String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.938426 Composed by Colin Bayliss. 20th Century. Score and parts. 74 pages. Colin Bayliss #11311. Published by Colin Bayliss (A0.938426). The work was completed on February 2nd 1970 and is the first piece to be retained by the composer after he had destroyed all his earlier compositions. The Score is available as a separate download The following is taken from the catalogue of the composer's works:- The photocopy of the MS is marked String Quartet No. 1, but is not regarded by the composer as part of his mature string quartet writing. The MS itself was lost in a fire at the home of Col. Robert Tong, formerly Registrar of Queen Mary College, University of London. A typesetting was made in November 2000 as the photocopy had faded so badly. The composer's sketch books suggest that the movements were written in the order 3,2,4,1. 1. Allegro 2. Scherzo (Allegro energico) Trio I - tempo di menuetto Trio II - no tempo indicated - [andante] 3. Andante con moto 4. Allegro ma non troppo Composer's note:- As the above suggests, I originally had no intention of publishing this early piece. The recording by the Lochrian String Quartet of the six numbered quartets, however , together with sleeve notes admitting the existence of this work, prompted me into revising my opinion and allowing its publication, so that anyone wishing to study this first effort may do so. It shows certain traits that I was to develop in the six quartets and others that I was to discard, and therefore is of musicological interest. It also has a few good, albeit imitative, tunes! Duration: Approx. 25 mins. COLIN BAYLISS was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1948. His life-long love of music led him to compose from an early age and he now has a catalogue of over a hundred works including two operas, four symphonies, six string quartets and many other pieces for most instrumental and chamber groupings, over seventy of them published. He is a member of the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, the North West Composers' Association and the Performing Rights Society. As well as writing music himself, he has also compiled annotated catalogues of the works of Anthony Hedges and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. CDs of his piano music played by David Martin and complete organ music played by Ronald Frost are available on the New Century Classics label. Please feel free to use these biographical and programme notes in your concert programmes.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.938424 Composed by Colin Bayliss. 20th Century. Score and parts. 46 pages. Colin Bayliss #11309. Published by Colin Bayliss (A0.938424). The work was completed on February 2nd 1970 and is the first piece to be retained by the composer after he had destroyed all his earlier compositions. The parts are available as a separate download. The following is taken from the catalogue of the composer's works:- The photocopy of the MS is marked String Quartet No. 1, but is not regarded by the composer as part of his mature string quartet writing. The MS itself was lost in a fire at the home of Col. Robert Tong, formerly Registrar of Queen Mary College, University of London. A typesetting was made in November 2000 as the photocopy had faded so badly. The composer's sketch books suggest that the movements were written in the order 3,2,4,1. 1. Allegro 2. Scherzo (Allegro energico) Trio I - tempo di menuetto Trio II - no tempo indicated - [andante] 3. Andante con moto 4. Allegro ma non troppo Composer's note:- As the above suggests, I originally had no intention of publishing this early piece. The recording by the Lochrian String Quartet of the six numbered quartets, however , together with sleeve notes admitting the existence of this work, prompted me into revising my opinion and allowing its publication, so that anyone wishing to study this first effort may do so. It shows certain traits that I was to develop in the six quartets and others that I was to discard, and therefore is of musicological interest. It also has a few good, albeit imitative, tunes! Duration: Approx. 25 mins. COLIN BAYLISS was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1948. His life-long love of music led him to compose from an early age and he now has a catalogue of over a hundred works including two operas, four symphonies, six string quartets and many other pieces for most instrumental and chamber groupings, over seventy of them published. He is a member of the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, the North West Composers' Association and the Performing Rights Society. As well as writing music himself, he has also compiled annotated catalogues of the works of Anthony Hedges and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. CDs of his piano music played by David Martin and complete organ music played by Ronald Frost are available on the New Century Classics label. Please feel free to use these biographical and programme notes in your concert programmes.

String Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.948083 Composed by Bernardo Bernal. 20th Century. 17 pages. Bernal #5997627. Published by Bernal (A0.948083). Hypnosis 2.0 for String Orchestra. Performance time: 4:00. Ideal for private concertsSoundcloudhttps://soundcloud.com/bbernal-222558183/hypnosis-20-for-string-orchestra-by-bernardo-bernal

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.730217 Composed by James Nathaniel Holland. Contemporary,World. Score and parts. 93 pages. James Nathaniel Holland #59623. Published by James Nathaniel Holland (A0.730217). String Quartet No. 2 for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello in 4 Movements (Total Duration: 26 minutes) Music by James Nathaniel Holland. Composer website at: http://lacoronadelossantos.net/jamesnathanielholland.html YouTube presentation video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe7H9NXcTYg This intense 21st century string quartet transports the listener into four very different vignettes. The opening with begins with a driving rhythms, almost rock-like, representing a bloody duel. The second movement contrasts the first movement with a sweet, blissful melody accompanied with strumming pizzicatos. The third is broad and cinematic, a journey through the memories of a drowning sheik enticed by a mermaid. The final a joyful fugue based on African popular music. Movement 1 Allegro Agitato Pyrrhic Fight Dance 0:00 Movement 2 Tranquil 7:04 Blissful Awakening Movement 3 Moderato 13:40 Memories of a Drowning Sheik. Movement 4 Presto African Fugue An interesting addition to the professional concert of American new classical music.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.983337 Composed by Michael Lisle Dunn. Contemporary. Score and parts. 4 pages. Michael Lisle Dunn #3017965. Published by Michael Lisle Dunn (A0.983337). First in a series of mini string quartets; short little miniatures ideal for programme fillers, little sorbets between other pieces to refresh the musical pallette, or simply as easy diversionary entertainment when practicing !

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1150505 By Noppadon Hiranrat. By Noppadon Hiranrat. Arranged by Noppadon Hiranrat. 20th Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,New Age. 11 pages. Saint96 #750679. Published by Saint96 (A0.1150505). Set (0258) only  (Partial In C).

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.873014 By Christina Perri. By Christina Perri and David Hodges. Arranged by Alexander Lau. Pop. Score and parts. 16 pages. Alexander Lau #3906967. Published by Alexander Lau (A0.873014). A Thousand Years by Christina Perry has been arranged for a standard string quartet. Suitable for advanced intermediate players. A Thousand Years for String Quartet is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Duration: 4 minutes Released: 2018 Perfect for weddings or busking! Arranged by Alexander Lau, an experienced arranger for strings. Any queries or questions? Please send an email to alexanderlau203@gmail.com. I can also arrange other pieces for any ensemble, just contact me via my email above.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1312368 Composed by John Jacob Niles. Arranged by Joel Jacklich (ASCAP). Chamber,Christmas,Folk,Holiday,Traditional. 11 pages. Joel Jacklich #901221. Published by Joel Jacklich (A0.1312368). I Wonder as I Wander by John Jacob Niles is here arranged by Joel Jacklich (ASCAP) for voice and string quartet.� Wonder as I Wander nis a Christian folk hymn, typically performed as a Christmas carol, written by American folklorist and singer John Jacob Niles. The hymn has its origins in a song fragment collected by Niles on July 16, 1933.[1][2][3][4][5]While in the town of Murphy in Appalachian North Carolina, Niles attended a fundraising meeting held by evangelicals who had been ordered out of town by the police.[1][5] In his unpublished autobiography, he wrote of hearing the song:A girl had stepped out to the edge of the little platform attached to the automobile. She began to sing. Her clothes were unbelievable dirty and ragged, and she, too, was unwashed. Her ash-blond hair hung down in long skeins. ... But, best of all, she was beautiful, and in her untutored way, she could sing. She smiled as she sang, smiled rather sadly, and sang only a single line of a song.[2]The girl, named Annie Morgan, repeated the fragment seven times in exchange for a quarter per performance, and Niles left with three lines of verse, a garbled fragment of melodic material—and a magnificent idea.[2][5] (In various accounts of this story, Niles hears between one and three lines of the song.[2][4][5][6]) Based on this fragment, Niles composed the version of I Wonder as I Wander that is known today, extending the melody to four lines and the lyrics to three stanzas.[2][3][5] His composition was completed on October 4, 1933.[2] Niles first performed the song on December 19, 1933, at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina.[2][6] It was originally published in Songs of the Hill Folk in 1934.[4][6]References1. Bradley, Ian. The Penguin Book of Carols. Penguin (1999), p148. ISBN 0-14-027526-6.2. Pen, Ron. I Wonder as I Wander. A Kentucky Christmas (George Ella Lyon, editor). University Press of Kentucky (2003), p200–201. ISBN 0-8131-2279-1.3. Studwell, William E. The Christmas Carol Reader. Haworth Press (1995), p111. ISBN 1-56024-974-9.4. Emmons, Shirlee & Wilbur Watkin Lewis. Researching the Song: A Lexicon. Oxford University Press (2006), p242. ISBN 0-19-515202-6.5. Niles, John Jacob. I Wonder as I Wander. Archived 2006-03-25 at the Wayback Machine John-Jacob-Niles.com.6. Stulken, Marilyn K. With One Voice: Reference Companion. Augsburg Fortress (2000), p25. ISBN 0-8066-3843-5.Program Notes from Wikipedia.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.970731 Composed by Mike Strand. Contemporary,Jazz,World. Score and parts. 36 pages. Michael M. Strand #4837117. Published by Michael M. Strand (A0.970731). By Mike Strand, ASCAP I wrote this String Quartet in a composition class at the College of William and Mary in 2010.  It is brief and rich with variety, and it involves a technique of mine called fracturing (see note* below).  This causes the dissonance you'll hear in parts of this work.On one occasion, when I felt stressed, I enjoyed listening to Morton Feldman's String Quartet II (1983), which lasts about 6 hours.  This quiet but lovely music soothed and pacified me.  On the other hand, if you want something to energize and alert you in less than 11 minutes, this quartet may be for you --  whenever you acquire a recording of it by some lucky quartet ensemble.  Have a cup of coffee with it, for insurance!In the meantime, enjoy the audio sample, Movement I of my quartet.  This alone may suffice to get you going, in only two and a half minutes. String Quartet - William and Mary:   Four movements, total time 10:45: I. Allegro moderato (2:32) A tango-like dance movement: Preface, Introduction, A, B, A’, C, Coda (two variations). II. Lento (2:44) Counting to twenty in 5-4, 4-4, and 12-8 time. 5-4 time predominates (five groups of four measures each), then 4-4 (two groups of five measures each) and 12-8 (one group of five measures). Throughout there are 72 counts per minute, with quarter notes counted in the 5-4 and 4-4 time signatures, and with dotted quarter notes counted in the 12-8 time signature. The five measures of 12-8 also introduce the theme for movement III.Fun with three different time signatures! III. Allegro (2:11) Variations on a Scottish-like folk tune and fragments of it. One variation is an example of tonal pointillism. The closing measures are an extended coda based on a transformed version of the original tune. IV. Swing (3:18) West Coast swing tempo for the Introduction and Part A; triple swing tempo for Part B.  Note* on the fracturing technique This is my method to produce systematically new types of dissonance and corresponding modifications and resolutions. Fracturing consists of changing pitches in a melody or chord as follows: (a) Decide on the root note position within the staff or line of music. (b) Represent the applicable chord in half-step notation, with the root given the value 0. (c) Alternatively subtract and add a prescribed number of half steps from, and to, each successive number in the annotated chord (except for the root). (d) Use the new fractured annotation to define the new pitches. The actual or implied root of the chord (tonal center) remains unchanged. The resulting new chord or melody is thus related or resolvable to the parent tonal harmony or chord. Fracturing appears mainly in the first and third movements, with spare use in the second and fourth movements.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.820002 By Post Malone. By Adam Feeney, Austin Post, Carl Rosen, Kaan Gunesberk, Louis Bell, and William Walsh. Arranged by Kathy Hirche. Pop. Score and parts. 27 pages. Kathy Hirche #4285519. Published by Kathy Hirche (A0.820002). The music of this popular song has been specially arranged to be suitable for Intermediate Level performers and for use as instructional repertoire. The melody is shared between the Violin 1, Violin 2 and Viola 1 / Violin 3 parts. This arrangement is flexible in that it can be used for an Intermediate Level Quartet, an Intermediate Level Ensemble or a mixed-level ensemble that involves both Intermediate and Elementary Level performers. Optional Elementary Level parts are included for Violin, Viola and Cello. The Double Bass part is optional, but its inclusion is preferable in the case of a larger ensemble. It is suitable for Elementary Level performers. The Cello 2 part can be used instead of or in addition to the Double Bass part in an ensemble situation.  All optional parts use only 4 pitches: E, A, D and G. The Violin 4 part only requires the use of the 1st finger for E and A and open strings for D and G.  Parts in this set: Violin 1 (Intermediate Level); Violin 2 (Intermediate Level); Viola 1 (Early Intermediate Level); Violin 3 (= Viola 1, Early Intermediate Level); Cello 1 (Early Intermediate Level); Double Bass (Optional, Elementary Level); Cello 2 (= Double Bass, Optional, Elementary Level); Viola 2 (= Cello 2, one octave higher, Optional, Elementary Level); Violin 4 (= Viola 2 with some octave displacement, Optional, Elementary Level).  ISMN 979-0-7201-800-5-2  kathysprintmusic.com  

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.819982 By Creedence Clearwater Revival. By John Fogerty. Arranged by Kathy Hirche. Rock. Score and parts. 21 pages. Kathy Hirche #3860425. Published by Kathy Hirche (A0.819982). The music of this popular song has been specially arranged to be suitable for Intermediate Level performers and for use as instructional repertoire. This arrangement is flexible in that it can be used for an Intermediate Level Quartet, an Intermediate Level Ensemble or a mixed-level ensemble that involves both Intermediate and Elementary Level performers. Optional Elementary Level parts are included for Violin, Viola and Cello. The Violin 3 part is the same as the Viola 1 part. It may be used instead of or in addition to the Viola 1 part in either a Quartet or Ensemble situation. The Double Bass part is optional, but its inclusion is preferable in the case of a larger ensemble. It uses only 4 pitches and is suitable for Elementary Level players.  Parts in this set: Violin 1; Violin 2; Viola 1; Violin 3 (= Viola), Viola 2 (Optional - Elementary Level); Violin 4 (= Viola 2 - Optional - Elementary Level); Cello 1; Cello 2 (= Double Bass - Optional - Elementary Level); Double Bass (Optional - Elementary Level).  ISMN 979-0-9009761-4-7  kathysprintmusic.com 

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3-4 - Digital Download SKU: HX.445163 Arranged by James Kazik. This edition: scorch. Broadway,Film/TV. 4 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #0. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.445163).

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3-4 - Digital Download SKU: HX.383220 Arranged by Robert Longfield. This edition: scorch. Concert. 4 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #0. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.383220).

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3-4 - Digital Download SKU: HX.445163 Arranged by James Kazik. This edition: scorch. Broadway,Film/TV. 4 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #0. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.445163).