String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1213596 Composed by Trad and Alan Edgar. Folk. 32 pages. Alan Edgar Ted Moon #810789. Published by Alan Edgar Ted Moon (A0.1213596). String quartet or string orchestra with optional ’bass. A rondo mainly of folk tunes collected in Lincolnshire.  Varied moods and modes.

Piano Quartet,String Ensemble Cello,Piano,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.912543 Composed by Edgar F Girtain IV. 20th Century,Contemporary,Pop,Standards. Score and parts. 31 pages. Edgar F. Girtain IV #4325095. Published by Edgar F. Girtain IV (A0.912543). This accessible work blends popular and high art styles. Written in a singable, verse-chorus form, the orchestration is varied and the bridge includes a fugal section. Sure to please players and listeners alike.Listen:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clT0D5DdghIwww.edgarfgirtainiv.com

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1334145 Composed by Trad & Alan Edgar. Folk,Traditional. 36 pages. Alan Edgar Ted Moon #920362. Published by Alan Edgar Ted Moon (A0.1334145). Here'a suite about life in the Isle of Man based on Manx folk tunes and religious music.  All the harmonies and some decorations are mine. There are 5 movements. I MAINLY CELEBRATIONS:  I found all the melodies in The Mona Melodies, a group of traditional tunes (probably heard in Douglas) collected in 1820.  Hunt the Wren is a surprising, lively, traditional event on St Stephen's Day when villagers dance and sing round the town hoping for gifts. This tune is dorian.  A Lullaby in aeolian follows, then In Praise of Wine, in ionian, while at the same time fragments of the Lullaby are heard from inside a home.  The Wren group return.II FAITH Religious music  I assume could have been heard in Manx churches.  Two supposedly Celtic-style antiphon melodies from a 13th-century breviary from Caen  (a) The Holy Cross (b)  The Saints.  I made them into parallel organum with a drone.  Between them is an elaborate ancient melody (labelled Martyrs) for Psalm 80 (Lord, come and save us), which I found with Gaelic words.  I accompany with 3 more parts.  The whole movement is in dorian mode.III EMOTIONS:  Mourning for a Prince is a mixolydian tune also found in The Mona Melodies.  I give the tune to the viola.  In Praise of Beauty is sung by the cello in C major.  This tune is also found in The Mona Melodies, as Brown Oxen (Berry Dowin).  William Brown (Illiam Dhoan) (should be Dhone, I believe) is the air used for Love Lost and Found: again from The Mona Melodies.  I made it C minor at first (love lost) , then  the original version in F major (love found).IV CAR JUAN NAN (Let's All Dance) is a reel, from which I took a few bars and made it into a round.  My source was the book Ed. Colin Jerry Kiaull yn Theay 1:  Manx music and songs for folk instrumentsV WORK, REST and PLAY.  The Spinning Song is major/ionian, the Milking Song is major pentatonic, but my mooing bass part does not respect that: I found those tunes in  Kiaull yn Theay.   The Harvest Celebration Dance (Yn Mheillea) is from manxmusic.com.  The Goodnight Song (Arrane Oie Vie) was traditionally sung after a Christmas Eve event in the church, after more formal proceedings and after the singing of many gloomy vaguely religious songs there and a visit to the pub.  Collected from Mr E, Corteen and Mr T.  Taggart of Malew:  my source:  manxmusic.com.DURATION: 15 minutes.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1323031 Composed by Trad and Alan Edgar. Early Music,Folk,Religious,Traditional. 30 pages. Alan Edgar Ted Moon #911306. Published by Alan Edgar Ted Moon (A0.1323031). GREEK LIFE RONDO String 4tet Based on ancient tunes about Greek life.The lively Food Market song (I'll buy you a rooster) forms the refrain.Paraponiariko moy (Don't be unhappy, little one) is a short melody I found, with a scale I cannot name but very sad.Kariotikos from Ikaria is a slow or accelerating dance with some singing, often seen at weddings, in a flexible mode (partly phrygian).I entered the vineyard (Pour love over me) is related to Solomon's Song. I could only find about 6 bars of this melody: the rest is mine. Aeolian mode.Lullaby: this lovely melody uses the Hitzaz scale, which is common in Greek regions and found in Africa, North America and Spain.Hymn for Matins: this is the oldest Greek Orthodox chant I can find. It is from the 13th C Sticherarion and printed in modern notation in JISOCM Vol 4 (2), p357. Nowadays, chanting there is often a solo, often by a woman, but I believe parallel organum was heard in Greece from the 16th C. Modern services include 4- part hymns. I present all three styles.Song of the Dead Brothers is a complex 9th C Byzantine mourning poem which has since been set to music many times. (The nine brothers died.) I found this phrygian setting from Karystos.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1109144 Composed by Alan Edgar. Baroque,Chamber. 10 pages. Alan Edgar Ted Moon #711690. Published by Alan Edgar Ted Moon (A0.1109144). I have shamelessly combined ideas from three famous pieces poular for funerals: Pachelbel's Canon, Elgar's Nimrod from the Enigma Variations and Chopin's Marche Funebre from his 2nd Pianoforte Sonata. So it is a passacaglia, having a solemn repeating 4 bars in the bass; 8 variations on a 4 bar phrase; and an accompanied canon having each variation repeated twice, in the second violin and viola after delays, while a new variation appears in the 1st Violin. All in D minor, but a tierce de Picardie ends the piece. Only 3 minutes: after all that work!

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1296046 Composed by Trad, Alan Edgar, Euripides. Early Music,Folk,Historic,Traditional. 24 pages. Alan Edgar Ted Moon #886315. Published by Alan Edgar Ted Moon (A0.1296046). ΕΠΤΑ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΕΛΛΗ�ΙΚΑ ΜΟΥΡΗ ΣΕ ΕΠΤΑ ΜΟ�ΤΕΣ για Κουα�τέτο Εγχό�δων. The Seikilos epitaph. While you live, shine!. It is engraved on a pillar from the 1st or 2nd century CE. The melody Dorian: the harmony, as in all of these pieces, is mine. Garifolia (Carnation) Do you love me, my Carnation, or are you laughing at me?� “I love you, my Basil, I don’t laugh at you�. This song is Phrygian with characteristic 7/8 metre. Kα�παθιωτικος. Karpathiotikos. About supplying olives. Aeolian.  Γε�ννηση (Génnisi, Nativity)--a Greek Orthodox chant which may date back to the 4th Century Christ is born today. Mixolydian. Απο� την πο��τα (I walk past your door) so you can see me and be glad. I have made this traditional tune Lydian. Orestes  408 BC in Egypt. it is part of a chorus of Euripides’ tragedy. Locrian.  I weep, I weep. Kali chronia (Happy New Year) Beautiful girls have come to bring us a Happy New Year. One sweetly whistles, another sings. Ionian. 10 minutes.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1181957 Composed by Alan Edgar. 20th Century,Chamber,Contemporary. 6 pages. Alan Edgar Ted Moon #781718. Published by Alan Edgar Ted Moon (A0.1181957). Hail might mean an acclamation or weather:  it's up to the listener.  Mandelbrot developed  the mathematics of fractals, and you need to look him up and see some fractal art such as the cover image.  My piece owes something to these, and to Mike Oldfield, minimalist composers such as John Adams, and a harmonic progression by Handel.  It has a hypnotically repeating rhythmic pattern with hiccups, and drones in the background. I have used an octotonic mode to take us even further from tradition.  A useful short encore.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1134460 Composed by alan Edgar and John Milton. 20th Century,Chamber,Christian,Religious. 30 pages. Alan Edgar Ted Moon #734553. Published by Alan Edgar Ted Moon (A0.1134460). EVE’S PARADISE LOST Soprano (C up to G#), with string quartet. Vocal score included. Also available with reed quartet: oboes, clarinet, bassoon. Paradise Lost by The English poet John Milton is an epic occupying twelve books. It retells the tale of the Fall of Mankind – the moment when Adam and Eve were enticed by Satan to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, and as a result were banished from the Garden of Eden. Milton gives far more detail than Genesis. The song presents the story from Eve’s point of view. I edited the passages for scansion and to suit a modern ear, and ended up with lyrics that fall into three sections: Eve's feelings of shame and guilt, her overhearing the sentence, and her realisation of what she will lose. Octatonic and pentatonic modes. Many quartals. Intermediate. 6 minutes.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1103913 Composed by Johann Pachelbel. Arranged by Alan Edgar. Baroque,Chamber,Early Music,Wedding. 32 pages. Alan Edgar Ted Moon #707197. Published by Alan Edgar Ted Moon (A0.1103913). The famous Canon in D, often heard at solemn occasions such as weddings, with its less well-known Gigue (P37) and a bonus Gigue from a keyboard Suite in G major (P440) all carefully edited for standard string quartet.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1117634 Composed by Alan Edgar. Baroque,Chamber,Contest,Early Music,Festival,Wedding. 10 pages. Alan Edgar Ted Moon #719177. Published by Alan Edgar Ted Moon (A0.1117634). After Purcell: in canon and a passacaglia. About 3 minutes. Intermediate. Suitable for a wedding, prize-giving, uniformed organisation parade...

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861853 Arranged by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 18 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6203945. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861853). Fisher’s Hornpipe (score – two vlns, vla, cel) MO141AScore (parts available)Music by Mark O’Connor14 pages - 3:45 minutes in length Fisher's Hornpipe is a traditional fiddle tune arranged by Mark O'Connor and is featured on the 1999 album Appalachian Journey featuring O'Connor, Yo-Yo Ma, and Edgar Meyer. The Sony Classical release reached the No.1 position on Billboard Magazine's Classical music chart. The music is suited for advanced and intermediate levels. Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 1999 Composed by Mark O’ConnorFisher’s Hornpipe can be heard on Appalachian Journey featuring Mark O’Connor, Alison Krauss, Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer, Sony Classical Catalogue Number MO141ACopyright © 1999 by Mark O’Connor Music InternationalFor more information on violinist and composer Mark O'Connor, O’Connor String Camps, Touring Ensembles, Discography, Bio, Repertoire and more, please visitwww.markoconnor.com For information on the O’Connor Method – instructional book series for violin, viola, cello and school string orchestra programs:www.oconnormethod.com  

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861857 Arranged by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 7 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6203979. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861857). Fisher’s Hornpipe (viola part – two vlns, vla, cel) MO141DViola Part (score and parts available)Music by Mark O’Connor3 pages - 3:45 minutes in length Fisher's Hornpipe is a traditional fiddle tune arranged by Mark O'Connor and is featured on the 1999 album Appalachian Journey featuring O'Connor, Yo-Yo Ma, and Edgar Meyer. The Sony Classical release reached the No.1 position on Billboard Magazine's Classical music chart. The music is suited for advanced and intermediate levels. Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 1999 Composed by Mark O’ConnorFisher’s Hornpipe can be heard on Appalachian Journey featuring Mark O’Connor, Alison Krauss, Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer, Sony Classical Catalogue Number MO141DCopyright © 1999 by Mark O’Connor Music InternationalFor more information on violinist and composer Mark O'Connor, O’Connor String Camps, Touring Ensembles, Discography, Bio, Repertoire and more, please visitwww.markoconnor.com For information on the O’Connor Method – instructional book series for violin, viola, cello and school string orchestra programs:www.oconnormethod.com  

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861859 Arranged by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 6 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6203983. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861859). Fisher’s Hornpipe (cello part – two vlns, vla, cel) MO141ECello Part (score and parts available)Music by Mark O’Connor2 pages - 3:45 minutes in length Fisher's Hornpipe is a traditional fiddle tune arranged by Mark O'Connor and is featured on the 1999 album Appalachian Journey featuring O'Connor, Yo-Yo Ma, and Edgar Meyer. The Sony Classical release reached the No.1 position on Billboard Magazine's Classical music chart. The music is suited for advanced and intermediate levels. Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 1999 Composed by Mark O’ConnorFisher’s Hornpipe can be heard on Appalachian Journey featuring Mark O’Connor, Alison Krauss, Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer, Sony Classical Catalogue Number MO141ECopyright © 1999 by Mark O’Connor Music InternationalFor more information on violinist and composer Mark O'Connor, O’Connor String Camps, Touring Ensembles, Discography, Bio, Repertoire and more, please visitwww.markoconnor.com For information on the O’Connor Method – instructional book series for violin, viola, cello and school string orchestra programs:www.oconnormethod.com  

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861854 Arranged by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 8 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6203951. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861854). Fisher’s Hornpipe (violin 1 part – two vlns, vla, cel) MO141BViolin 1 Part (score and parts available)Music by Mark O’Connor4 pages - 3:45 minutes in length Fisher's Hornpipe is a traditional fiddle tune arranged by Mark O'Connor and is featured on the 1999 album Appalachian Journey featuring O'Connor, Yo-Yo Ma, and Edgar Meyer. The Sony Classical release reached the No.1 position on Billboard Magazine's Classical music chart. The music is suited for advanced and intermediate levels. Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 1999 Composed by Mark O’ConnorFisher’s Hornpipe can be heard on Appalachian Journey featuring Mark O’Connor, Alison Krauss, Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer, Sony Classical Catalogue Number MO141BCopyright © 1999 by Mark O’Connor Music InternationalFor more information on violinist and composer Mark O'Connor, O’Connor String Camps, Touring Ensembles, Discography, Bio, Repertoire and more, please visitwww.markoconnor.com For information on the O’Connor Method – instructional book series for violin, viola, cello and school string orchestra programs:www.oconnormethod.com  

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861780 Composed by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 26 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6201683. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861780). String Quartet No. 1 (a.k.a. Quartet) MO129DAdapted for string quartet (two violins, viola and cello) by Mark O’ConnorViola Part (score and parts available)Music by Mark O’Connor21 pages - 31:00 minutes in lengthMovement I (6:40)Movement II (8:21)Movement III (7:51)Movement IV (7:17) Quartet adapted for two violins, viola and cello in four movements, was commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in 1990 and was premiered in August of that year. This piece represents Mark O’Connor’s first work in a classical genre. The original instrumentation called for an unorthodox combination, omitting the usual second violin part and adding bass, to highlight the contrast between his fiddling style and the classical style of the other players. Upon his adapting of the score, O’Connor discovered that in many situations, execution was much more successful with the standard string quartet configuration. The Quartet was released on the Warner Bros. recording, The Fiddle Concerto. O’Connor, Daniel Phillips, Carter Brey and Edgar Meyer were the original cast who helped usher in the new O’Connor music style which helped pave the way for many more pieces to come. In this four-movement work, O’Connor offers a multitude of insights into ways in which traditional fiddling and the classical string writing of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries resemble each other. The music is suited for advanced and intermediate levels. Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 1989 Composed By Mark O’ConnorString Quartet No. 1 (Quartet) can be heard on The Fiddle Concerto Warner Bros. RecordsMark O’Connor - violin; Ida Kavafian – violin; Paul Neubauer – viola; Matt Haimovitz - celloCatalogue Number MO129DCopyright © 1989 by Mark O’Connor Music InternationalFor more information on violinist and composer Mark O'Connor, O’Connor String Camps, Touring Ensembles, Discography, Bio, Repertoire and more, please visitwww.markoconnor.com For information on the O’Connor Method – instructional book series for violin, viola, cello and school string orchestra programs:www.oconnormethod.com