String Ensemble Sheet Music Downloads

Composed in 1988 and revised in 1991, this 28-minute work was commissioned by the University of Glasgow’s McEwen Bequest. The composer stated in 1991, "My first string quartet, Visions of a November S...

Commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and first performed there in 2018 by the Zebra Trio: Ernst Kovacic (violin), Steven Dann (viola) and Anssi Karttunen (cello). Maguey de tlalcoyote i...

Commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and first performed there in 2018 by the Zebra Trio: Ernst Kovacic (violin), Steven Dann (viola) and Anssi Karttunen (cello). Maguey de tlalcoyote i...

Adagio con Sordino is the version for string quartet of an instrumental interlude from the vocal cycle Les Fleurs du Mal - Twelve Songs and Dances inspired by Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, composed by Vl...

At the Foot of the Hafursey Mountains by Ewen Cousin is directly inspired by the Icelandic landscapes - vast, mineral and characterized by silence - which become the starting point for musical reflect...

This string quartet was written at the request of the Sebastian String Quartet. These musical postcards express the composer's deep and intimate feelings for the beautiful places on Earth. Boston Blu...

The idea came to me suddenly: It would be Undine or Ophelia, in any case with a connection to water. When I reread the two stories, I decided on Shakespeare's heroine Ophelia, a touching portrayal of...

The Fantasia was commissioned by the Terezin Music Foundation in 2003. The term 'virtual', borrowed from contemporary cyberspace usage, refers to the fact that the choral is not really there - that is...

The brevity of my Quatuor No. 1, op. 60 and the little piece Alligun were probably the incentive to undertake the composition of a more extensive string quartet at an advanced age. It seemed urgent to...

string quartet and narrator (ad lib.)

Mircea Saulesco commissioned Alligun for his well-known quartet. This one movement work includes an Introduction, Allegro, Berceuse and Coda. The Introduction features crashing dissonant chords. The a...

French-speaking call Mozart Mosar, while for Icelanders it means moss. This work was also partially inspired by the section of the mysterious Voynich manuscript from the 15th century that deals with h...

The initially calm atmosphere of the exposition gradually gives way to agitation, as arpeggios run from one instrument to the next, underscored by arpeggiated pizzicato chords. The piece comes to a cl...

A set of twelve short duets aimed at players at UK Grade 2-3, exploring a range of just over an octave. Both parts share the melodies equally throughout, and there are no page turns within any piece....

A set of twelve short duets aimed at players at UK Grade 2-3, exploring a range of just over an octave. Both parts share the melodies equally throughout, and there are no page turns within any piece....

A set of twelve short duets aimed at players at UK Grade 2-3, exploring a range of just over an octave. Both parts share the melodies equally throughout, and there are no page turns within any piece....

A set of sixteen short duets aimed at players at around UK Grade 1-2 with a range of one octave, ideal for teaching. Both parts share the melodies equally trhoughout each piece and each piece is prese...

A set of sixteen short duets aimed at players at around UK Grade 1-2 with a range of one octave, ideal for teaching. Both parts share the melodies equally trhoughout each piece and each piece is prese...

Twelve short trios at UK Grade 5 level, ideal for use as ensemble performance pieces at (I)GCSE / AS Level as well as for general concert use, either as stand-alone pieces or in combination with other...