Name: Chopin - Grande Valse Brillante, Opus 34 No. 2 (String Quartet Parts) - Parts Digital Download
SKU: B&D10125 Parts Digital Download
Price: 7.95 GBP
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SKU: B&D10125 Parts Digital Download Category: Chopin, Frédéric François Chopin

Piece Description

Amongst Chopin's many brilliant, virtuosi and completely pianistic pieces are to be found gentler creations suitable for transcription for string quartet, such as the restrained, introspective and, with its Lento marking and low-lying melodies, possibly ironically termed Grande Valse Brillante. Arranged by Bill Thorp.

Review: "The opening melody is all viola in this appealing transcription. For colleges, conservatories and professionals." – New Issues November 1994

Additional information

Media	Digital Download
Composer	Frédéric Franà§ois Chopin
Arranger	Bill Thorp
Instrumentation	String Quartet
Difficulty	Medium
Series	Classic String Quartet Collection

Biography

Thorp, Bill

Bill Thorp started arranging music, while still at school, as a member of a folk group in which he played string bass. More experience followed with a college based acoustic folk-rock bank, playing violin, viola and piano, which went on to work professionally for two years. Later, in a varied career which included performing with string quartets at some of London's pizza restaurants, he was prompted to arrange music especially for that grouping and situation. Nowadays his playing career ranges from appearing on Renaissance, Baroque and Classical Violin with most of London's period instrument groups, to odd recording sessions on country and western fiddle.