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Modern Classical Music Sheet Music for String Orchestra

Discover the vibrant world of contemporary string music with our curated selection of modern classical scores. From the pioneers of the 20th century to the leading voices of today, our collection offers a wealth of new textures and harmonic landscapes for violins, violas, cellos, and basses. Whether for professional concert performance or academic study, these scores provide an exciting challenge for any string orchestra. Browse our shop today and bring the sounds of the modern era to your ensemble!
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Order no.: GMCO090-00

Orchestration: nHarp (optional) Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) This suite was composed for, and first performed in 2011 at the 40th Rye Arts Festival in East Sussex. Once surrounded...

Orchestration: nHarp (optional) Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) This suite was composed for, and first performed in 2011 at the 40th Rye Arts Festival in East Sussex. Once surrounded...

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Order no.: GMCO093

Orchestration: nStrings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Flute (or solo violin) Idyll only Tambourine (optional) Bacchanal only Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880-1956) was a pupil of Walford Davies a...

Orchestration: nStrings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Flute (or solo violin) Idyll only Tambourine (optional) Bacchanal only Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880-1956) was a pupil of Walford Davies a...

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Theron Kirk

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Theron Kirk was an American educator and composer who was born in 1919 and died in October 1999. He is the composer of more than 1,000 published w...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Theron Kirk was an American educator and composer who was born in 1919 and died in October 1999. He is the composer of more than 1,000 published w...

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Paul Lewis

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass With a lifelong passion for mediaeval architecture it was inevitable that I should fall in love with Norfolk on first sight in 1966; as a composer...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass With a lifelong passion for mediaeval architecture it was inevitable that I should fall in love with Norfolk on first sight in 1966; as a composer...

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Order no.: GMCO104
Peter Lawson
for string orchestra

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Burlesque in the Burren started life as the third movement of the composer's 'The Grand Design Quartet', subtitled 'Song of the Common Spotted Orc...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Burlesque in the Burren started life as the third movement of the composer's 'The Grand Design Quartet', subtitled 'Song of the Common Spotted Orc...

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Clive Jenkins
for string orchestra

Orchestration: Solo Violin, Solo Violoncello, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Thames Reflections accompanied pictures of modern buildings reflected in the river projected onto five big screens...

Orchestration: Solo Violin, Solo Violoncello, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Thames Reflections accompanied pictures of modern buildings reflected in the river projected onto five big screens...

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Paul Lewis
for solo and string orchestra

Orchestration: Solo Harmonica or Violin or Flute (doubling Piccolo), Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Whilst walking 'twixt castle and coast on Pevensey Levels one sunny winter's day a melody pl...

Orchestration: Solo Harmonica or Violin or Flute (doubling Piccolo), Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Whilst walking 'twixt castle and coast on Pevensey Levels one sunny winter's day a melody pl...

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Clive Jenkins
for viola or clarinet and string orchestra

Orchestration: Solo Viola or Clarinet in Bb, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass This piece was composed in 1987 for Jonathan Mallalieu, now artistic director of Beauville Arts in France, then a gi...

Orchestration: Solo Viola or Clarinet in Bb, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass This piece was composed in 1987 for Jonathan Mallalieu, now artistic director of Beauville Arts in France, then a gi...

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Clive Jenkins
for solo instrument and string orchestra

Orchestration: Solo Harmonica or Violin or Flute or Clarinet or Alto Sax, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass A memorable piece in slow swing style. 4, 7, 11 - Counting the number of bars in the in...

Orchestration: Solo Harmonica or Violin or Flute or Clarinet or Alto Sax, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass A memorable piece in slow swing style. 4, 7, 11 - Counting the number of bars in the in...

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Clive Jenkins
for string orchestra and optional piano

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano [optional] Majesty was composed for a concert at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London given by Peter Fisher and the Chamber Ensemble of L...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano [optional] Majesty was composed for a concert at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London given by Peter Fisher and the Chamber Ensemble of L...

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Paul Lewis
for string orchestra

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Whilst scoring a TV play starring actor Robert Hardy, I was asked by him to write a short organ piece in memory of his recently deceased...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Whilst scoring a TV play starring actor Robert Hardy, I was asked by him to write a short organ piece in memory of his recently deceased...

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John Jeffreys

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass These two sketches were written by John Jeffreys in 1958 when he was living in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. The manuscript was discovered amongst his...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass These two sketches were written by John Jeffreys in 1958 when he was living in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. The manuscript was discovered amongst his...

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John Jeffreys

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass The Pieces from Otten are four of the twelve pieces originally composed for the chamber organ at the church of St.Ethelbert at Belchamp Otten in N...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass The Pieces from Otten are four of the twelve pieces originally composed for the chamber organ at the church of St.Ethelbert at Belchamp Otten in N...

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Clive Jenkins
for Clarinet & Strings

Orchestration: Clarinet in Bb, Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) To mark ten years of lunchtime recitals in the International Series at Plymouth Museum & Art Gallery in 2003, concert or...

Orchestration: Clarinet in Bb, Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) To mark ten years of lunchtime recitals in the International Series at Plymouth Museum & Art Gallery in 2003, concert or...

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Order no.: GMCO151
Clive Jenkins
for string orchestra

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) The Chamber Ensemble of London gave the first performance of this work at St Martin-in-the-Fields in 2009 and later recorded it on the C...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) The Chamber Ensemble of London gave the first performance of this work at St Martin-in-the-Fields in 2009 and later recorded it on the C...

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Paul Lewis
for strings and harp

Orchestration: Harp, Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Ecclesbourne Glen is a beauty spot on the south coast of England: a wooded valley with a stream toppling over sandstone cliffs to...

Orchestration: Harp, Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Ecclesbourne Glen is a beauty spot on the south coast of England: a wooded valley with a stream toppling over sandstone cliffs to...

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Clive Jenkins
for piano and string orchestra

Orchestration: Solo Piano, Strings: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Clive Jenkins was introduced to Margaret Fingerhut after a Kings Place concert where his 'Tarte au Citron' and 'Thames Reflec...

Orchestration: Solo Piano, Strings: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Clive Jenkins was introduced to Margaret Fingerhut after a Kings Place concert where his 'Tarte au Citron' and 'Thames Reflec...

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  • Harp and String orchestra
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Philip Lane
for high voice, harp and strings

BARDSONG - Nine Shakespeare Lyrics for high voice, harp & string orchestra Orchestration: High voice Harp Strings: (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) 1. Where the bee sucks (Range D-G) 2. Tell m...

BARDSONG - Nine Shakespeare Lyrics for high voice, harp & string orchestra Orchestration: High voice Harp Strings: (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) 1. Where the bee sucks (Range D-G) 2. Tell m...

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Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)I composed this two-movement work in 2014 to thank Malcolm Latchem, violinist-director of the Pressenda Ensemble, for many highly profess...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)I composed this two-movement work in 2014 to thank Malcolm Latchem, violinist-director of the Pressenda Ensemble, for many highly profess...

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Orchestration: Solo Oboe, Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Oboist Michael Stowe, prize-winner, first class graduate (Guildhall 2019), entered the music profession when the 2020 covid p...

Orchestration: Solo Oboe, Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Oboist Michael Stowe, prize-winner, first class graduate (Guildhall 2019), entered the music profession when the 2020 covid p...

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Michael Hopkins

A perfect piece for a young orchestra to perform on their first concert for an opener or feature work. It is also a great tool for teaching young players about bow distribution. The piece contains eig...

A perfect piece for a young orchestra to perform on their first concert for an opener or feature work. It is also a great tool for teaching young players about bow distribution. The piece contains eig...

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Timothy Broege

Composed during the winter of 2004, The Shoreline is an impressionist view of the New Jersey central coast, near the composer's home. The season is winter, and the sky is gray. The waves are calm. In...

Composed during the winter of 2004, The Shoreline is an impressionist view of the New Jersey central coast, near the composer's home. The season is winter, and the sky is gray. The waves are calm. In...

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Walter Cummings

This very lush work for younger string players uses light percussion (rain stick, wind chimes, triangle, suspend cymbal-all playable by one player) and bells or piano to create an evocative soundscape...

This very lush work for younger string players uses light percussion (rain stick, wind chimes, triangle, suspend cymbal-all playable by one player) and bells or piano to create an evocative soundscape...

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