Elgar – Bavarian Dance from Three Bavarian Dances (String Quartet Score)

Elgar - Bavarian Dance from Three Bavarian Dances (String Quartet Score)
Elgar - Bavarian Dance from Three Bavarian Dances (String Quartet Score)

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This is an adaptation by Carlo Martelli for string quartet of one of six choral songs the composer wrote while holidaying in Southern Germany. The original version was for harmonium and 4 part chorus. Elgar later orchestrated three of the songs under the title Three Bavarian Dances. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.

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This is an adaptation by Carlo Martelli for string quartet of one of six choral songs the composer wrote while holidaying in Southern Germany. The original version was for harmonium and 4 part chorus. Elgar later orchestrated three of the songs under the title Three Bavarian Dances. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.

Review: "A wonderful addition to Broadbent and Dunn's Classic String Quartet Collection, Edward Elgar's Bavarian Dance from Three 'Bavarian Dances is a string quartet adaptation of the first of three choral pieces written during a German vacation once taken by the composer and his wife. The original version was composed for harmonium and four-part chorus, but Elgar later orchestrated all three works under the title Three 'Bavarian Dances. Bavarian Dance is the first of the Bavarian trilogy and is also the most radiant and energetic. Expertly arranged by versatile veteran composer and arranger Carlo Martelli."-  News Notes November 2008

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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.

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