String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.921532 By Styx. By Dennis Deyoung. Arranged by Joseph Perkins. Pop,Rock. Score and parts. 18 pages. Joseph Perkins #3565753. Published by Joseph Perkins (A0.921532). From the 1977 album The Grand Illusion by rock group, Styx comes this iconic hit. Set for intermediate string quartet, this arrangement brings a challenging, yet satisfying performance! Set in the original key of C Major (which fits this string arrangement nicely), the piece opens with a ballad, leading into a energetic section to the ending.Grab your bow and come sail away!.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.916882 By Styx. By Dennis Deyoung. Arranged by Eric Stern. Pop,Rock. Score and parts. 27 pages. Nerds of Paradise Music #4837677. Published by Nerds of Paradise Music (A0.916882). Come Sail Away is a song by American progressive rock group Styx, written and sung by primary singer and songwriter Dennis DeYoung and featured on the band's seventh album The Grand Illusion (1977). Upon its release as the lead single from the album, Come Sail Away peaked at #8 in January 1978 on the Billboard Hot 100, and helped The Grand Illusion achieve multi-platinum sales in 1978. It is one of the biggest hits of Styx's career.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1082923 By Norah Jones. By Norah Jones. Arranged by Amy Greenhalgh. Contemporary,Jazz,Pop,Wedding. Score and parts. 17 pages. Amy Greenhalgh #687131. Published by Amy Greenhalgh (A0.1082923). This arrangement for String Quartet is 3½ minutes long without extra repeats. Parts are 2 pages each. It is designed to be flexible in length. The introduction can be cut from the beginning to letter A. Letter A to letter D can be cut or repeated. Letter C to letter G can be cut or repeated. The notes are not difficult, but the rhythm should be accurate with a light swing. Custom arrangements always welcome and can then be purchased online. Feel free to contact me! www.AmyGreenhalgh.com.

String Quartet String Quartet - Digital Download SKU: A0.835342 Composed by Claudio Rosati. 20th Century. Score and parts. 91 pages. Claudio Rosati #6050109. Published by Claudio Rosati (A0.835342). ItalianQuando, a Gennaio 2020, le prime notizie dell'influenza COVID-19 cominciavano a giungere dalla Cina, ho immaginato le anime e gli spiriti dell'umanità, ciò che ci rende veramente umani e differenti dagli altri animali e dagli inumani, allontanarsi da questi corpi a cui viene vietato di respirare, parlare, pensare, abbracciarsi e baciarsi. Come foglie al vento, alla ricerca di un'Altra Umanità.Con queste immagini in mente ho buttato giù di getto le frasi e le armonie dei quattro movimenti, che successivamente ho deciso di orchestrare per quartetto d'archi, ritenendolo il veicolo migliore per tradurre le suddette immagini con la musica scritta nei suoni che avrebbero accompagnato tale esilio.EnglishWhen, in January 2020, the first news about the COVID-19 flu begun spreading from Cina I have imagined souls and spirits of humankind, what makes us true humans and different from other animals and from the inhumans, going away from their bodies, which are forbidden to breath, speak, think, hug and kiss. Like leaves in the wind, searching for a Different Humanity.With these images in my own mind I've sketched out the phrases and the harmonies of the four movements. Then I've decided to orchestrate them for string quartet, thinking of it as the best way of translating those images with the written score into the sounds of souls exile.Performing Rights Organisation: SIAE (Italy), IPI: 00459688194, CAE: I-002214414-3 Contact: claudio.rosati@mac.com

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1287186 By Jimmy Buffett. By Jimmy Buffett. Arranged by Jeff Tincher. Contemporary,Pop. 14 pages. Jeff Tincher #878195. Published by Jeff Tincher (A0.1287186). I did this song as a tribute to the man that created a whole new genre with his music. Today (9/2/23) they announced that Jimmy Buffet passed away. If you weren't a parrothead, you missed something. This is Jimmy's first big hit. Now here is something that surprised me in a weird way. 9/2 is part of Labor Day weekend this year. If you look at the lyrics of this love song, you will see the starting line, Headin' out to San Francisco for the Labor Day weekend show. And then the song is from his 4th LP Living and Dying in 3/4 Time. Enjoy. Duration = 2:55. Visit my websites: https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/sheetmusic, https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/music, https://www.facebook.com/jefftincherpublishing/.

String Quartet - Intermediate - Digital Download By Alan Silvestri. Arranged by JoLaYo. Individual Part, Score, Set of Parts. 17 pages. Published by Josiah Yowell

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1396167 Composed by Derek Hasted. Arranged by Derek Hasted. Baroque,Children,Comedy,Renaissance. 16 pages. Derek Hasted #979549. Published by Derek Hasted (A0.1396167). FANTASIA UPON A CABBAGE - STRING QUARTETFor School Music Teachers and for adults with a sense of the ridiculous...Derek Hasted writes This really does need a bit of explanation. Well, more than a bit!As a Music Teacher I often have to teach beginners how to read music, and of course the seven names of the musical notes can be made to spell words. Like CABBAGE.This, then, is a little piece of kitchen-based nonsense, cooking up a rather unappetising dish comprising cabbage, egg, beef and a lot, lot more cabbage. I’ve arranged it (if that is the word) to include nods to the renaissance and baroque periods.The scores contain mark-ups to show where a particular player has an item of food in their motif.As well as EGG, you’ll find some GEG (that’s scrambled egg) and a BAD EGG (and some sad music). You’ll also find that the recipe includes a helping or two of BEEF.Bach comes in for a special mention, as there’s a fugue-like section where the subject comes in a fifth away from the starting key (which I’ve loosely interpreted as being a recipe in a foreign language) and there’s some stretti (well, just about) at the end, when the fugue subjects overlap a tiny, tiny amount. And we also pay homage to the pedal section of an organ, where the CABBAGE subject comes in down low on the 'cello at half the speed of the original.The final, jazzy, chord at the end contains seven notes that collectively spell CABBAGE.So there are lots of teaching points, lots of things to ask the audience to listen out for, and a lot of mischief in a compact piece.The musical refrain CABBAGE is not the greatest motif to work with, but on reflection, when you have this much cabbage, it’s much better to listen to it than have to eat it...I hope you enjoy playing this piece!This is one of a large and growing range of accessible ensembles from experienced arranger Derek Hasted, and is supplied as full score and parts. Derek's website at www.derek-hasted.co.uk/smp lists all his arrangements by title and by number of instruments, with links to soundclips and sample score.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549906 Composed by Various. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Christmas,Standards. 69 pages. Jmsgu3 #3685895. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.549906). Christmas String Quartet Book Christmas Reharmonizations by James M. Guthrie. The Christmas String Quartet Book is a collection of the 18 Most Famous Christmas Songs with new and surprising harmony. Format First, your string quartet can perform the Christmas String Quartet Book directly from the score. This is easy because each song is only two pages long; hence, there are no page turns. Alternatively, this download includes a complete set of parts. So various combinations are also possible: e.g., violins read from the score on one stand, while the viola & cello each use the parts on separate stands. The Christmas String Quartet Book is available in whatever format works best for your ensemble. Performance This collection of the most famous 18 Christmas songs can be performed as a medley as written. Moreover, selected songs from the Christmas String Quartet Book could be chosen as the last verse of a hymn presentation. In this case, play the usual arrangement from the hymnal for the first verses, then switch to this arrangement for the final verse. This adds a great deal of energy and unexpected adventure to your performance. Each song could be repeated depending on the length of time required. This is a very versatile collection. Suitable for Christmas parties or receptions, church services and receptions, nightclubs, and school presentations. Also, they are very easy to perform or even sight-read. Music Each Christmas String Quartet Book song is adventurously reharmonized, but the melody always remains perfectly intact. This makes it easy for anyone to sing along. Moreover, the songs end correctly in the correct key to add an element of familiarity and closure. Tempo markings occur at the beginning of each piece, but you can adjust these to your liking.  Phrase markings appear throughout as a guide for bowing. Articulations are carefully calculated to emphasize the characteristics of the string instruments. Contents Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) Helmsley (Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending) Antioch (Joy to the World) Carol (It Came Upon a Midnight Clear) Es ist ein Ros (Lo, How a Rose) Gloria God Rest You Merry Greensleeves In dulci jubilo (In Thee is Gladness) Mendelssohn (Hark the Herald Angels Sing) Personet hodie The First Noel Salzburg (At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing) Three Kings of Orient Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) St Louis (O Little Town of Bethlehem) Away in a Manger Stille Nacht (Silent Night) Score: 36 pages, Parts: 6 pages. Total duration with no repeats: ca. 14:00

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.987079 Composed by Frederick Paul Naftel. Contemporary. Score and parts. 41 pages. Frederick Naftel #6255501. Published by Frederick Naftel (A0.987079). My 2nd String Quartet was composed during the current Coronavirus pandemic and its style is definitely affected by this period. I would describe the music as a strong statement of mind.   In complete contrast to my relatively straightforward 1st Quartet, which is in 4 movements, the present work is in one uninterrupted movement, divided into five parts, with an epilogue.   The intervals of the major 7th and minor 2nd are a strong feature of the music, which contrasts intensely static passages, which are nevertheless uneasily tranquil, with furious and violent sections, often marked triple forte in certain passages.   The opening Lento flows serenely but mysteriously as if awaiting some kind of resolution, using motifs rather than fully-fledged themes(of which there are very few). The viola makes an urgent and violent protest, later to be imitated by cello, as if to disrupt the serenity, until the second section bursts in with barely-controlled energy and fury.   This Allegro feroce is strongly accented and relentless in its forward momentum, the tension manintained almost throughout until the music suddenly quietens down, pizzicato passages leading to the next section.   The Adagio Sostenuto initially resembles plainsong, all four instruments in unison(muted) playing a smooth line which rises and falls, the dynamics remaining pp and senza vibrato. The line breaks into harmony based on the interval of a perfect 5th, eventually leading to a passage reminiscent of the very opening of the work. A brief crescendo leads to another quiet unison passage which becomes more fragmented and unsettled, first and second violins announcing an aggressive idea which becomes the initial impetus for the fourth section.   This Presto Furioso is even more violently energetic than the second section and at one point, alternates between 3/8 and 4/8, making the music sound even more unsettled. This is music with a strong sense of purpose as well as absolute fury. After a very short scalic passage, the final section begins Grave and pp with a sustained unison C, growing in power with exaggerated vibrato to a series of crunching discords and a wildly disconcerting episode featuring swirling upper strings and impassioned cello solo. The music dies away to the Epilogue.   The concluding part of the work calls for a recorded cello playing a pizzicato pedal, over which violins and viola play a series of overlapping (tonal) triads, giving the music a slightly warmer but still mysterious sound. The recorded cello’s pedal notes slow down until a final powerful discord from the 4 instruments dies away, leaving the sighing motif of the very opening of the work to have the last word.   This note may be reprinted in programmes with the following details: (c) 2020 Frederick Naftel    

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1262045 By Kumiko. By Joe Hisaishi. Arranged by Benzaiten Editions. 21st Century,Film/TV,Pop,Wedding. 13 pages. Benzaiten Editions #855101. Published by Benzaiten Editions (A0.1262045). Hey! Are you a string player who wants to learn how to play Merry Go Round of Life from the film Howl's Moving Castle, composed by Joe Hisaishi? Stay with us!Merry Go Round of Life by Joe Hisaishi from Stugio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle • string quartet sheet music | violin I • violin II • viola • cello The Benzaiten Editions Arrangement Get ready to be enchanted by the timeless melody of Merry Go Round of Life from the enchanting film Howl's Moving Castle, composed by the maestro Joe Hisaishi! This beautiful piece, arranged for a string quartet, will transport you to a world of whimsy and magic. I have crafted a special arrangement of this iconic song that is perfect for string players who adore its enchanting charm. With this arrangement of Merry Go Round of Life, you'll be able to recreate the mesmerizing melody with the elegance and grace that only a string quartet can provide. The arrangement features simplified chords and melodies, making it accessible for intermediate players. Whether you're looking to add a stunning piece to your quartet's repertoire or seeking to immerse yourself in the captivating world of Howl's Moving Castle, our arrangement of Merry Go Round of Life is sure to inspire and captivate your audience. About the song Now, let's uncover some fascinating details about this enchanting musical composition. Did you know that Joe Hisaishi's masterful composition perfectly captures the essence of the film's magical atmosphere? The intertwining melodies and soaring harmonies create a sense of wonder and transport you to the fantastical realm of Howl and Sophie's adventures. Merry Go Round of Life is a piece filled with emotion and nostalgia, evoking both joy and wistfulness in its listeners. Its delicate melodies and intricate harmonies showcase Hisaishi's remarkable ability to create music that touches the heart and stirs the imagination. Whether you're a long-time admirer of Joe Hisaishi's work or a newcomer to the enchanting world of Howl's Moving Castle, Merry Go Round of Life is a must-play. So gather your fellow string players, tune your instruments, and prepare to be swept away by the magic and beauty of this unforgettable musical composition. Let's embark on a musical journey into the world of Merry Go Round of Life from Howl's Moving Castle and experience the extraordinary artistry of Joe Hisaishi like never before.  

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.515990 By Harry Belafonte. By Irving Burgie and William Attaway. Arranged by Eve C. Mailly. Folk,Multicultural,Pop,World. Score and parts. 13 pages. Zene Strings #6521377. Published by Zene Strings (A0.515990). Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) is a traditional Jamaican folk song, commonly classified as calypso music.  It is a work song sung from the point of view of dock workers who have finished their night shift and are loading bananas onto ships. The lyrics describe how daylight has come, their shift is over, and they want their work to be counted up so that they can go home.This is a fun little song, both to play, and to hear -- perfect for parties, and other events.  It is arranged for string quartet from your friends at Zene Strings -- enjoy!To see our other great arrangements visit: Zene Strings.  Questions or comments?  Email us at Music@ZeneSheetMusic.com.  We're here to help!

Tenor and string quartet - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q6385 Auf Texte aus der Bibel. Composed by Naji Hakim. This edition: score and parts. Downloadable, Score and parts. Duration 7 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q6385. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q6385). German • English.This piece shows my hope to have our churches not only in peace but also in full communion. Naji Hakim Die Taube (The Dove) was commissioned by �Kirchenmusik bei St. Anna Augsburg� to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the Augsburger Religionsfrieden (Religious peace of Augsburg). It is based on three biblical verses related to peace : Gen. 8/11, Luk. 1/79, Joh. 14/27. The music is through composed and develops the character of the verses with contrasted string textures, putting in relief the expressive vocal line, declamation of light and happiness. The work exists in three versions : 1. for Tenor and string quartet, 2. for Tenor and string orchestra, 3. for Tenor and organ. First performance : by Robert Sellier, Tenor, Capella St. Anna Streichquartett, St. Anna Augsburg, Festkonzert zum Hohen Friedensfest, 8 August 2005. Gen.8/11 : �And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off. � Luk. 1/79 : �To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. � Joh.14/27 : �Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. � ...to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1,79) Words and music bind people together to form fellowships which guide us into the way of peace. Singing or playing together combine bodies and souls, so that our rhythm and breathing becomes one - a sense of belonging to one another is created which instils the very nature of peace. So it is that by becoming an integral part of the music, our feet are guided 'into the way of peace'. In Luke chapter 1, both Maria and Zechariah are carried away, body and soul, in hymns of thanksgiving. They let God´s melody resound in their bodies. Ignatius, one of the Early Fathers of the Church, might have drawn his inspiration from them when he wrote to the Christians of Ephesus around the year 100, Let God´s melody resound in you. The melody of our life is a single voice within God´s great melody; an everlasting celestial melody, in which we join together as integral parts - with time, we are gradually shown which chords we are given to touch and which chords to form with one another. God´s inextinguishable melody has an infinite galaxy of variations. As you would know, a variation is rooted but limitless. At our christening, God gives us a variation - an inextinguishable variation because of his promise, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. (Matthew 28, 20). Deeply rooted as we are, God leads us through. He calls us to Life out of His Eternity, He lets his melody reverberate in us and finally calls us back, when we die, to His everlasting future. Let God´s melody resound in you and guide your feet into the way of peace. Pastor Hanne Margrethe Tougaard.

String Quartet Cello,Double Bass,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.945716 By Paul McCartney. By Paul McCartney. Arranged by Paul Kirk. Contemporary. 14 pages. Paul Stephen Kirk #6306685. Published by Paul Stephen Kirk (A0.945716). Calico Skies is the sixth song on Paul McCartney's 1997 album, Flaming Pie. McCartney had been staying on Long Island when the category-three storm Hurricane Bob that made landfall had hit in August 1991. This made McCartney sit with an acoustic guitar and write what he describes as a gentle love song that becomes a 1960s protest song. The song was co-produced by George Martin and McCartney, being started, finished, and mixed within a single session on 3 September 1992 in Sussex, England. It is the earliest recording on Flaming Pie.Around the time of the release of the album, McCartney's Wife of nearly 30 years, Linda, was suffering from breast cancer and sadly passed away 7 months later. The music video also portrays this with shots of the two of them together in her last days. Put simply, the song, lyrics, melody are for her and trying to tell the story of how the two of them were destined to love each other forever.