String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.773330 Composed by Various. Arranged by Yoel Epstein. Christian,Contemporary,Jewish,World. Score and parts. 37 pages. Yoel Epstein #4285845. Published by Yoel Epstein (A0.773330). These six songs have become icons of remembrance of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust. They are traditionally played on Holocaust Day, which is on the 28th day of the Hebrew month of Nissan in Israel, or January 27th in the rest of the world. Unter Dyne Vyse Shteren (Under the Starry Sky) was written by Avraham Sutskover, a leading Yiddish poet, while trapped in the ghetto of Vilna, in July 1943. Days before the ghetto was destroyed and all the Jews murdered, Sutskover escaped to the forest with his wife. He reached Russia, and in 1947 moved to Palestine. He died in Israel in 2010 at the age of 96. The poem was set to music by Avraham Brodna, a simple laborer in the Vilna ghetto who died in a concentration camp. Ani Maamin (I Believe): The words to this simple song are of the Jewish prayer I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah. The tune is attributed to Azriel David Festig, a leading Warsaw hazzan (cantor) who died in the Holocaust. The song was performed after the war by Rabbi Shaul Yedidia Eliezer Taub, the Admor (Rabbinical leader) of the Modzitz Hassidic sect, and has become the iconic song of the remembrance in the Hassidic community. Shtiller Shtiller (Hush Hush) was written by Alexander Volkovitzky, then a 12-year-old boy, in the Vilna Ghetto in the spring of 1943. Volkovitzky, who wrote the melody for a song contest organized to encourage the cultural life of the ghetto, eventually came to Israel where he (under the name Alexander Tamir) became a leading pianist and music educator. The words are by Shmerke Kacserginsky, a leading poet of Vilna, who later escaped the Holocaust and migrated to South America. Papirossen (Cigarettes) actually predates the Holocaust by 15 years. It was written by Yiddish actor and composer Herman Yablokoff in 1922 in Grodno, Poland. Yablokoff later immigrated to America, where he produced a musical Papirossen that incorporated the song. It was later made famous by the Barry Sisters, a Yiddish popular music group. Donna Donna was written by Shalom Secunda, with words by Aaron Zeitlin for the Yiddish musical Esterke in 1940. Though the song originally related to the 600-year-old legend of a Polish king who married a Jewess, it quickly became associated with the Holocaust because of its haunting message. The song has entered the popular folk repertoire, with canonical renditions by Joan Baez, Theodore Bikel, and many others.  Hatikva (the Hope) is Israel's national anthem. The words are by Naftali Zvi Imber, and the tune is a traditional eastern European tune.  You are welcome to try some of my other arrangements. In addition to the songs offered on this site (you can see them at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Yoel+Epstein ), I have arranged three songs from the Holocaust, which I arranged and distribute for free on IMSLP. You can find them at http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Ravpapa. If you need arrangements of any of these songs for special combinations of instruments, feel free to contact me, and I will try to accommodate. Write me at yoelepst@gmail.com. Hope you enjoy.  

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1496962 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by James M. Guthrie. Chamber,Christmas,Historic,Standards,Traditional. 9 pages. Jmsgu3 #1073376. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.1496962). In the Bleak Midwinter is an essential and beloved Christmas carol with several notable aspects.Origins and AuthorshipThe carol originated as a poem titled A Christmas Carol, written by Christina Rossetti, a prominent English poet, in 1872. Rossetti was known for combining deep Christian faith with rich artistic sensibility in her works. Musical SettingsThe poem was set to music multiple times, with two versions becoming particularly popular: Gustav Holst's hymn tune Cranham in 1906, which is more straightforward and suitable for congregational singing. Harold Darke's more complex choral setting from 1911 was named the best Christmas carol in a 2008 poll of choirmasters and choral experts.Poetic and Theological SignificanceThe carol is notable for its stark imagery, contrasting the harsh winter landscape with the divine incarnation—the paradoxical juxtaposition of earthly elements with the ineffable nature of Christ's birth. Profound theological insights are conveyed through simple language—reflection on the meaning of gift-giving about Christ's birth.Cultural ImpactIn the Bleak Midwinter has become a beloved part of Christmas traditions. Choirs perform it widely, and various artists record it.Many music experts consider The carol one of the greatest Christmas songs. Its imagery and themes have inspired reflection on rest, renewal, and the deeper meaning of the winter season. The enduring popularity of In the Bleak Midwinter stems from its beautiful blend of evocative poetry, rich theological content, and dynamic musical settings, making it a cherished part of Christmas celebrations for many.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1017425 Composed by Leigh Andressen. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 7 pages. Leigh Andressen #6205409. Published by Leigh Andressen (A0.1017425). This quartet is inspired by the poetry cycle Crow by Ted Hughes. It also has resonances with the current climate crisis.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.773335 Composed by Folk. Arranged by Yoel Epstein. Christian,Jewish,Sacred,World. Score and parts. 10 pages. Yoel Epstein #4286157. Published by Yoel Epstein (A0.773335). This song has become an icon of remembrance of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust. It is traditionally played on Holocaust Day, which is on the 28th day of the Hebrew month of Nissan in Israel, or January 27th in the rest of the world. Ani Maamin (I Believe): The words to this simple song are of the Jewish prayer I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah. The tune is attributed to Azriel David Festig, a leading Warsaw hazzan (cantor) who died in the Holocaust. The song was performed after the war by Rabbi Shaul Yedidia Eliezer Taub, the Admor (Rabbinical leader) of the Modzitz Hassidic sect, and has become the iconic song of the remembrance in the Hassidic community.  This is one of four songs for Holocaust Remembrance Day that I have arranged for string quartet. The set of songs is available for download at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/four-songs-of-the-holocaust-arranged-for-string-quartet-digital... The other songs are  Unter Dyne Vyse Shteren (Under the Starry Sky) was written by Avraham Sutskover, a leading Yiddish poet, while trapped in the ghetto of Vilna, in July 1943. Shtiller Shtiller (Hush Hush) was written by Alexander Volkovitzky, then a 12-year-old boy, in the Vilna Ghetto in the spring of 1943.  Hatikva (the Hope) is Israel's national anthem. The words are by Naftali Zvi Imber, and the tune is a traditional eastern European tune. You are welcome to try some of my other arrangements. In addition to the songs offered on this site (you can see them at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Yoel+Epstein ), I have arranged three songs from the Holocaust, which I arranged and distribute for free on IMSLP. You can find them at http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Ravpapa. If you need arrangements of any of these songs for special combinations of instruments, feel free to contact me, and I will try to accommodate. Write me at yoelepst@gmail.com.  Hope you enjoy.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.773332 Composed by Sutskover / Brodna. Arranged by Yoel Epstein. Christian,Jewish,Sacred,World. Score and parts. 10 pages. Yoel Epstein #4286147. Published by Yoel Epstein (A0.773332). This song has become an icon of remembrance of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust. It is traditionally played on Holocaust Day, which is on the 28th day of the Hebrew month of Nissan in Israel, or January 27th in the rest of the world. Unter Dyne Vyse Shteren (Under the Starry Sky) was written by Avraham Sutskover, a leading Yiddish poet, while trapped in the ghetto of Vilna, in July 1943. Days before the ghetto was destroyed and all the Jews murdered, Sutskover escaped to the forest with his wife. He reached Russia, and in 1947 moved to Palestine. He died in Israel in 2010 at the age of 96. The poem was set to music by Avraham Brodna, a simple laborer in the Vilna ghetto who died in a concentration camp. This is one of four songs for Holocaust Remembrance Day that I have arranged for string quartet. The set of songs is available for download at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/four-songs-of-the-holocaust-arranged-for-string-quartet-digital... The other songs areAni Maamin (I Believe): The words to this simple song are of the Jewish prayer I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah.  Shtiller Shtiller (Hush Hush) was written by Alexander Volkovitzky, then a 12-year-old boy, in the Vilna Ghetto in the spring of 1943. Hatikva (the Hope) is Israel's national anthem. The words are by Naftali Zvi Imber, and the tune is a traditional eastern European tune. You are welcome to try some of my other arrangements. In addition to the songs offered on this site (you can see them at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Yoel+Epstein ), I have arranged three songs from the Holocaust, which I arranged and distribute for free on IMSLP. You can find them at http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Ravpapa. If you need arrangements of any of these songs for special combinations of instruments, feel free to contact me, and I will try to accommodate. Write me at yoelepst@gmail.com.  Hope you enjoy.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1141457 By Fiona Alice Hickie. By Frank MacNamara, Fiona Alice Hickie, Sir Joseph Barnby,. Arranged by Fiona Alice Hickie. Classical,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 36 pages. Fiona Alice Hickie #741785. Published by Fiona Alice Hickie (A0.1141457). 5 pieces based on the poems by: Rudyard Kipling: Boots: Infantry Columns Composed Fiona Hickie Lord Alfred Tennyson: Sweet and Low Composed Sir Joseph Barnby Frank MacNamara: Moreton Bay Composed Frank MacNamara Thomas Moore: Last Rose of Summer Traditional William Blake: March of Mendacity (based on The Liar) Composed Fiona Hickie.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1141422 By Fiona Alice Hickie. By Fiona Alice Hickie, Frank MacNamara. Arranged by Fiona Alice Hickie. Classical,Folk. Score and parts. 22 pages. Fiona Alice Hickie #741748. Published by Fiona Alice Hickie (A0.1141422). Frank is a well known Australian convict who happened to be a brilliant poet. The first piece is the well known folk song, Moreton Bay, which he also composed. The second piece is based on a poem about a daring escape from Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) aboard a stolen ship. This poem was well known in its day, though the original tune is lost in history. The third piece is based on a poem Frank wrote picking on the judicial system. This is a preview score for strring quartet.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.977347 Composed by Trad, H. Suter. Arranged by Des McNutty. Baroque,Easter,Renaissance. Score and parts. 16 pages. Des Press #5292335. Published by Des Press (A0.977347). The Basler Fasnacht, known locally in Basel Stadt (CH) as D’ drey scheenschte Dääg (the three loveliest days), is a world-famous carnival where the Zeitgeist animates centuries of tradition. Local folks celebrate together with a good-humoured satire of current events through costumes, masks, poetry and visual art on carnival floats and lanterns. Amongst many other activities, participants decorate the city and open ad-hoc bars to sustain everyone with drinks and characteristic foods, all of which led to the Basler Fasnacht being included on the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017.   Central to the whole experience is the music played on the streets, without electronic amplification, by two types of group: Gugge, with brass and percussion and Clique, with piccolos and side-drums made and played according to local custom. Symphonie Fastnachtique, part 1 contains four melodies from the Cliques: Der Arabi Nr 1, 2 and 3, followed by the Wettstein Marsch by Swiss composer Hermann Huber (1870-1926). The melodies in Der Arabi may sound familiar but the chances are that they pre-date their more famous versions. For example, Der Arabi Nr 1 is now better known as The British Grenadiers from the early 1700s but can be traced as far back as the 1560s, when the Basler Fasncacht was already centuries old and the Schweizerpfeife (Swiss Flute), with drums, supplied the de rigueur regimental music for foot-soldiers all over Europe.   This version for string quartet is a mixture of original piccolo voicings and indulgence by the arranger. Some of the part for viola is based on an optional 4th voice, the Zierstimm.   Fasnacht is a glorious celebration laced with a melancholy reflected by the marching tempi of the Cliques: often slower than 90 BPM. A standard march is around 120 BPM.    Vyyl Gniege! (Enjoy!)

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1023840 Composed by Maurice Ligon II. Contemporary. Score and parts. 2 pages. Accurate Arrangements (AA) #13841. Published by Accurate Arrangements (AA) (A0.1023840). Cello Part. L'apprenti Poete, which is French for The Apprentice Poet. This song goes into the mind of an poet, with a strong drive and fierce melodies. This song is a must for any high school orchestra. Your students wont regret it.

String Quartet Cello,Double Bass,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1023838 Composed by Maurice Ligon II. Contemporary. Score and parts. 10 pages. Accurate Arrangements (AA) #13837. Published by Accurate Arrangements (AA) (A0.1023838). L'apprenti Poete, which is French for The Apprentice Poet. This song goes into the mind of an poet, with a strong drive and fierce melodies. This song is a must for any high school orchestra. Your students wont regret it.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1023841 Composed by Maurice Ligon II. Contemporary. Score and parts. 2 pages. Accurate Arrangements (AA) #13813. Published by Accurate Arrangements (AA) (A0.1023841). Viola Part. L'apprenti Poete, which is French for The Apprentice Poet. This song goes into the mind of an poet, with a strong drive and fierce melodies. This song is a must for any high school orchestra. Your students wont regret it.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1023842 Composed by Maurice Ligon II. Contemporary. Score and parts. 2 pages. Accurate Arrangements (AA) #13817. Published by Accurate Arrangements (AA) (A0.1023842). Bass Part. L'apprenti Poete, which is French for The Apprentice Poet. This song goes into the mind of an poet, with a strong drive and fierce melodies. This song is a must for any high school orchestra. Your students wont regret it.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1492112 Composed by Thomas Campion. Arranged by Joseph Judge. Chamber,Renaissance. 17 pages. School Ensemble Music #1068785. Published by School Ensemble Music (A0.1492112). Thomas Campion (1567-1620) was an English composer, poet, and physician. He wrote many lute songs, masques for dancing, and an early textbook on counterpoint. Duration - 1:54 Parts - Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello. Flexible: Substitute Violin part in case there is no Viola.For a full list of arrangements by Joseph Judge, please visit SchoolEnsemble.com. Most are available for multiple ensembles: brass, string, woodwind, saxophone, clarinet.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1500259 By Timothy L. Miller. By Timothy L. Miller. Arranged by Timothy L. Miller. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary. 15 pages. TLM Music Publishing #1076339. Published by TLM Music Publishing (A0.1500259). An Italian translation of the Alfred Joyce Kilmer poem, Poets, for voice and string quartet.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1500255 By Timothy L. Miller. By Timothy L. Miller. Arranged by Timothy L. Miller. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary. 31 pages. TLM Music Publishing #1076338. Published by TLM Music Publishing (A0.1500255). An Italian translation of the Alfred Joyce Kilmer poem, Old Poets, for voice and string quartet.