String Quartet Sheet Music

Streichquartette Musique de chambre

This string quartet is in five movements, of which the second and fifth are by far the most elaborate. The remaining three movements are rather short, like brief vignettes. The second movement draws i...

Streichquartette Musique de chambre Original contemporary work for string quartet. Commissioned by RepertorioZero. 1st movement premiered on September 2007 during the Festival Mito (Milano, Italia), b...

In the first half of the 20th century, numerous Suisse Romande composers had double training in Germany then in Paris, subsequently often preserving - like Frank Martin - simultaneous ties with the La...

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...

Immerse yourself in the fascinating, rhythmically vibrant sound world of the 1920s: With his "Five Pieces for String Quartet", Erwin Schulhoff created a sparkling masterpiece filled with stylistic div...