Traditional – Christmas Medley One (String Quartet Parts)

Traditional - Christmas Medley One (String Quartet Parts)
Traditional - Christmas Medley One (String Quartet Parts)

£7.95

Recorded by the Pavão Quartet on the CD A Christmas Collection (released in 2007 on Discrete Recordings DISC 0702), this is a skilfully concocted collection by Carlo Martelli of several well known seasonal favourites, including Away in a Manger, The First Nowell, The Holly and the Ivy, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Past Three O'clock, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, O Come All Ye Faithful and Jerusalem. Suitable for concerts, encores, or just sheer enjoyment.

Traditional - Christmas Medley One (String Quartet Parts)
Traditional – Christmas Medley One (String Quartet Parts)

£7.95

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Recorded by the Pavão Quartet on the CD A Christmas Collection (released in 2007 on Discrete Recordings DISC 0702), this is a skilfully concocted collection by Carlo Martelli of several well known seasonal favourites, including Away in a Manger, The First Nowell, The Holly and the Ivy, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Past Three O'clock, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, O Come All Ye Faithful and Jerusalem. Suitable for concerts, encores, or just sheer enjoyment.

Review: "Clever arrangements of well known tunes, from the talented pen of Carlo Martelli." – New Issues, October 1994

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.
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