Dvorák n'avait que vingt ans quand il écrivit son Quatuor à cordes n o 1 en la majeur, op. 2 (1862). Le travail est considéré comme le deuxième compositeur travail le plus important, après le Quintette à cordes en la mineur op. 1.Dvorák ne sont pas retournés au travail sur op. 2 jusqu'à 1887, quand il a été la révision de ses premières oeuvres. Il a supprimé les sections de ce quatuor substantielle n'épargnant que le Scherzo, les autres mouvements, où tous coupés par près d'un tiers. Le travail a finalement été créée par des musiciens d'orchestre du Théâtre national, mais une édition imprimée n'a pas été publié avant le milieu du 20e siècle.Cette nouvelle édition Bärenreiter présente le texte musical principal de l'édition complète de 1989, qui donne à l'oeuvre dans sa forme définitive, après la révision de Dvorák. L'édition est basée sur le manuscrit autographe et sur les pièces manuscrites.- Avec la nouvelle préface (Cz / Eng / Ger), qui sont basées sur les recherches les plus récentes / 3 Violons, Alto Et Violoncelle

Lubo? Fi?er (1935?1999) was one of the most distinctive figures of Czech music in the 20th century and composed the Variations on an Unknown Theme in 1976. The ?unknown theme? was a prankish eight-bar theme from Fi?er?s student days. In the elation following the home-team win over Canada on 15 March 1959, he made a bet with his colleague Kalach to compose a concert piece for violin and orchestra with the working title ?Canada-Rondo?. The whimsical contest was abandoned, but Fi?er did not forget the theme and he later created variations on it for his new composition for the Talich Quartet. The Variations on an Unknown Theme have now been published for the first time ever. This edition is based on the autograph of the score which is housed in the Czech Museum of Music in Prague.

Par WIBERNY HEINER. Heiner Wiberny has written this joyful composition for his wife Ulla, who has a special affinity for African Music. The listener recognizes immediately the sound and flavor of 'African Highlife” and 'Latin Funk”. The composition consists of the following parts: chorale-intro, prelude, ABA-theme, transition, violin- and violasolos with 'break'-intros, prelude, AB-theme, Coda. The soloists may play either the written transcriptions or their own improvised solos, whereby the corresponding ensemble sections can be repeated. The phrase markings offer help in the correct stylistic interpretation of the piece, but they can also be changed according to the individual preferences. 'Klaus the fiddler” (Klaus der Geiger) gave the world premier of this work with the String Quartet of the Cologne Kunst-Salon Orchestra (Streichquartett des Kölner Kunstsalonorchesters). Klaus and the string quartet deserve my special thanks./ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Richard Reed Parry's Quartet For Heart And Breath is an innovative and original piece based on the performers' own bodily rhythms. This sheet music is for String Quartet (Violin/Violin/Viola/Cello).Richard Reed Parry is familiar to millions as the lead singer of rock band Arcade Fire, yet his foray into classical music is equally worthy of attention. Quartet For Heart And Breath is an experiment into using the performers' heartbeats and breathing to dictate the tempo. The performers are instructed to wear stethoscopes in order to listen to their heartbeats closely, while one complete breath corresponds to one bar and two heartbeats equal two crotchets.The result is a quiet and subtle piece, as each instrument has to play softly so as to be able to keep in time. The piece also has a naturally occurring dynamism in that the players' heart rates constantly change as the performance goes on, with each instrument falling in and out of sync sometimes culminating in a beautiful moment of all heartbeats matching each other. Interestingly, this unique aspect means that no performance will ever be the same, meaning to hear or play this composition will be a truly once in a lifetime experience.Quartet For Heart And Breath is a superbly one-of-a-kind composition by Richard Reed Parry. Commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, this piece makes for a wonderfully distinctive performance, with fascinating implications for the connection between the music and the body. / Quatuor A Cordes

La référence GB5848 de l'éditeur Billaudot dont l'auteur célèbre est Lemeland Aubert, qui a pour titre QUATUOR A CORDES Nø4 - VENTE SUR DEMANDE, a été écrite et composée pour Musique de Chambre et plus particulièrement pour Quatuor A Cordes. Cette partition musicale appartient à la catégorie Classique. / Quatuor A Cordes / Partition