The Four and the One


Book Description

Spotlighting the four women of the Lafayette Quartet, a leading Canadian ensemble, Rounds offers both a comprehensive history of the beloved instrumental form and an inside view of the complex world of professional quartet players, revealing the exultation and heatache that are the performing artists' daily fare. A treat for every music lover, whether player, listener or composer.




Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments, Bk 4


Book Description

The study of string instruments should include ensemble playing at the earliest possible stage. There is much to be gained from the playing of duets. Each player learns how to listen to the other, and in a short time develops an awareness of balance, musical phrasing, intonation, and tone quality. This type of training is excellent preparation for participation in large groups. These four volumes of duets for two violins will help fill the need for early ensemble experience in the public schools. They should be used in string classes as a supplement to any of the standard string methods. They will also encourage music making outside of the school, with parents or with other students. These duets are ideal for recitals in the public schools and in public school festivals. They may be played by two performers, or by multiple performers on each part, with or without piano accompaniment. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.




Technics Used by Charles Martin Loeffler in Music for Four Stringed Instruments


Book Description

Charles Martin Loeffler's Music for Four Stringed Instruments was composed in 1923, two years before his death. It is the aim of this thesis to investigate the technics used by the composer in the quartet. No attempt is made discuss the life history of the composer nor the aesthetics of his music. Suffice it to say that Music for Four Stringed Instruments is "Dedicated to the memory of Victor Chapman," an aviator killed in World War I, and consists of three movements. The quartet will be discussed from its linear properties gradually leading to the chord progressions and root movements through an analysis of chord structures. Publication of the work was made possible by the Society for the Publication of American Music through a subsidy by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress. A second edition score was used in analysis. Recordings are available on Victor Records, performed by the Coolidge Quartet.







Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments, Book IV


Book Description

The study of string instruments should include ensemble playing at the earliest possible stage. There is much to be gained from the playing of duets. Each player learns how to listen to the other, and in a short time develops an awareness of balance, musical phrasing, intonation, and tone quality. This type of training is excellent preparation for participation in large groups. These four volumes of duets for two violins will help fill the need for early ensemble experience in the public schools. They should be used in string classes as a supplement to any of the standard string methods. They will also encourage music making outside of the school, with parents or with other students. These duets are ideal for recitals in the public schools and in public school festivals. They may be played by two performers, or by multiple performers on each part, with or without piano accompaniment.




Indivisible by Four


Book Description

The author tells of his own development as a student, "of how he and his intrepid colleagues were converted to chamber music ... [and of how] four individualists master and then overcome the confining demands of ensemble playing."--Jacket.