Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók?s six string quartets, composed between 1908 and 1940, are 20th-century milestones of the genre. His First String Quartet is closely linked to his unhappy love for the violinist Stefi Geyer, to whom he sent the initial measures of its first movement in early 1908 with the remark: ?My song of death?. When he completed all three movements of the work a year later, he had…

Par SIMPSON ROBERT. '. . .the quartet is a highly distinctive work, a welcome addition to Simpson's significant contribution to the British twentieth-century string quartet.'Trevor Bray, Music and Letters Vol. 68, 3 April 1989/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

String Quartet #1 is dedicated to the memory of Thurston Dart. It was commissioned by the Arditti Quartet and first performed by them on 23 September 1985, Warsaw. Duration 26 minutes. The score for this work is also available on sale. / Quatuor A Cordes

Born in South Africa, but now an Irish citizen, Kevin Volans' musical idiom has been shaped by an unusually diverse range of experiences, including studies with Stockhausen in Cologne, field trips to South Africa to study traditional music, his own involvement with the New Simplicity movement, his collection of contemporary art and African textiles, friendships with composers like Morton Feldman a…

Par BARGIELSKI ZBIGNIEW . After the first performance of my Fourth Quartet, in Salzburg in 1997, the artists of the excellent Hugo Wolf Quartett approached me with the appealing proposition that I write a new quartet. Rather problematic, however, proved to be the musicians’ delicate suggestion that I invest the work with elements of a more pungent expression and elements of folklore – ideally Poli…

Set of Parts for Kevin Volans 'White Man Sleeps' for string quartet. (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello). Written for the Kronos Quartet in 1986. Duration 24 minutes. Score available: CH61123 / Quatuor A Cordes

Par MC CARTNEY PAUL. Six songs written specially for Linda McCartney in arrangements for string quartet. Paul McCartney's unmistakable melodic and rhythmic style come to the fore in these beautiful pieces. They are presented here in skilful arrangements by Michael Thomas, Robert Pansera and the Loma Mar Quartet. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

The arrangement for string quartet was made at the request of Alexander Balanescu for the Bicentenary of Mozart's death in 1991. It was first performed by the Balanescu Quartet at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 1991. Duration 3 minutes. A set of parts is available for sale. / Quatuor A Cordes

Par D\'ADAMO DANIEL. ?Quatuor n°2? was first performed by the Tana string quartet on April 14, 2013, at Radio France, Paris. ?I conceived a piece whose principal subject was going to consist in the description of a minuscule sonic element. The description of this tiny initial material would be so precise, so detailed that, deployed on a much larger scale than its original one, it would occupy the …

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Flute Quartets (4) (K. 285, 285a, 285b, 298) (Urtext). fl, str trio Study score / Classique / Répertoire / Quatuor

Set of Parts. By Samuel Barber. String. Size 9x12 inches. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

Composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), edited by Gewandhaus Quartet. Opus 18. Set of performance parts (parts only, score not included) for 2 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos. Bb Major. 72 pages. Published by C.F. Peters.

(Parts). Composed by Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Edited by Peter Jost. For String Quartet (Parts). Henle Music Folios. Softcover. G. Henle #HN1232. Published by G. Henle

Parts. By Dmitri Shostakovich. (Parts). DSCH. Book only. Size 8.75x11.5 inches. 66 pages. Published by DSCH.

For 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. By Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by G. Feder, S. Gerlach. String Quartets. Pages: Vl I Part = 39 * Vl II Part = 35 * Va Part = 35 * Vc Part = 31. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. Published by G. Henle.

Set of Parts. By Sergei Prokofiev. String. Size 8.5x11.75 inches. Published by Sikorski.

(String Quartet). By Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). For String Quartet (Parts). Music Sales America. Softcover. 48 pages. Chester Music #CH80509. Published by Chester Music

for 2 Violins, Viola and, Violoncello. By Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Edited by Ernst Herttrich. String Quartets. Pages: Vl I Part = 16 * Vl II Part = 12 * Va Part = 12 * Vc Part = 12. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. Published by G. Henle.

For 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. By Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by P. Mies. This edition: HN268. String Quartets. Henle Music Folios. Pages: Vl I Part = 61 * Vl II Part = 60 * Va Part = 58 * Vc Part = 57. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. 246 pages. Published by…

(Die Zehn Beruhmtem Streichquartette) Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), edited by Ludwig Finscher. For violin I, violin II, viola and cello. Urtext of the New Mozart Edition. Format: set of performance parts (parts only, score not included). With introductory text.…

Parts. By Dmitri Shostakovich. DSCH. Size 8.75x11.5 inches. Published by DSCH.

By Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by P. Mies. STUDY EDITION. Pages: X and 147. Study score-no details. Published by G. Henle.

With a Critical Commentary in English - for 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. By Felix Mendelssohn. Edited by E. Herttrich. String Quartets. Pages: Vl I Part = 35 * Vl II Part = 24 * Va Part = 25 * Vc Part = 21. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. Published by G. Henle.…

Composed by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Edited by Christoph Flamm. For Piano Quartet. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. 32 pages. G. Henle #HN1228. Published by G. Henle

By Philip Glass (1937-). For String Quartet (Parts). Music Sales America. Post-1900. Music Sales #DU10106. Published by Music Sales

Set of Parts. By Dmitri Shostakovich. DSCH. Size 8.75x11.5 inches. 100 pages. Published by DSCH.

(Set of Parts). By Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884). Edited by Milan Pospisil. Parts. Henle Music Folios. G. Henle #HN814. Published by G. Henle

Composed by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), edited by Werner Aderhold. For violin I, violin II, viola and cello. Urtext of the New Schubert Edition. Format: set of performance parts (parts only, score not included). With introductory text. Romantic period and classical period. 67 pag…

Arranged by J Higgins. Pops For String Quartet. Size 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Variations on Happy Birthday for String Quartet (Score and Parts). Arranged by Peter Heidrich. Special Import. 64 pages. Sikorski #SIK1529. Published by Sikorski