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Double Bass Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass Quartet DESPERATE

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Cassadie

Sep 4, 2008
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I have solo and ensemble competition for my high school school district in early February. My quintet was working on the Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet in C Minor Mvt 1, but the pianist waited until TODAY to tell me she can't learn it in time.

I can't disband everyone else, so I need a quartet for violin, viola, cello, and bass. Please tell me where I can hear a recording so I don't end up playing something everyone hates, which is the best movement, and where to buy it that ships the fastest to the USA.

Thanks,
Cassadie
 
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koricancowboy said:
Go here and check it out. It lists a ton of pieces. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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The only thing with that site that bothers me is that it can be nearly impossible to locate some of the pieces listed and it is not very organized. It's great to really go through it when there is a lot of time, but for me that I definitely not now. Damn flaky pianist.

What makes it especially hard to find chamber music that qualifies for the competition is it has to be strings only. So that throws out the Prokofiev, the Sperger quartet, and many other beautiful pieces out

And thanks BostonPop01, very interesting articles! I am really going to try to play one of the Onslow quintets next school year.

Luckily my private teacher has one of the Hoffmeister quartets and my violinist, violist, and cellist agreed to play it.
 
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Cassadie said:
The only thing with that site that bothers me is that it can be nearly impossible to locate some of the pieces listed and it is not very organized. It's great to really go through it when there is a lot of time, but for me that I definitely not now. Damn flaky pianist.
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I have gone through the "Duo" section of that list and compiled sources for hundreds of works. PM me and I'll send it to you.
Neil
 
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If your violist can play violin or in the violin register from treble clef, Rossini wrote a bunch ofLink Removed when he was in his teens. Some are more busy in the bass section than others. All are very idiomatic for the instruments (ie easy to play) but require all the attention of playing chamber music.
 
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bejoyous said:
If your violist can play violin or in the violin register from treble clef, Rossini wrote a bunch ofLink Removed when he was in his teens. Some are more busy in the bass section than others. All are very idiomatic for the instruments (ie easy to play) but require all the attention of playing chamber music.
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I saw a website listing those for sale the other day and I had honestly never even heard of them before. I definitely need to listen to them!

I got the music to Hoffmeister Quartets 2 and 4 today, now I just need to hurry up and figure out what I can manage to play well by early February!
 
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bejoyous said:
If your violist can play violin or in the violin register from treble clef, Rossini wrote a bunch ofLink Removed when he was in his teens. Some are more busy in the bass section than others. All are very idiomatic for the instruments (ie easy to play) but require all the attention of playing chamber music.
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I have the book with #4-6 in it....fun stuff! The bass parts are very easy...the violins....not so much! The book came with violin 1, 2 cello and bass...no viola, though.
 
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Cassadie said:
The only thing with that site that bothers me is that it is not very organized.
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How so?

If it's a high school group you're probably limited to the Chávez and Klemperer (yes, the conductor) quartets. Everything else for that instrumentation that's of any interest (Lerdahl, Estrada) is pretty advanced and the solo bass quartets of Hoffmeister and Hindle are meant for Viennese tuning.
 

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