Sheet Music for Strings

The String Quartet in G minor Op. 8 dates from the time when Joseph Haas studied with Max Reger (1905). While reflecting the clear influence of his teacher as to form, it also shows the young composer...

The String Quartet in G minor Op. 8 dates from the time when Joseph Haas studied with Max Reger (1905). While reflecting the clear influence of his teacher as to form, it also shows the young composer...

Die Entstehung des String Sextet von G. Waterhouse umfasst einen Zeitraum von fast vier Jahrzehnten. Jeder Satz ist eine Zeitkapsel in der sich kompositorische Stilmittel, Techniken und Klangsprachen...

For my first string quartet, I found it important to compose a piece with a light and entertaining character which simultaneously possesses a ‘profound level’ – this dichotomy is what fascinates me in...

The 9th String Quartet forms the penultimate work in my Beethoven Study quartet cycle. Chronologically, however, it was composed after the 10th Quartet Cavatina. And indeed, when composing it, it felt...

In summer 2020 the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie asked me to write a fanfare for brass ensemble for their opening concert of the season, taking place in the following September in Saarbrücken. I decided...

The music of small forms was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the posit...

The music of small forms was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the posit...

String Quartet No. 2 – Lion’s Teeth by Sebastian Hilli unfolds an expressive world of sound that thrives on contrasts. Inspired by the origin of the word dandelion – dent de lion, the "lion’s tooth" –...

With the 4th String Quartet op. 22, Paul Hindemith opens up new areas of expression and consistently develops his quartet art further. In five contrasting movements, the work combines contrapuntal den...

Duo Concertante contains five brief movements of contrasting character. The first movement functions as a short prelude, with the viola and bass combining to form alternating high and low harmonies an...

L’esprit du Nord, for string quartet, was inspired by and is infused with French-Canadian folk song. Each of the three movements uses a folk song as its basis. The first movement, Chanson de Lisette,...