Variations on Home Sweet Home (there's no place like home) for string quartet by David Warin Solomons String Quartet - Digital Sheet Music
By David Warin SolomonsA parodical instrumental version of Henry Bishop's famous tune (There's no place like home).Each variation gives the tune to a different instrument in the group and the various styles represent the various uncles we might visit, who lend their own national flavour to the tune, before returning to our original home.The sequence is:The original composition by Henry R. BishopVariation 1. Uncle Hamish - involving Scottish snaps and bagpipe drones and a brief quote fom Scotland the BraveVariation 2. Uncle Scott (Joplin) a sort of ragtime versionVariation 3. L'Oncle Olivier (Messaien) - a moody version in octatonic mode (one of Messaiens' favourite modes)Variation 4. Uncle Wu - a major pentatonic version in honour of a doctor of mineVariation 5. Onkel Johann (Strauss) a jolly waltzVariation 6. Back HomeThe pdf file contains score and partsThe sound sample is an electronic preview.
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Summary
- Ensembles:
- String Quartet
- Genres:
- Romantic Period 20th Century Contemporary
- Publishers:
- David Warin Solomons
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Musical forms:
- Variations
- Artist:
- David Warin Solomons
- Arrangers:
- David Warin Solomons
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 21
Detailed Description
SKU: A0.579908
Composed by Henry R Bishop. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary,Romantic Period. 21 pages. David Warin Solomons #3458343. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.579908).About ArrangeMe
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