Classical Sheet Music for String Ensemble

Benjamin Britten wrote his 'String Quartet in F' in April 1928, shortly after he began lessons with Frank Bridge. He was fourteen at the time and it is thought that this piece was set as a homework ex...

The sources for this new edition of Britten's String Quartet No.3 was the original manuscript, a photocopy of the manuscript in progress, Rosamund Strode's fair copy. The Quartet was written for the A...

Arranged for String Orchestra (3-2-2-2-2) by John Krance.

Written as the test piece for the CAVATINA Intercollegiate String Quartet Competition held at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, this short piece gives ensembles an opportunity to display their creativity b...

Finnissy's Second String Quartet was written for the Kreutzer String Quartet. It is based on a Haydn quartet, and traces of the older work can be discerned within Finnissy's distinctive musical style....

Finnissy's Third String Quartet is the composer's response to the natural world and man's place in it. The work incorporates birdsong, both transcribed and recorded, and the instruments gradually fade...

for string quintet. A response to Schubert's String Quintet in C (D956), this work highlights the added bass sonority provided by the second cello. It is a single movement work and explores ideas of f...

Berkeley's second string quartet uses a free, random presentation of thematic material. There is a sharp contrast between the tight and rhythmic central section and the final passage which dispenses w...

for string quintet. Sentinels was written for the Brodsky Quartet and John Metcalfe. The piece is really a long, unrelenting march whose pulse never slackens or quickens, and in which slightly quirky...

for string quartet. This is a version for string quartet of Erkoreka's saxophone quartet, Duduk II. It is the last of the four Duduk pieces which are based on the traditional modes/scales of Armenia.

This four-movement work represents the composer's desire 'to write a piece of real chamber music, intimate and conversational in tone, drawing the listener into its worlds'. The result, he writes, 'is...

Commissioned by Cardiff University School of Music and dedicated to their resident string quartet, this work is in one unbroken span that is formed from four linked movements. The work features sharpl...

for string quartet. Written for the Smith Quartet, the title refers to some of the many different meanings of the word 'catch' - fishing, tricks, rounds. The result is a twelve-minute piece played con...

for string quartet. Tendrils has been described as a 'masterly display of Skempton's utterly natural art.' It is built out of continuous undulating lines that sustain their effect throughout, the impu...

Moving On is a single movement work for string quartet. Skempton masterfully combines classical string quartet textures with luxuriant harmonies and a fluid approach to tonality, resulting in an appea...

Moving On is a single movement work for string quartet. Skempton masterfully combines classical string quartet textures with luxuriant harmonies and a fluid approach to tonality, resulting in an appea...

This intense work is inspired by a photograph of Zhou Long's wife Chen Yi face to face with a hawk that had landed near their house. The music is filled with eerie slides and dynamic changes, with a f...

Three atmospheric Wintry pieces. One of the most prolific British composers of the 20th century, William Alwyn (1905-85) produced almost three hundred compositions in most genres: opera, ballet, orche...

Duo Nr. 1 C-Dur 1. Allegro moderato maestoso 2. Rondo. Andantino Duo Nr. 2 D-Dur 1. Allegro moderato 2. Rondo. Allegro Duo Nr. 3 G-Dur 1. Allegro molto 2. Rondo (Allegro)

Duo Nr. 4 c-moll 1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Allegro. Thema mit 5 Variationen Duo Nr. 5 A-Durr 1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Allegro Duo Nr. 6 F-Dur 1. Allegro 2. Rondo

1. Allegro non tanto 2. Andante 3. Allegro vivace

In op. 47, which enriches the literature with two cellos, Scholz achieves a passion and warmth of expression, a 'higher peculiarity of reflection on the essential' that should make music makers sit up...

First Edition

First Edition