Easy String Quartets, Volume 1

Easy String Quartets Book 3 is the third volume in this highly popular collection of classics. Each piece has been easily arranged for String Quartet by Watson Forbes and is designed to givedeveloping string players the chance to rehearse and perform in ensemble as early as possible. Each work is well known and relatively straightforward enabling the musicians to obtain a sense of achievement and maximum enjoymentfrom their playing.Watson Forbes (1909-1997) was a British Viola player arranger and broadcaster. He studied both Violin and Viola at the Royal Academy of Music before specialising on the Viola with Sevcik. Heplayed with many famous string ensembles during his performing career before becoming Head of Music for BBC Scotland in 1964. His is best remembered for his extensive series of educational arrangements of classical music forvarious string instruments both solo and in ensemble.

20 Easy to Intermediate Pieces from four Centuries. Par NEUMANN EVA-MARIA (Arr.). Making music in a quartet uniquely nurtures young string players’ musical development, ensemble playing, listening to each other, and intonation. So, what could be more obvious than introducing the scoring of this genre, often referred to as chamber music’s supreme discipline, as early as possible. Indeed, composers have all along advised the classical string quartet’s outstanding compositions, but they are hardly easy to play for beginners. Here, with the present collection, is where Eva-Maria Neumann comes in. The two volumes include A total of 20 easy to intermediate arrangements of pieces from Bach to Bartók, together with specifically composed ones in string-quartet friendly keys - Reading scores and individual parts - additionally, individual part for violin III instead of viola - Tips on warming up, intonation, bowing, fingering, tempos, dynamics, and playing musically - Specific instructions for the individual pieces - Lists of supplementary original literature The pieces are also effective as scored for chorus./ Recueil / Quatuor à Cordes

Henry Mancini's classic songs come to life in these beautiful arrangements for string quartet or string orchestra by William Zinn. Perfect for pops concerts, these two volumes are level 3/4 (medium-easy to medium) arrangements. Volume Two songs are: Baby Elephant Walk * Charade * Days of Wine and Roses * The Inspector Clouseau Theme * Meggie's Theme (from The Thorn Birds) * Moon River * Pie in the Face Polka (from The Great Race) * Song from 10 (It's Easy to Say) * Theme Song from the Molly Maguires * The Thorn Birds Theme.

Prussian Quartets-This volume opens with something unusual: opus 42 is a single work short and surprisingly easy to play; Haydn described it as 'something small and with only 3 pieces'. The Quartets op. 50 including the so-called Frog Quartet are dedicated to the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm II who was a talented cellist. Even though the 'solo' at the beginning of opus 50 1 is meant as joke there are some good passages for cellists.

Dans le volume des quatuors facile, en plus de mouvements indépendants un certain nombre de travaux peut être trouvé qui peut être effectuée en même temps aux suites de la forme. Ainsi, de petits mouvements qui peuvent également être utilisés séparément cycles peuvent être formés qui peuvent animer un petit concert domestique, une manifestation de l'instrument ou le programme d'un spectacle pour une occasion festive. outre des séquences de danses Renaissance, arrangements de chorals de Bach, des oeuvres chorales et danses classiques, le contenu varié comprend aussi des mouvements romantiques appropriés pour agréable musique de décision nationale. volumes de cette nouvelle série contient des duos, trios et quatuors, de leur degré de difficulté allant de facile à travers intermédiaire à avancé. Chaque pièce est une transcription ou un arrangement, puisque dans l'édition des volumes notre principale préoccupation était d'offrir une collection de compositions intéressantes et utiles, comme librement variables que possible en ce qui concerne l'instrumentation, pour les élèves des écoles de musique et aussi pour les adultes qui font de la musique pour leur propre plaisir. L'étendue et la hauteur des pièces permettent les travaux devant être réalisés sur n'importe quelle combinaison des instruments donnés nécessaire ou possible. / Ensemble Mixte