£13.95
One of the most well known movements of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, this splendid arrangement by Carlo Martelli is a welcome addition to Broadbent and Dunn’s Classic String Quartet Collection.
Piece Description
One of the most well known movements of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, this splendid arrangement by Carlo Martelli is a welcome addition to Broadbent and Dunn’s Classic String Quartet Collection.
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
Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arr. Martelli – Moonlight Sonata, Movement 3 (String Quartet)
Arranging symphonically orientated works for string quartet is always a daunting challenge, especially when there is a pronounced virtuosic element or a high degree of complexity in the original. In this publication Carlo Martelli has risen magnificently to the challenge as always.
Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 7 Finale (String Quartet)
Arranged by Carlo Martelli, the final movement of Beethoven's seventh symphony, once described by Wagner as the apotheosis of the dance, is one of the most rumbustious and exciting ever composed by any symphonist.
Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 7 Movement 2 (String Quartet)
Of all Beethoven's symphonic movements this can claim to be his most popular. Indeed, for many years after its first performance it was sometimes used as a substitute slow movement for the second symphony. Arranged by Carlo Martelli.
Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 8 Movement 2 (String Quartet)
This movement of Beethoven's Little Symphony, as he called it, was inspired by the ticking of the metronome which had recently been invented by a friend of the composer. Arranged by Carlo Martelli. For conservatories and professionals.
Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 5 Movement 1 (String Quartet)
As to be or not to be is the one Shakespeare quote that is universally recognised, so too is the opening of this Symphony vis a vis Beethoven. Despite the impression of overwhelming intensity given by this movement, it is one of the most perfectly balanced the composer ever wrote.
Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arr. Martelli – Symphony No. 2 Movement 2 (String Quartet)
Perhaps the most exquisitely beautiful of all Beethoven's symphonic slow movements, this is in essence a love song of the profoundest depth and purity. Arranged by Carlo Martelli.