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A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first and second violin players (each usually playing different parts), the viola, the cello, and usually, but not always, the double bass.
String orchestras can be of chamber orchestra size ranging from between 12 (4 first violins, 3 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and 1 bass = 12) and 21 musicians (6 first violins, 5 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos and 2 double basses= 21) sometimes performing without a conductor. It could also consist of the entire string section of a large symphony orchestra which could have 60 musicians (16 first violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos and 8 double basses = 60; Gurre-Lieder calls for 84: 20.20.16.16.12).[1]
The repertoire includes several works by Mozart (including Eine kleine Nachtmusik), William Boyce (his eight symphonies are for strings only), and Haydn which dispense with the baroquebasso continuo. Some of these works are problematic when it comes to deciding whether they are for orchestra or string quartet. Particularly in Haydn's early works it is argued that the inversions of harmony from the occasional crossings of the bass and viola line imply a double bass; the question is not settled, however.
^Josep Gustems Carnicer; Edmon Elgström Misol (2008). Guía práctica para la dirección de grupos vocales e instrumentales (in Spanish). Grao. pp. 32–34. ISBN978-84-7827-643-1.
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This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources String orchestra news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2018 A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following the violin which is divided into first and second violin players each usually playing different parts the viola the cello and usually but not always the double bass A string orchestra Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis source source Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 1910 performed by the U S Army Band Strings Problems playing this file See media help String orchestras can be of chamber orchestra size ranging from between 12 4 first violins 3 second violins 2 violas 2 cellos and 1 bass 12 and 21 musicians 6 first violins 5 second violins 4 violas 4 cellos and 2 double basses 21 sometimes performing without a conductor It could also consist of the entire string section of a large symphony orchestra which could have 60 musicians 16 first violins 14 second violins 12 violas 10 cellos and 8 double basses 60 Gurre Lieder calls for 84 20 20 16 16 12 1 Contents 1 Repertoire 2 Works for string orchestra 3 Instrumentation 4 ReferencesRepertoire Edit Serenade for Strings Op 20 mv 1 source source Edward Elgar s Serenade for Strings movement 1 performed by the United States Army Band Strings ensemble Problems playing this file See media help The repertoire includes several works by Mozart including Eine kleine Nachtmusik William Boyce his eight symphonies are for strings only and Haydn which dispense with the baroque basso continuo Some of these works are problematic when it comes to deciding whether they are for orchestra or string quartet Particularly in Haydn s early works it is argued that the inversions of harmony from the occasional crossings of the bass and viola line imply a double bass the question is not settled however Important 20th century works have been written for string orchestra by Bartok Divertimento for String Orchestra Stravinsky Apollo Witold Lutoslawski Musique funebre Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony and Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Charles Wuorinen Grand Bamboula and Malcolm Williamson Symphony No 7 Sir Michael Tippett wrote a Concerto for Double String Orchestra and Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote a Partita for Double String Orchestra Composers who have written a Serenade for string orchestra include Tchaikovsky Dvorak Suk and Elgar Mendelssohn in his youth also wrote thirteen symphonies for string orchestra Danse Sacree L 103 No 1 source source Danse Profane L 103 No 2 source source Problems playing these files See media help Sometimes works originally written for string quartet quintet sextet etc are arranged for string orchestra Samuel Barber s Adagio for Strings Alban Berg s 3 Pieces from his Lyric Suite Arnold Schoenberg s string sextet Verklarte Nacht and String Quartet No 2 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky s sextet Souvenir de Florence John Corigliano s Second String Quartet and Jean Sibelius s Andante Festivo are examples An optional timpani part is also added in the Sibelius piece The work Shaker Loops written in 1978 for septet then arranged in 1983 for string orchestra by the American composer John Adams has become a popular addition to the repertoire in recent times Graham Waterhouse composed several works for string orchestra Sinfonietta also in combination with contrasting sounds as Great Highland Bagpipe Chieftain s Salute Works for string orchestra EditMain page Category Compositions for string orchestra Giovanni Albini Una teoria della prossimita 2006 Louis Andriessen Symphony for Open Strings Lera Auerbach String Symphony Memoria de la Luz 2013 Serenade for a Melancholic Sea for violin violoncello piano and string orchestra 2002 Dialogues of Stabat Mater after G B Pergolesi for violin viola vibraphone and string orchestra 2005 Maciej Balenkowski Sinfonietta no 1 Time is ticking for string orchestra 2013 2014 Sinfonietta no 2 Polonia hommage a Wojciech Kilar for string orchestra 2017 2018 Farewell for string orchestra 2016 Granville Bantock Celtic Symphony for string orchestra and six harps Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings Bela Bartok Divertimento for String Orchestra Romanian Dances for String Orchestra Mason Bates Icarian Rhapsody 1999 Jeremy Beck Sinfonietta 2000 Alan Belkin Adagio Symphonique 2002 Luciano Berio Notturno 1995 Leonard Bernstein Serenade for Solo Violin Strings Harp and Percussion after Plato s Symposium Judith Bingham The Hythe 2012 Georges Bizet Adagietto L Arlesienne Suite No 1 1872 Ernest Bloch Concerto Grosso No 2 Nimrod Borenstein In the night opus 48 2007 In the morning opus 51 2008 Symphony for strings opus 68 2014 Suspended opus 69 2014 Yodit opus 82 2018 Pierre Boulez Livre pour cordes Frank Bridge Lament 1915 Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony Stephen Brown The Carol Suite 1993 Sunrise Serenade 2001 On the Idle Hill of Summer 2002 John Cage Twenty Three for violins violas and cellos Additionally many of Cage s indeterminate scores could be arranged for string orchestra Carlos Chavez Symphony No 5 Nigel Clarke The Miraculous Violin Anna Clyne Within Her Arms 2009 Prince of Clouds 2012 Paul Creston Gregorian Chant for String Orchestra 1936 Tansy Davies Residuum David Diamond Rounds for String Orchestra 1944 Avner Dorman Concerto Grosso 2002 2003 Andrew Douglass Piece For Strings Flight To Tasman Antonin Dvorak Serenade for String Orchestra in E major Op 22 Edward Elgar Introduction and Allegro for Strings 1905 Serenade for Strings Zoran Eric Cartoon for Strings Irving Fine Serious Song A Lament for String Orchestra 1955 Gerald Finzi Romance Op 11 1928 Arthur Foote Suite in E major for String Orchestra Op 63 1909 Alberto Ginastera Concerto per corde Op 33 originally written for string quartet then arranged for string orchestra Philip Glass film score for The Hours large string orchestra plus piano soloist Henryk Gorecki Three Pieces in Old Style 1963 Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite originally written for piano then arranged for string orchestra Stefans Grove Elegy for Strings 1948 Mark Gustavson Hymn to the Vanished 2001 Karl Amadeus Hartmann Symphony No 4 Victor Herbert Serenade for Strings Alfred Hill String Symphonies Gustav Holst St Paul s Suite 1912 Brook Green Suite 1933 A Moorside Suite 1928 Arthur Honegger Symphony No 2 Alan Hovhaness Symphony No 31 1976 77 Ketil Hvoslef Serenata for Strings Charles Ives The Call of the Mountains arranged by Jonathan Dore from the String Quartet No 2 Stephen Jablonsky String Thing 2018 A serenade in six movements The Old Man and the Sea 2018 Arirang 2008 Karl Jenkins Palladio 1996 David Johnstone more than 20 published works for string orchestra Paul Juon Five Pieces for String Orchestra op 16 Vasily Kalinnikov Serenade for Strings in G minor Mieczyslaw Karlowicz Serenade for Strings Op 2 1897 Nigel Keay Serenade for Strings Uuno Klami Suite for String Orchestra 1937 Sophie Lacaze Y aparece el sol 2017 for flute didgeridoo and string orchestra Immobilite serieuse I 2013 for piano and string orchestra Kenneth Leighton Symphony for Strings Op 3 1948 49 Concerto for String Orchestra Op 39 1960 61 Elizabeth Maconchy Symphony for Double String Orchestra 1952 53 Gustav Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No 5 Gian Francesco Malipiero Symphony No 6 Degli Archi 1947 Andrew March Sanguis Venenatus Tainted Blood Elegy for Strings 2009 1 Bohuslav Martinu Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras Piano and Timpani Nicholas Maw Life Studies Felix Mendelssohn 13 String Symphonies Concerto for Violin and Strings Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Three Concertos for Piano and Strings in D major G major and E major K 107 1771 or 1765 Divertimento No 1 for Strings in D major K 136 125a 1772 Divertimento No 2 for Strings in B major K 137 125b 1772 Divertimento No 3 for Strings in F major K 138 125c 1772 Eine kleine Nachtmusik 1787 Lior Navok Between Two Coasts Ștefan Niculescu Formants 1967 for 17 solo strings Robert Paterson Suite for String Orchestra 2011 I See You for String Orchestra and Recording 2015 Vincent Persichetti Symphony No 5 Allan Pettersson Concerto No 1 1949 50 Concerto No 2 1956 Concerto No 3 1956 57 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 3 1932 Carl Ruggles Portals Aulis Sallinen Aspects of the Funeral March of Hintriki Peltoniemi originally written for string quartet then arranged for string orchestra Esa Pekka Salonen Stockholm Diary 2004 Arnold Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht or Transfigured Night 1899 originally written for string sextet then arranged for string orchestra Franz Schreker Scherzo for String Orchestra 1900 Intermezzo for String Orchestra Opus 8 1900 William Schuman Symphony No 5 Jean Sibelius Andante Festivo for strings and timpani Richard St Clair Symphony for String Orchestra Richard Strauss Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings Igor Stravinsky Concerto in D 1946 Apollon Musagete 1927 1928 ballet for string orchestra Josef Suk Serenade for Strings op 6 1892 William Susman Zydeco Madness Angels of Light Tōru Takemitsu Requiem 1957 A Way a Lone II 1981 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major Op 48 Dimitri Tchesnokov Reminiscence d apres la symphonie pour cordes Michael Tippett Concerto for Double String Orchestra Corelli Fantasia Little Music for Strings Robin Toan dans la nuit 2006 Joan Trimble Suite for Strings 1951 Peteris Vasks Cantabile 1979 Musica Dolorosa 1984 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus Concerto Grosso Heitor Villa Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No 9 Carl Vine Smith s Alchemy Claude Vivier Zipangu 1980 Julian Wagstaff Treptow for String Orchestra 2005 George Walker Lyric for Strings 1946 William Walton Sonata for Strings Robert Ward Concertino for String Orchestra originally written for string quartet then arranged for string orchestra Graham Waterhouse Celtic Voices and Hale Bopp 1995 1997 Sinfonietta 2002 Anthony Watson Prelude and Allegro for Strings 1960 Malcolm Williamson Epitaphs for Edith Sitwell 1966 72 Ode for Queen Elizabeth 1980 Lento for Strings 1985 Dag Wiren Serenade for Strings John Woolrich Blue Drowning 2005 It is Midnight Dr Schweitzer To the Silver Bow double concerto for viola double bass and strings 2014 Ulysses Awakes Charles Wuorinen Grand Bamboula Iannis Xenakis Pithoprakta for 46 strings 2 trombones wood block and xylophone Takashi Yoshimatsu Threnody to Toki for Piano and String Orchestra 1980 Đuro Zivkovic Serenade 2002 PSALM XIII 2014 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Partita Violin Concerto No 2 for Violin and String Orchestra 2000 Commedia dell arte Violin Concerto No 3 for Violin and String Orchestra 2012 Prologue and Variations 1983 Instrumentation EditViolin 1 2 Viola Cello Double bassReferences Edit Josep Gustems Carnicer Edmon Elgstrom Misol 2008 Guia practica para la direccion de grupos vocales e instrumentales in Spanish Grao pp 32 34 ISBN 978 84 7827 643 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title String orchestra amp oldid 1134479014, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
