Chamber music is an essential part of learning to play an instrument. These versatile quartets are written so that they can be performed by any combination of four string instruments. These arrangements by prominent string pedagogue Doris Gazda will sound full and satisfying with only four players all the way up to a full string orchestra. The selection of music in this collection covers a wide variety of musical styles that will provide hours of enjoyment and performance options. The quartets are progressively organized by level of difficulty as the performers advance in their skills. This is a welcome addition to the repertoire for all string players.
Table of Contents
Foreword
There's Music in the Air
America
The Fox
Early One Morning
Cindy
Oh! Susanna
The Wabash Cannonball
Home on the Range
Pat-A-Pen
Fum! Fum! Fum!
Flow Gently, Sweet Afton
Go Down Moses
Santa Lucia
The Boll Weevil
The Orchestra
Sailor's Song
Two French Carols
1. Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella
2. March of the King
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Musette
Evening Prayer from the Opera Hansel and Gretel
Lullaby
Minuet from the Opera Don Giovanni
The Reaper's Song
Viennese Refrain
German Dance
Barcarolle from the Opera The Tales of Hoffmann
Polka
Gavotte
Chanson Triste
Intermezzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Gavotte from the Ballet Les petits riens
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