Partituras para cuarteto de cuerda

String Quartet No. 2 was commissioned by the Ives String Quartet and composed between July 2009 and January 2010. Includes score and parts.

Elena Ruehr's first string quartet is an exploration of four distinct and storied ideas. The first movement, 'Patterns, ' may be performed on its own, and combines traditions of form, rhythm, and moti...

All four movements of this quartet have a basis in ancient traditional music from different parts of the world. The first movement's melody was composed on a small toy flute, making use of Middle East...

Each year the Cypress String Quartet selects two works from the standard quartet repertoire and commissions a third work based on inspiration derived from two older works. String Quartet No. 4 was wri...

A string quartet in ten movements based on the novel by Ann Patchett (Bel Canto), commissioned by and dedicated to the Cypress String Quartet. This piece takes one through the novel, develops its char...

Written for the Cypress String Quartet, partially commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, and dedicated to Todd Donovan. If there were a nickname for this quartet, it might be the 'Romantic Quartet. ' A...

While studying at the American Academy in Rome from 1922 to 1925 on the first Damrosch Fellowship, Randall Thompson, fascinated with Kenneth Grahame's delightful 1908 children's story The Wind in the...

For the first time The Schott String Quartet Series features a collection of pieces that have been originally composed in a style unique to string quartet arrangements. Internationally-acclaimed Bolly...

Carson Turner's latest instalment to The Schott String Quartet Series is a wonderful collection of traditional Irish folk tunes. These intermediate-level arrangements make perfect performance material...

Start Point is a collection of four tunes written for the Sanday Fiddle Club. First performed in their entirety in 2006 at the St Magnus Festival, the names of the tunes are names of places on the Ork...

This unique collection of 8 pieces is the latest addition to the popular Schott String Quartet series. Arranged by Barrie Carson Turner, the romantic repertoire including Wagner's 'Bridal Chorus', 'Ar...

Duddell's short string quartet made up of four mere bagatelles is a treat for both players and audiences. First performed by the Psophos Quartet at the 2007 Presteigne Festival and recently transcribe...

Vivaldi was a prolific composer, very much a string composer, but also responsible for a wide variety of other work. This selection includes extracts from The Seasons - arguably the composer's most we...

Richard Ayres' Three Small Pieces for String Quartet each have distinct characters that illustrate the composer's vivid imagination and skill for combining energetic, touching and sometimes wild music...

Watkins' String Quartet, set in three movements, showcases the range of emotions the composer is able to conjure through music. The piece works from gently ebbing lyrical episodes into virtuosic, impa...

The title of Barry's fourth string quartet refers to a Kafka story of the same name about a trapeze artist who is happy only when aloft. This is striking music, full of fragility, beauty, outbursts an...