String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.575774
Composed by Traditional. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. Contemporary,Folk,World. Score and parts. 21 pages. David Warin Solomons #2028009. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.575774).
This arrangement of Railway Song is one of a series of jolly and descriptive quartets (and a septet) all based on the Swabian folksong Auf de schwäb'sche Eisebahne (= on the Swabian railway) from the Tübinger Kommersbuch 1853 The music in this arrangement also mimics the speeding up and slowing down of the train and its whistles. Versions available on this site are: Flute quartet (piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute) Flute quartet (2 flutes, alto flute, bass flute) Flute quartet (piccolo, 2 flutes, alto flute) Clarinet quartet (3 B-flat clarinets and 1 Bass clarinet) String quartet (2 violins, viola and cello) Saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones) Wind quartet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon) Septet (flute (or oboe), oboe, clarinet, bassoon, viola, cello, piano).