Classical Sheet Music for String Ensemble

Dvorák composed his twelfth string quartet in F major op. 96, known as the “American” Quartet, in just twelve days during his summer vacation in Spillville, Iowa in June 1893. This immensely uplifting...

Dvorák composed his twelfth string quartet in F major op. 96, known as the “American” Quartet, in just twelve days during his summer vacation in Spillville, Iowa in June 1893. This immensely uplifting...

Das '1. Streichquartett A-Dur' op. 2 (1862) stellt nach dem 'Streichquintett a-Moll' op. 1 das zweite wichtige Werk des damals zwanzigjährigen Komponisten dar. Dvorak kam erst 1887, als er seine frühe...

Das Streichquartett Nr. 2 B-Dur wurde wie die Streichquartette Nr. 3 D-Dur und Nr. 4 e-Moll wahrscheinlich zwischen 1868 und 1870 komponiert, als der junge, noch unerfahrene Komponist auf die vom dama...

Dvorák composed his ambitious String Quartet in C major op. 61 in the autumn of 1881 on behalf of Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic and first violinist of the Hellmesb...

Dvorák composed his ambitious String Quartet in C major op. 61 in the autumn of 1881 on behalf of Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic and first violinist of the Hellmesb...

Das 'Quintett G-Dur' hatte bei seiner Uraufführung am 18. März 1876 noch fünf Sätze - mit dem Intermezzo aus seinem 'Streichquartett e-Moll' (1870) als zweitem Satz. Später hat der Komponist dieses In...

Ludwig van Beethoven's overpowering legacy caused many subsequent composers to avoid writing string quartets at all. Saint-Saëns was no exception in this respect and waited until 1899 and 1918 to prod...

Beethoven was almost thirty years old when he ventured to compose a string quartet for the first time. Could he have been intimidated by the influential models of this young genre of Haydn and Mozart?...

Some of Beethoven's lasting and enduringly successful works date from his so-called "middle creative period". Some of Beethoven's lasting and enduringly successful works date from his so-called "middl...

Violine (2), Viola, Violoncello - Studienpartitur; Urtextausgabe

> Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarship, with detailed separate Critical Commentary (Eng) > Parts ideally laid out for performance purposes This new scholarly-critical edition of String Qu...

Obwohl Beethoven die Veröffentlichung seiner Streichquartette op. 130 und op. 133 nicht mehr erlebt hat, begleitete er doch den Produktionsprozess, indem er Korrekturen vornahm und den Werken ihre end...

Although Beethoven did not live to see the publication of his String Quartets op. 130 and op. 133, he nevertheless accompanied the production process by making corrections and giving the works their f...

Many anecdotes surround String Quartet op. 131: Beethoven is said to have considered it to be his finest quartet and of his late period works, the one dearest to his heart. It is also believed that th...

There are many anecdotes surrounding the String Quartet op. 131: Beethoven described it as his best work; looking back on the works of his last creative period, this string quartet was closest to his...

After years of several personal and creative crises, the last two years of Beethoven's life were marked by an irrepressible creative urge that was directed almost exclusively towards the string quarte...

a tremendous work, tremendously special in the lyrical movement and the indescribable last (Thomas Mann) After years of several personal and creative crises, the last two years of Beethoven's life wer...

Even by today's standards, the Grosse Fuge is a complicated work and presents a challenge for its performers. But it was published - for the first time in music history - with a helpful addition: rehe...

The String Quartet op. 127 marks the beginning of a series of five works in this genre, which Ludwig van Beethoven predominantly occupied himself with during the last years of his life and after sever...