The Four and the One

The Four and the One
Author: David Rounds
Publisher:
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Spotlighting the four women of the Lafayette Quartet, a leading Canadian ensemble, Rounds offers both a comprehensive history of the beloved instrumental form and an inside view of the complex world of professional quartet players, revealing the exultation and heatache that are the performing artists' daily fare. A treat for every music lover, whether player, listener or composer.

Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments, Bk 4

Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments, Bk 4
Author: Samuel Applebaum
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1985-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780769231181

The study of string instruments should include ensemble playing at the earliest possible stage. There is much to be gained from the playing of duets. Each player learns how to listen to the other, and in a short time develops an awareness of balance, musical phrasing, intonation, and tone quality. This type of training is excellent preparation for participation in large groups. These four volumes of duets for two violins will help fill the need for early ensemble experience in the public schools. They should be used in string classes as a supplement to any of the standard string methods. They will also encourage music making outside of the school, with parents or with other students. These duets are ideal for recitals in the public schools and in public school festivals. They may be played by two performers, or by multiple performers on each part, with or without piano accompaniment. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.

Technics Used by Charles Martin Loeffler in Music for Four Stringed Instruments

Technics Used by Charles Martin Loeffler in Music for Four Stringed Instruments
Author: Robert C. Townsend
Publisher:
Total Pages: 95
Release: 1948
Genre:
ISBN:

Charles Martin Loeffler's Music for Four Stringed Instruments was composed in 1923, two years before his death. It is the aim of this thesis to investigate the technics used by the composer in the quartet. No attempt is made discuss the life history of the composer nor the aesthetics of his music. Suffice it to say that Music for Four Stringed Instruments is "Dedicated to the memory of Victor Chapman," an aviator killed in World War I, and consists of three movements. The quartet will be discussed from its linear properties gradually leading to the chord progressions and root movements through an analysis of chord structures. Publication of the work was made possible by the Society for the Publication of American Music through a subsidy by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress. A second edition score was used in analysis. Recordings are available on Victor Records, performed by the Coolidge Quartet.

Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments, Book IV

Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments, Book IV
Author: Samuel Applebaum
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 36
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457454295

The study of string instruments should include ensemble playing at the earliest possible stage. There is much to be gained from the playing of duets. Each player learns how to listen to the other, and in a short time develops an awareness of balance, musical phrasing, intonation, and tone quality. This type of training is excellent preparation for participation in large groups. These four volumes of duets for two violins will help fill the need for early ensemble experience in the public schools. They should be used in string classes as a supplement to any of the standard string methods. They will also encourage music making outside of the school, with parents or with other students. These duets are ideal for recitals in the public schools and in public school festivals. They may be played by two performers, or by multiple performers on each part, with or without piano accompaniment.

Book 5. The Silk Pipa Dance

Book 5. The Silk Pipa Dance
Author: Yang Jing
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2024-01-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 3756267504

This series of selected scores are from our beloved classical concert program «Singing Strings» YANG Jing Music for Pipa with String Quartet. Book 5. Stringed instruments form the backbone of the western classical symphony orchestra. The Eastern string instrument Pipa has developed into a leading solo instrument as early as the Tang dynasty (618 - 709) in the East. In this set of classical concert programs, all pieces maintain the original and natural acoustic sound source of unplugged string instruments. It enables the encounter of different acoustic properties, different expressions of sound and sound aesthetics that have developed over time in different regions. This Program let old & new string instruments offer us an unforgettable musical experience _ from the fresh energy of the morning to the poetry of the sunset - from a silk bamboo tea house to a passionate dance in the desert of the wild west - from the search for one's own identity to the singing of swinging hearts - from pearls falling on to a jade plate to the gallop of black horses... Each piece opens up a new perspective.