String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1192354 Composed by Martin Shaw and Percy Dearmer. Arranged by Gayle Gould. 19th Century,Children,Christian,Christmas,Historic. 22 pages. Gayle Gould #791785. Published by Gayle Gould (A0.1192354). A happy and fun string quartet arrangement, approximately Grade 4, of a popular early-American Christmas carol originating in England, with sources placing it at various dates and locales. Given the cultural setting, and given the popularity of country dances, no doubt at least the children danced to this tune.The carol is also known by the name The First Good Thing That Mary Had, which is the first line of text.PDF contains the full score, individual parts, and a piano reduction provided to give a quick idea of what the arrangement sounds like. The number of verses varies, but one thing is for certain. It's purpose was to teach the story of the Virgin Mary from the birth of Jesus until His glorification in heaven. There are at least seven verses, each one telling Mary's experiences through the life of Christ. No doubt this was used to teach children and others who did not have or could not read the Scriptures.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.803603 Composed by German Folk Song. Arranged by Phyllis Hopper. Christmas,Holiday,Sacred. 7 pages. HopSez Productions #6694183. Published by HopSez Productions (A0.803603). You'll enjoy this flowing lullaby. You'll hear the traditional German folk song at the beginning, followed by a gentle waltz as Mary lulls her baby to sleep, ending with a whispered Good night. A minor mode segment indicates Mary's meditation on the prophet Simeon's foretelling of future suffering. While not difficult to play, the intricate weaving in and out of offset melodic and harmonic lines adds interest to this piece.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1130593 Composed by Gail CM Gordon Chang. 20th Century,Chamber,Christian,Opera,Sacred. 20 pages. Gail CM Gordon Chang #730866. Published by Gail CM Gordon Chang (A0.1130593). Luke 1:46-55 - from the New English Version of the Bible, plus verse 38 paraphrase, form the lyrics for this Soprano Vocal Solo with String Quartet (composer's piano accompaniment version also available.) Mary's exhilarating song of praise to God who has made her to be the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. Polyphonic, multi-tonal, and multi-metric, 20th C classical style. Accompaniment is very descriptive of the lyrical content. Includes Score plus all 4 string quartet parts: Violin 1 & 2, Viola, Cello.

String Quartet Cello,Double Bass,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1093007 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by ANDERSSON. Baroque,Christmas,Easter,Sacred,Wedding. 10 pages. Woods Only, Arrangements #697104. Published by Woods Only, Arrangements (A0.1093007). This easy arrangement for string ensemble has been adapted to be simple to perform and understand the structure of the original work for various levels of musical knowledge. It can be played freely by beginning students because of the ease imposed on the piece. It is often performed at wedding ceremonies slowly and reverently, challenging the effect suggested by Bach in his original score for voices with trumpet, oboes, strings, and continuous bass. This is one of Bach's most beautiful cantatas, made famous by the Jesus the Joy of Men chorus. It was originally composed for Advent 1716 in Weimar. Years later, already in Leipzig, Advent was tempus clausum, there was no music in the churches. Bach then reworked it for the Feast of Mary's Visitation. It is the final chorale of the cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben. Although it is the 32nd cantata composed by Bach, of those that have survived, it was given BWV 147 in the complete catalog of his works.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1081261 Composed by Irwin Kostal, Richard M Sherman, and Robert B Sherman. Arranged by Luis Turina and Nonamé Música. 20th Century,Broadway,Film/TV,Musical/Show,Wedding. Score and parts. 22 pages. Nonamé Música #685399. Published by Nonamé Música (A0.1081261). (Spanish below) Based on the suite A Symphonic Fantasy, we did a conversion with three of the most remembered melodies from Mary Poppins. You have an intro with chim-chim-cheree, followed by feed the birds, but they don't fully develop. After that, A Spoon of Sugar, with the birds part made by the first violin and the second and viola enkoying. The next part is, now complete, Chim-Chim-Cheree, with the melody starting in the cello, and then passing by the rest of instruments from lower to higher. When the second plays the melody, the first plays a counter-theme a little bit tricky. And, in the end, now complete, Feed the Birds, with constant dialogs between the violins. Tested and approved arrangement. All Nonamé arrangements are prepared to avoid page turns if you print the covers properly. Basándonos en la suite A Symphonic Fantasy, hicimos una conversión con tres de las melodías más recordadas de Mary Poppins. Tienes una introducción con chim-chim-cheree, seguida de Pan para los pájaros, pero no se desarrollan por completo. Después, Con un Poco de Azúcar, con la parte de los pájaros hecha por el primer violín y el segundo y la viola disfrutando. La siguiente parte es, ya completa, Chim-Chim-Cheree, con la melodía comenzando en el violoncello, y luego pasando por el resto de instrumentos de más grave a más agudo. Cuando el segundo toca la melodía, el primero tiene un contratema un poco complicado. Y, al final, ya completo, Pan Para los Pájaros, con diálogos constantes entre los violines. ¡Arreglo probado y aprobado! Todos los arreglos de Nonamé están preparados para evitar el paso de página si imprimes las portadas correctamente.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.832071 By Kathy Mattea. By Buddy Greene and Mark Lowry. Arranged by Teresa Cobarrubia Yoder, ASCAP. Country. Score and parts. 18 pages. Teresa Cobarrubia Yoder #3376345. Published by Teresa Cobarrubia Yoder (A0.832071). The string quartet arrangement of the contemporary Christmas carol Mary, Did You Know provides students (level 2) the opportunity to enjoy well crafted music for concerts, recitals, prayer services and church/school liturgies.   In an accessible key for the voice, the arrangement beautifully works for a collaborative piece between voice and strings.   Listen:  https://soundcloud.com/teresa-yoder/mary-did-you-know-string Mary, Did You Know? Level: 2 Key: D minor (1 flat) Meter: Simple Quadruple (4/4) Rhythm: Whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth and some dotted rhythms and syncopations, ritardando and a tempo Harmony: Blocked and broken chords Dynamics: Varied, crescendo and diminuendo Articulations: Legato, slurs, pizzicato, accents, con sordina (cello) Use: Christmas Conductor’s Score: page 3 Violin I: page 9 Violin II: page 12 Viola: page 14 Cello: page 16 Note on the cover: Photograph by Teresa Cobarrubia Yoder Music available online on Sheet Music Plus. For more information on Teresa Cobarrubia Yoder’s music: https://teresacobarrubiayodermusic.wordpress.com  teresa.cobarrubia.yoder.music@gmail.com

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1335037 By Kathy Mattea. By Buddy Greene and Mark Lowry. Arranged by Alison Gillies. Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Religious. 14 pages. Quartetpad.com #920899. Published by quartetpad.com (A0.1335037). Mary, Did You Know? by Pentatonix arranged for string quartet by Alison Gillies.This song has become something of a modern Christmas classic since its first release in 1991, and covered by hundreds of artists, among them: Kenny Rogers, CeeLo Green and Dolly Parton.This arrangement is based on the Pentatonix cover from their second Christmas album That's Christmas To Me.Other quartetpad Christmas arrangements include:-        It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas-        All I Want For Christmas Is You-        The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on An Open Fire)-        Feliz Navidad-        Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas-        Happy Xmas (War Is Over)-        Christmastime (Don’t Let the Bells End)-        Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree-        Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town-        The Most Wonderful Time of The Year-        Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!-        White Christmas-        Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah-        Merry Xmas Everybody-        The Christmas Can-Can-        Stay Another Day-        Merry Christmas EveryoneSee more arrangements by Alison Gillies at quartetpad.com InstagramFacebookTikTok

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 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1024965 Composed by Simon M. Sperl. 20th Century,Contemporary,Sacred,Spiritual. Score and parts. 25 pages. Sperl Publishing #3679831. Published by Sperl Publishing (A0.1024965). Mother Mary is a musical description of a final hike to Butte Montana's statue of the Virgin Mary once the poor no longer require assistance.  After a journey that outlines the struggle for society to care for its most vulnerable, the piece ends with a utopian scene of equality.   .

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.582997 By The Monkees. By Michael Nesmith. Arranged by Jeff Tincher. Contemporary. Score and parts. 16 pages. Jeff Tincher #3539525. Published by Jeff Tincher (A0.582997). This is a String Quartet arrangement of one of The Monkees big hits. In the original key from their More Of The Monkees project, this song is a wonderful example of 60's rock and is great for any live venue! Duration=2:22. This is a 2018 New ArrangeMe Song Contest Entry. Visit my websites: https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/sheetmusic, https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/music, https://www.facebook.com/jefftincherpublishing.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.920870 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Wendy Penny. Children,Instructional,Standards,World. Score and parts. 25 pages. Wendy Mary Penny #5305565. Published by Wendy Mary Penny (A0.920870). English Traditional arranged by Wendy Penny. Late Beginner to Early Intermediate. Suitable for In-house recitals, school ensembles. Score and parts with optional violin 3 part included as an alternative to viola part. Titles are: Ride a Cock Horse,  Lavender's Blue, Little Miss Muffet.  Keys used are Cmajor, F major and D major.  23 pages of music.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.920872 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Wendy Penny. Children,Instructional,Standards,World. Score and parts. 25 pages. Wendy Mary Penny #5305599. Published by Wendy Mary Penny (A0.920872). English Traditional arranged by Wendy Penny.  Late-Beginner to Early-Intermediate. Suitable for In-house recitals and school ensembles. Score and parts with optional violin 3 part included as an alternative to viola part. Titles are: The Farmer in the Dell, Rain, Rain, Go Away, The Wheels on the Bus. Keys used are G major, D major and F major. 23 pages of music.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.920874 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Wendy Penny. Children,Instructional,Standards,World. Score and parts. 24 pages. Wendy Mary Penny #5306015. Published by Wendy Mary Penny (A0.920874). English Traditional arranged by Wendy Penny. Late Beginner to Early Intermediate. Suitable for In-house recitals and school ensembles. Score and parts with optional violin 3 part included as an alternative to viola part. Titles are: Bobby Shaftoe, Little Boy Blue and Ten Little Indians. Keys used are G major, D major and F major. 22pages of music. .

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.920873 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Wendy Penny. Children,Instructional,Standards,World. Score and parts. 24 pages. Wendy Mary Penny #5305607. Published by Wendy Mary Penny (A0.920873). English Traditional arranged by Wendy Penny. Late Beginner to Early Intermediate. Suitable for In-house recitals and school ensembles. Score and parts with optional violin 3 part included as an alternative to viola part. Titles are: Fiddle-De-Dee, Baa Baa Black Sheep, 'Peter Piper. Keys used are: F major, D major and A major. 22 pages of music.