String Quartet Sheet Music

Composed in 2007, this 25-minute work was commissioned by Southbank Centre for its Associate Artists, the Takács Quartet. A major addition to the contemporary string quartet repertory, the San Francis...

This publication gathers together three miniatures for string quartet, all composed 'in memoriam' a particular individual. Memento (4 minutes) was written in memory of the composer's friend, David Hun...

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...

Anmerkung des Komponisten:Die Primula vulgaris ist eine in Europa heimische Pflanze, die auch unter dem Namen 'English Primrose' ('Stängellose Schlüsselblume') bekannt und ein willkommener Anblick im...

Inhalt: Direktion und Einzelstimmen Violine 1 + 2, Viola, Violoncello aus den "Vier Jahreszeiten"

Ouverture HWV 351 Inhalt: Direktion und Einzelstimmen Violine 1 + 2, Viola, Violoncello

Inhalt: Direktion und Einzelstimmen Violine 1 + 2, Viola, Violoncello aus dem Notenbüchlein der Anna Magdalena Bach

Inhalt: Direktion und Einzelstimmen Violine 1 + 2, Viola, Violoncello; 1.) Barcarole, Jaques Offenbach, aus der Oper "Hoffmanns Erzählungen" 2.) Lied des Torero, George Bizet, aus der Oper "Carmen"

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...

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...

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...