is also believed that the composer invested so much of himself in it: his ailing health, the social isolation brought about by his deafness and the suicide attempt of his nephew Karl. In addition it…

Par LEIVISKA HELVI. Finnish composer Helvi Leiviskä (1902-1982) created a broad-based output of orchestral works, solo songs and chamber music. Her style could be described as moderate modernism, deriving influences from multiple sources such as late Romanticism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Existentialism and Neo-Classicism. Leiviskä's output is characterised by philosophical and religious themes, i…

Henle Verlag Joseph Haydn String Quartets Volume X op. 76 (Erdödy Quartets): pocket score, edited by Horst Walter, ISMN 9790201892146, HN 9214, 17 x 24 cm, 122 pages / Henle Verlag

Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók?s six string quartets, composed between 1908 and 1940, are 20th-century milestones of the genre. His First String Quartet is closely linked to his unhappy love for the violinist Stefi Geyer, to whom he sent the initial measures of its first movement in early 1908 with the remark: ?My song of death?. When he completed all three movements of the work a year later, he had…

Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók?s six string quartets, composed between 1908 and 1940, are 20th-century milestones of the genre. His First String Quartet is closely linked to his unhappy love for the violinist Stefi Geyer, to whom he sent the initial measures of its first movement in early 1908 with the remark: ?My song of death?. When he completed all three movements of the work a year later, he had…

'Ce dernier volume de la série acclamée par la critique de quatuors à cordes de Haydn contient les deux quatuors opus 77 - Haydn dernier quatuors - et incomplet en deux mouvements opus 103. Le volume comprend également l'opus 42 quartet - un travail de des proportions plus modestes et les exigences techniques moins que le reste des quatuors de Haydn (inclus ici, de sa chronologique séquence, afin …

The arrangement for string quartet was made at the request of Alexander Balanescu for the Bicentenary of Mozart's death in 1991. It was first performed by the Balanescu Quartet at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 1991. Duration 3 minutes. A set of parts is available for sale. / Quatuor A Cordes

Par BARGIELSKI ZBIGNIEW . After the first performance of my Fourth Quartet, in Salzburg in 1997, the artists of the excellent Hugo Wolf Quartett approached me with the appealing proposition that I write a new quartet. Rather problematic, however, proved to be the musicians’ delicate suggestion that I invest the work with elements of a more pungent expression and elements of folklore – ideally Poli…

String Quartet #2 was commissioned by Shobana Jeyasingh as a solo dance work: Miniatures. It was first performed by her with the Balanescu Quartet on 15 September 1988, London. Duration 22 minutes. Score available on sale. / Quatuor A Cordes

Set of Parts. By Samuel Barber. String. Size 9x12 inches. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

Composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), edited by Gewandhaus Quartet. Opus 18. Set of performance parts (parts only, score not included) for 2 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos. Bb Major. 72 pages. Published by C.F. Peters.

(Parts). Composed by Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Edited by Peter Jost. For String Quartet (Parts). Henle Music Folios. Softcover. G. Henle #HN1232. Published by G. Henle

Parts. By Dmitri Shostakovich. (Parts). DSCH. Book only. Size 8.75x11.5 inches. 66 pages. Published by DSCH.

For 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. By Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by G. Feder, S. Gerlach. String Quartets. Pages: Vl I Part = 39 * Vl II Part = 35 * Va Part = 35 * Vc Part = 31. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. Published by G. Henle.

Set of Parts. By Sergei Prokofiev. String. Size 8.5x11.75 inches. Published by Sikorski.

(String Quartet). By Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). For String Quartet (Parts). Music Sales America. Softcover. 48 pages. Chester Music #CH80509. Published by Chester Music

for 2 Violins, Viola and, Violoncello. By Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Edited by Ernst Herttrich. String Quartets. Pages: Vl I Part = 16 * Vl II Part = 12 * Va Part = 12 * Vc Part = 12. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. Published by G. Henle.

For 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. By Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by P. Mies. This edition: HN268. String Quartets. Henle Music Folios. Pages: Vl I Part = 61 * Vl II Part = 60 * Va Part = 58 * Vc Part = 57. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. 246 pages. Published by…

(Die Zehn Beruhmtem Streichquartette) Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), edited by Ludwig Finscher. For violin I, violin II, viola and cello. Urtext of the New Mozart Edition. Format: set of performance parts (parts only, score not included). With introductory text.…

Parts. By Dmitri Shostakovich. DSCH. Size 8.75x11.5 inches. Published by DSCH.

With a Critical Commentary in English - for 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. By Felix Mendelssohn. Edited by E. Herttrich. String Quartets. Pages: Vl I Part = 35 * Vl II Part = 24 * Va Part = 25 * Vc Part = 21. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. Published by G. Henle.…

By Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by P. Mies. STUDY EDITION. Pages: X and 147. Study score-no details. Published by G. Henle.

Composed by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Edited by Christoph Flamm. For Piano Quartet. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. 32 pages. G. Henle #HN1228. Published by G. Henle

By Philip Glass (1937-). For String Quartet (Parts). Music Sales America. Post-1900. Music Sales #DU10106. Published by Music Sales

Set of Parts. By Dmitri Shostakovich. DSCH. Size 8.75x11.5 inches. 100 pages. Published by DSCH.

(Set of Parts). By Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884). Edited by Milan Pospisil. Parts. Henle Music Folios. G. Henle #HN814. Published by G. Henle

Composed by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), edited by Werner Aderhold. For violin I, violin II, viola and cello. Urtext of the New Schubert Edition. Format: set of performance parts (parts only, score not included). With introductory text. Romantic period and classical period. 67 pag…

Variations on Happy Birthday for String Quartet (Score and Parts). Arranged by Peter Heidrich. Special Import. 64 pages. Sikorski #SIK1529. Published by Sikorski

Arranged by J Higgins. Pops For String Quartet. Size 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.