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Chamber Music
String Quartet
Fauré, Gabriel
(1845–1924)
String Quartet op. 121
Urtext / Ed. J. W. Sobaskie
BA 7901 Parts in slipcover
TP 412 Study score
Gabriel Fauré’s only string
quartet which he composed in
1923-24 is the composer’s final
work and was written when he
was already extremely ill.
He added dynamics and slurs
only in some parts of the
exposition of the first
movement and then asked
his former pupil Jean Roger-
Ducasse to complete the work.
Roger-Ducasse’s additions
were however very extensive;
he even altered and
supplemented some of Fauré’s
own markings in the
exposition.
Bärenreiter’s first ever
scholarly- critical edition of the
quartet utilises all sources
including the composer’s
letters which provide valuable
insights into the origins of the
composition.
First scholarly-critical
edition of this work
High-quality Urtext edition
based on the Complete
Works of Gabriel Fauré
“… editor James William
Sobaskie has done an admirable
job …”
(Notes)
No distribution rights
for the USA.
Fiddle Tunes
(Irish Music for Strings)
Arranged by G. Speckert
BA 8145 Score with five parts:
V I, V II, Va (V III), Vc
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Franck, César
(1822–1890)
String Quartet
Urtext / Ed. C. Strucken-Paland
BA 9421 Parts in slipcover
TP 421 Study score
César Franck's string quartet
was completed and premiered
in 1890 shortly before the
composer's death; he did not
live to see the work published.
This publication draws on the
first edition, the engraver’s
copy used for the first edition,
and the sketches with their
many crossed out attempts
which contain an earlier
version of the first movement
as well as a copy of the autograph.
Franck’s letters and
a set of hand-written parts
which he produced for Eugene
Ysaÿe’s string quartet have
also been taken into account.
First Urtext edition of
Franck’s masterwork
Indian Chants for Strings
Arranged by G. Speckert
BA 9402 Score with five parts:
V I, VII, Va (V III),Vc
“This would be at the top
of my list for something new,
different, and fun for young
students in a group class.”
(Stringendo)
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Janáček, Leoš
(1854–1928)
String Quartet No. 1 after
Tolstoy's “Kreutzer Sonata”
Urtext / Eds. L. Faltus, M. Štĕdroň
BA 9520 Parts in slipcover
TP 520 Study score
“Bärenreiter has a
reputation for high quality
editions, and this volume does
not disappoint: accurate notes
and markings, well laid out, and
visually attractive.”
(American String Teacher)
String Quartet No. 2
“Intimate Letters”
Urtext / Eds. L. Faltus, M. Štĕdroň
BA 9533 Parts in slipcover
TP 533 Study score
Janáček, Leoš
(1854–1928)
NEW 2018
Youth / Mládí
arranged for string quartet
by K. Mařatka
BA 11543 Parts in slipcover
TP 521 Study score
Youth for wind sextet, is a
masterpiece from Janáček’s
late period (1924). Mařatka has
sought to transform the
concise winds’ sound to the
timbre of the strings, thereby
creating a “third string quartet”
of the composer, a welcome
addition to the string quartet
repertoire.
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