String Quartet Cello,String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.841328

Composed by Piatti, Carlo Alfredo. Arranged by Artistic Score Engraving by Michele Galvagno. Instructional,Romantic Period,Standards. 66 pages. Artistic Score Engraving di Galvagno Michele #3624857. Published by Artistic Score Engraving di Galvagno Michele (A0.841328).

Piatti composed the small quartet (Quartettino) In vacanza (On holiday), a Sonata-form in three movements for four cellos, dedicating it to the young cellists from Bergamo in 1891. It was premiered at the final exams in the same year.

It is a simply structured piece made of catchy melodies, thick of that irony, that carelessness that probably Piatti reckoned as a fundamental soft skill for young musicians. The first movement, Allegro con brio, bears the title Partenza(Departure), the second, Andantino quasi allegretto, Arrivo (Arrival), the third, Allegretto vivo, Danza rustica (Rustic Dance). One cannot help but notice the lack of a slow movement in the middle or of a Coming Back at the end. 
We can explain this only in recognising that Piatti, having come to the end of a long career, may have wanted to leave a wishing message to the younglings who were still at the beginning of their path: “may your life be as a long, endless holiday, with no slack moment; may the enthusiasm to push forward never falter you and may even old age have the cheerful rhythm of a dance�

This score was published in 2018 and updated in 2023.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.524155

Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, Enrique Granados. Arranged by John A. Dempsey. Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Sacred,Traditional. Score and parts. 21 pages. John A. Dempsey #4841093. Published by John A. Dempsey (A0.524155).

A classic Christmas carol reimagined as a string quartet for three violins and cello, this arrangement begins simply but builds in intensity as it progresses, with ornamentation, variation, dynamic shading and incidental music by Enrique Granados.  Recommended for Christmas plays, pageants and programs, holiday recitals and Christmas concerts as well as  traditional Christmas church services and other seasonal worship events.  Suggested uses: prelude, postlude, offertory, interlude, Christmas play overture, special music and silent prayer accompaniment.  17 pages of music (that includes the score and separate two-page parts for violin 1, violin 2, violin 3 and cello).  Key: C major
          Silent night, holy night / All is calm, all is bright / Round yon virgin, mother and child / Holy infant so tender and mild / Sleep in Heavenly peace / Sleep in Heavenly peace.