This festive holiday medley for String Quartet includes "Ding Dong!...
This festive holiday medley for String Quartet includes "Ding Dong! Merrily on High," "Verbum Caro Factum Est," "Gaudete," "Carol of the Bagpipers," and "Coventry Carol." Listen here:
A rousing holiday medley for String Quartet that includes "Adeste...
A rousing holiday medley for String Quartet that includes "Adeste Fideles," "The Cradle Song" and "The Glouchester Wassail." Listen here:
Audiences will love this charming and lively setting of Clement...
Audiences will love this charming and lively setting of Clement C. Moore's classic Holiday poem for String Quartet and narrator. A perfect addition to any Holiday concert. Listen here:
In its heyday from 1895 to 1918, the syncopated rhythms...
In its heyday from 1895 to 1918, the syncopated rhythms and sophisticated melodies of ragtime music conquered the world and influenced many "serious" composers, including Erik Satie, Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky, Here's an example of ragtime's unique ability to combine toe-tapping rhythms with elegant harmonies. Listen here:
Most hymnals describe this beautiful tune with words by John...
Most hymnals describe this beautiful tune with words by John Newton as early American folk melody, but there is speculation that it may have come from a song sung by the slaves who were the unhappy cargo of its author's ships. Listen here:
A striking and joyous string quartet arrangement of Respighi's Ancient...
A striking and joyous string quartet arrangement of Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite I Listen here:
One of Granados' most darkly haunting melodies, "Andaluza," (No. 5...
One of Granados' most darkly haunting melodies, "Andaluza," (No. 5 from his Danzas Espanolas) sings beautifully in a pulsing, sonorous arrangement for String Quartet. Listen here:
Isaac Albeniz originally wrote this work as the prelude of...
Isaac Albeniz originally wrote this work as the prelude of a three-movement piano suite entitled Chants d'Espagne. After his death a German publisher gave it the title Asturias and added the subtitle Leyenda ("legend") thinking this would add some exotic flavor to to piece, but the music itself has nothing to...
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