Study Score No. 63-Bloch was 73 years old when the String Quartet No. 3 was prem...(+)
Study Score No. 63-Bloch was 73 years old when the String Quartet No. 3 was premiered in 1953 by the Griller Quartet. It is far more 'pared-down' than his earlier works and avoids the influence of Jewish music which he was well-known for in works such as 'Schelomo' and the 'Suite Hebraique for viola'. The first movement is forceful; trills and stark rhythms predominate whereas the second is more tranquil. Next there is is a strange kind of off-kilter scherzo followed by a finale based on a 12-tone theme. This is the Schirmer edition of the Score.
Study Score No. 21-Schoenberg composed his Fourth String Quartet Op. 37 on a c...(+)
Study Score No. 21-Schoenberg composed his Fourth String Quartet Op. 37 on a commission from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. The four movements of the quartet are based on a single twelve-note row although this is fairly free. The first movement is in an abstract sonata form. Transitions are generally built around a hesitant chromatically sighing theme that first appears in the first violin. Marked Comodo (leisurely) the second movement is an intermezzo in A-B-A form. The recitative-like main theme of the third movement first appears in unison after which individual instruments begin to break away with their own lines. Variation technique is prominent in the rondo finale marked Allegro -transformations of the main theme are so great that it is occasionally difficult to recognize its return. This is the Schirmer edition of the Score to this work.
Set of Parts-Set of parts for String Quartets Op.18 Nos. 1-6. Arranged for two ...(+)
Set of Parts-Set of parts for String Quartets Op.18 Nos. 1-6. Arranged for two Violins Viola Violoncello. Volume 1808 in Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics.
Score and Parts-Bloch was 73 years old when the String Quartet No. 3 was premier...(+)
Score and Parts-Bloch was 73 years old when the String Quartet No. 3 was premiered in 1953 by the Griller Quartet. It is far more 'pared-down' than his earlier works and avoids the influence of Jewish music which he was well-known for in workssuch as 'Schelomo' and the 'Suite Hebraique for viola'. The first movement is forceful; trills and stark rhythms predominate whereas the second is more tranquil. Next there is is a strange kind of off-kilter scherzo followed by a finale based on a 12-tone theme. This is the Schirmer edition and contains the Score and Parts.
Score-This piece was commissioned by the Stanley String Quartet in 1958 and comp...(+)
Score-This piece was commissioned by the Stanley String Quartet in 1958 and completed in 1959. It was awarded the Pulitzer prize in 1960. Scored for 2 Violins Viola Cello.
Score and Parts-String Quartet No. 2 was the winner of the 2000 ASCAP Leo Kaplan...(+)
Score and Parts-String Quartet No. 2 was the winner of the 2000 ASCAP Leo Kaplan Award and also received a 2000 BMI Student Composer Award. This 23-minute piece was first performed by The Chiara Quartet November 15 1999 at The Juilliard School's Paul Hall in New York.