String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.750794

Composed by Traditional Australian Folksongs. Arranged by Brendan Elliget MAGA 537. Folk. Score and parts. 33 pages. BJE Music #3602315. Published by BJE Music (A0.750794).

Australian Folksong Medley No. 6 – String Group with Optional Percussion - Suitable for a school or community group.
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This Medley includes:
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1. The Dying Stockman (3/4 Waltz Tempo): Wrap me up with my stockwhip and blanket And bury me deep down below. Where the dingoes and crows can't molest me In the shade where the Coolibahs grow.
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2. Jim Jones of Botany Bay (6/8 Adagio in 6) is a traditional Australian folk ballad. The narrator, Jim Jones, is arrested, tried, and sentenced to transportation. En route, his ship is attacked by pirates, but the crew holds them off. Arriving in Australia, Jones vows to escape, join the bushrangers, and get revenge.
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3. The Drovers Dream (6/8 Brightly in 2)
One night when traveling sheep, my companions lay asleep There was not a star illuminate the sky. I was dreaming I suppose, for my eyes were partly closed. When a very strange procession passed me by. First there came a kangaroo with a swag of blankets blue. And the dingo ran beside him as his mate. They were traveling mighty fast but they shouted as they passed. We'll have to jog along, it's getting late.
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This arrangement is for String Orchestra with plenty of interest for all sections. There are also Optional Percussion parts - Timpani, Drum Set, Glockenspiel, and Xylophone.  There is a Violin 3 part which is a substitute for the Viola Part.

There are also versions for Full Orchestra, Concert Band and Brass Band at this website.
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The MP3 was recorded with NotePerformer 3.
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Grade = 3 Duration = 5:30 mins.

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.878858

Composed by David Banney. Contemporary,Folk,Standards. Score and parts. 70 pages. David Banney #6353753. Published by David Banney (A0.878858).

This collection includes well known and not so familiar folksongs, arranged for advanced - intermediate string orchestra, with additional (optional) parts for younger players.
1. Waltzing Matilda; 2. Ben Hall; 3. Ryebuck Shearer; 4. Maranoa Lullaby; 5. Billygoat Overland

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.582031

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Gustav Holst, John Gibson. 20th Century,Celtic,Folk,Irish. Score and parts. 48 pages. JB Linear #4364530. Published by JB Linear (A0.582031).

Gustav Holst - Folksongs of Hampshire England .   In the early 1900's there was great interest in collecting and preserving the folk songs of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Equipped with their newly invented recording devices, people such as Cecil Sharp, Charles Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Gustav Holst would travel into the country-side to record, or notate songs being sung. They would frequently use these songs in their own compositions. Holst's music in particular is filled with those songs. This group of four songs was arranged for voice and piano by Holst and set for string orchestra by John Gibson. The songs are 1. Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low 2. Bedlam City 3. The Irish Girl 4. Young Reilly.

String Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.878850

Composed by David Banney. Contemporary. Score and parts. 44 pages. David Banney #6353703. Published by David Banney (A0.878850).

This suite of English folksongs was composed for the inaugural Newcastle Music Festival, and is designed to bring string players of a wide range of abilities and ages together. The songs used are: Blow wind, blow; Speed the Plough; Drunken Sailor; O waly waly; Sailor's Hornpipe.

String Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.646954

Composed by Lyadov, Anatoly. Arranged by Nick Lacanski. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 9 pages. Theupperstaff #2029191. Published by theupperstaff (A0.646954).

This is a very playable work from the standard rep, arranged just for strings.

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.878848

Composed by David Banney. Contemporary,Standards,World. Score and parts. 44 pages. David Banney #6353701. Published by David Banney (A0.878848).

The Little Suite is based on Roumanian and Hungarian folksongs, with a focus on the gypsy style of violin playing. The orchestra parts are designed for a junior string orchestra, and the solo part is suitable for an advanced young player.

String orchestra - intermediate - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q575376

Composed by Bela Bartok. Arranged by Gabor Darvas. Downloadable, Score. Duration 10 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q575376. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q575376).

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.750848

Composed by Traditional Australian Folk Song. Arranged by Brendan Elliget MAGA 537. Folk. Score and parts. 11 pages. BJE Music #3911423. Published by BJE Music (A0.750848).

There once was a shearer by name Bluey Brink.

A devil for work and a terror for drink.

He could shear a full hundred each day without fear.

And drink without winking four gallons of beer

 A traditional Australian Folksong which has several tune variations. I chose to arrange this version of the tune for String Ensemble because of its haunting nature. The arrangement is for Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin 3 (sub for Viola), Viola, Cello and Double Bass. If you use this arrangement, please let me know how it goes! The same tune is also used in my Australian Folksong Medley No. 4 for Orchestra, Concert Band and Brass Band…Can be performed by a String Quartet, Quintet or bigger group as well. The MP3 was recorded with Sibelius Sounds.

 Grade = 3.5  Duration = 1:45 mins

String Orchestra - Digital Download

SKU: AX.00-PC-0016382_VC1

Cello. Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Robert Sieving. Classical. Part. 3 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0016382_VC1. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0016382_VC1).

UPC: 038081480794.

This beautiful folk melody will capture the hearts of students and audiences. Originally scored for large orchestra, this string arrangement captures the essential qualities often heard in the English style of chamber music for strings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Holst's melody, with its simple pentatonic folksong theme, receives the kind of mystical transformation we often associate with British composers' treatments of their indigenous wellspring---the folksong. All sections share in the melodic themes while passages for a quartet of soloists add textural interest. (4:15) This title is available in SmartMusic.
Concert/Contest; Festival.

String Orchestra - Digital Download

SKU: AX.00-PC-0016382_VN2

2nd Violin. Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Robert Sieving. Classical. Part. 2 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0016382_VN2. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0016382_VN2).

UPC: 038081480794.

This beautiful folk melody will capture the hearts of students and audiences. Originally scored for large orchestra, this string arrangement captures the essential qualities often heard in the English style of chamber music for strings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Holst's melody, with its simple pentatonic folksong theme, receives the kind of mystical transformation we often associate with British composers' treatments of their indigenous wellspring---the folksong. All sections share in the melodic themes while passages for a quartet of soloists add textural interest. (4:15) This title is available in SmartMusic.
Concert/Contest; Festival.

String Orchestra - Digital Download

SKU: AX.00-PC-0016382_SB

String Bass. Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Robert Sieving. Classical. Part. 2 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0016382_SB. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0016382_SB).

UPC: 038081480794.

This beautiful folk melody will capture the hearts of students and audiences. Originally scored for large orchestra, this string arrangement captures the essential qualities often heard in the English style of chamber music for strings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Holst's melody, with its simple pentatonic folksong theme, receives the kind of mystical transformation we often associate with British composers' treatments of their indigenous wellspring---the folksong. All sections share in the melodic themes while passages for a quartet of soloists add textural interest. (4:15) This title is available in SmartMusic.
Concert/Contest; Festival.