Classical Music for String Quartet

Chamber music is an essential part of leaning to play an instrument, and these versatile quartets are written so that they can be performed by any combination of four string instruments. Arranged by p...

Kammermusik sollte ein essentieller Bestandteil jeder instrumentalen Ausbildung sein. Deshalb arrangierte die erfahrene Streicherpädagogin Doris Gazda diese vielseitigen Quartette für jede Kombination...

Chamber music is an essential part of leaning to play an instrument, and these versatile quartets are written so that they can be performed by any combination of four string instruments. Arranged by p...

At the end of the 18th century, the town of Cádiz in southern Spain provided the backdrop for a Passion to mark Christ's hour of death; its focal point was the reading and interpretation of Christ's l...

Experience a moment of profound musical devotion with the moving work "O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß". This artful arrangement for classical string quartet (two violins, viola, and cello) masterf...

Annees de pelerinage: Italie (Years of Pilgrimage: Italy) derives its title from the set of three suites for piano by Franz Liszt in which he musically portrays the strongest sensations and most livel...

CALLIGRAPHY NO. 3 is based on an asymmetrical rhythmic cycle (called AKSAK), which is found in the folk music of Iran, Turkey, and other countries across the Near East. It is part of an ongoing series...

CALLIGRAPHY NO. 3 is based on an asymmetrical rhythmic cycle (called AKSAK), which is found in the folk music of Iran, Turkey, and other countries across the Near East. It is part of an ongoing series...

Premiere: The Stanford String Quartet, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, January 25, 1989. Recorded by same on Laurel Record (LR-847). Bolcom uses a symmetrical arch form: sections I-VIII are mirrore...

Dedicated and in honor of Darius Milhaud on his 80th birthday. Premiere: The Concord Quartet, Pittsburgh, PA, March, 1973. Movements: 1. Lyrical; Rag; Prestissimo, 2. Larghetto; Reprise; Allegro giojo...

Composed for the Cuarteto Latinamericano

This work for string quartet was written for the Brentano String Quartet and was inspired by Beethoven's opus 95.

This work for string quartet was written for the Brentano String Quartet and was inspired by Beethoven's opus 95.

Commissioned by Caramoor Music Festival in New York and premiered July 14, 2017 by the Argus Quartet, this work is in no small part a response to this quartet's sense of adventure and expressive emoti...

Like much of Reza Vali's music, this string quartet can either be played with traditional Persian tuning or with a mixture of traditional Persian tuning and the European Equal Temperament Tuning. Perf...

Julie Mandel, composer and lyricist, has written chamber music, opera, musical theater, popular and art songs, in addition to being Concert Director of the Long Island Composers' Alliance and the long...

Julie Mandel, composer and lyricist, has written chamber music, opera, musical theater, popular and art songs, in addition to being Concert Director of the Long Island Composers' Alliance and the long...

This collection includes two arrangements by Reza Vali of Johannes Brahms (Waltz, Op. 39, No. 10 and Waltz, Op. 39, No. 7) and also an original work titled Three Romantic Songs, No. 3. Versions for st...

This collection includes two arrangements by Reza Vali of Johannes Brahms (Waltz, Op. 39, No. 10 and Waltz, Op. 39, No. 7) and also an original work titled Three Romantic Songs, No. 3. Versions for st...

Châhârgâh (Calligraphy No. 19) for string quartet with optional contrabass may be performed using the Persian Traditional Tuning System. A detailed chart to set the interval measurements is included w...

This short string quartet is dedicated to the memory of Charles Wetherbee.

Isfahân (Calligraphy No. 17) includes a video that the string quartet must accompany. The music includes instructions on downloading the required video. This work is part of Reza Vali_x005Fs Calligra...

Isfahân (Calligraphy No. 17) includes a video that the string quartet must accompany. The music includes instructions on downloading the required video. This work is part of Reza Vali’s “Calligraphies...

This work for singing string quartet is written in the memory of all brave women and men who have lost their lives during the recentevents in Iran. Written for singing string quartet, a choir may also...