£9.95
During his 27 years as cantor at St. Thomas’s in Leipzig, Bach wrote over 160 cantatas for the various festivals of the church year. This arrangement by Carlo Martelli is of one of the best known numbers of these works.
Piece Description
During his 27 years as cantor at St. Thomas’s in Leipzig, Bach wrote over 160 cantatas for the various festivals of the church year. This arrangement by Carlo Martelli is of one of the best known numbers of these works.
Review: “A piece originally made famous in its piano transcription, this arrangement for the string quartet medium distils the essence of this beautiful composition with the greatest skill. Suitable for concerts, encores or just sheer enjoyment. For schools, studios and professionals.” – New Issues September 1994
Additional information
| Media | |
|---|---|
| Composer | |
| Arranger | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Difficulty | |
| Series |
Biography
Biography
Martelli, Carlo
Carlo Martelli was born on the 12th December 1935 in London to an Italian father and an English mother. By the age of eleven Carlo had developed a passion for the symphony orchestra. Just before his twelfth birthday he started taking regular violin lessons and very soon began writing elaborate orchestral scores achieving a mastery in this field by the age of sixteen, by which time he had obtained a County Scholarship to attend the Royal College of Music in London, studying composition and viola. By the time he was 21 he had written a string quartet and had already had a great deal of success with several large scale serious symphonic compositions, notably his Second Symphony, which had many performances and broadcasts by several major orchestras in the few years after its completion. In the 1960's he turned to film music to make a living, and also worked steadily as a freelance viola player. His arrangements for string quartet, trio and other combinations number well over 250 and are played by hundreds of groups all over the world.
Related products
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bach arr. Martelli – Sheep May Safely Graze, Cantata No. 208 (String Quartet)
It may come as a surprise to many who love this piece that the deep contentment and severity with which it is imbued carry no religious implications. Here arranged by Carlo Martelli for string quartet, it was originally a soprano solo with obbligato accompaniment for two flutes from the composers Birthday Cantata.
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bach arr. Martelli – Sleepers Wake, Cantata No. 140 (String Quartet)
The arranger Carlo Martelli has amused himself, and he hopes his audience, by combining Bach's famous melody with Puccini's Nessun Dorma which translated means, of course, 'None shall sleep' - hence Sleepers Awake!
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bach arr. Martelli – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Movement 1 (String Quartet) – Digital Download
Of all Bach's instrumental works the six Brandenburg Concertos are his most famous and well loved. This arrangement by Carlo Martelli of the first movement of Brandenburg No. 4 expertly transcribes for the four strings what was originally written for two recorders, solo violin and string orchestra.
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bach arr. Martelli – Et In Unum Dominum from Mass in B Minor (String Quartet)
Bach's vocal style has been accused, quite justly, of being entirely instrumental in origin - therefore this excerpt from the Mass in B Minor is particularly well suited to this arrangement for string quartet by Carlo Martelli.
Debussy, Claude
Debussy arr. Martelli – Golliwog’s Cakewalk from Children’s Corner Piano Suite (String Quartet)
This movement from Debussy's Children's Corner piano suite is one of its composers most popular pieces, here skilfully arranged by Carlo Martelli for string quartet.
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bach arr. Martelli – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (String Quartet) – Digital Download
This arrangement by Carlo Martelli of perhaps the mightiest and most popular of all organ works is at the other end of the scale from the many that have been made for huge orchestras, although nonetheless effective despite its mere four string players. Suitable for colleges, conservatories and professionals.