Format : Score and Parts
A collection of short elementary pieces for beginner string ensemble made up of arrangements of well-known melodies and pieces composed specifically for this work. The pieces arranged for two violins cello and optional piano cover many different styles continents and periods and have been graded in order of difficulty. All the parts can be played using only first position with the second violin and cello parts making use of only basic finger positions.
SKU: HL.50600644
ISBN 9781495071041. UPC: 888680633219. 9x12 inches.
String Quartet No. 2, (Musée Mécanique), was commissioned by the Ciompi Quartet for their series at Duke University, with funds from Meet the Composer. The first performances were given on April 25 and 26, 2002. The Ciompi also helped in the preparation of this edition and have recorded both String Quartet No. 1 and String Quartet No. 2 for Albany Records (Troy 717). The second string quartet is dedicated, with enormous admiration and gratitude, to my friends Eric Pritchard, Hsiao-Mei Ku, Jonathan Bagg, and Fred Raimi of the Ciompi Quartet.
SKU: HL.50600643
ISBN 9781495071034. UPC: 888680633202. 9x12 inches.
String Quartet No. 1 was inspired by The Lindsays, who gave its first British performances and helped in the preparation of this edition. The work was commissioned by WUNC-FM, with funds from the North Carolina State Department of Cultural Resources, for the inaugural concert and broadcast of the WUNC Composers-in-Context Series. The premiere was given by The Ciompi Quartet at Hill Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on November 21, 1998. The work is dedicated, with gratitude and affection, to Ronnie and Susanne Birks, in celebration of their 20th anniversary of marriage.