Chamber Strings
From 1680 through 2008!
| Composer | No. | Piece | Year | Parts | Recordings | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bach | 1 | Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Movement 1 | 1718 | NEED ARRANGEMENT! | YouTube a little slower could be ok | |
| 2 | Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring | 1723 | string quartet | YouTube | ||
| The Beatles | 3 | Eleanor Rigby | 1966 | duet for violin and cello or bass string quartet |
YouTube | |
| Beethoven | 4 | String Quartet No. 4 | 1800 | string quartet | YouTube Movement 1; a little slower could be ok | |
| 5 | Symphony No. 7 Allegretto | 1812 | NEED ARRANGEMENT! | YouTube | ||
| 6 | Symphony No. 9 Movement IV Ode to Joy Excerpt | 1824 | duet for violin and cello or bass string quartet low string quartet |
YouTube different, starts at 1:20 YouTube different |
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| Boccherini | 7 | String Quintet in E Minuet | 1771 | string quintet with two cellos or bass (or string quartet w/o vc I) | YouTube | |
| Brahms | 8 | Hungarian Dance No. 5 | 1868 | duet for violin and cello or bass string quartet low string quartet |
YouTube | |
| Coldplay | 9 | Clocks | 2002 | trio for violin, viola and cello or bass | YouTube | |
| 10 | Viva la Vida | 2008 | string quintet with bass (or string quartet w/o bass) | YouTube | ||
| Dittersdorf | 11 | Bass Concerto transposed to D Movement I | 1762 | for orchestra or string quintet with bass low string quintet |
YouTube in E | |
| Handel | 12 | Music for the Royal Fireworks | 1749 | string quartet | YouTube La Rejouissance | |
| Ben E. King | 13 | Stand By Me | 1961 | NEED ARRANGEMENT! | YouTube | |
| Mendelsson | 14 | String Quartet No. 2 | 1827 | string quartet | YouTube | |
| Mozart | 15 | Divertimento in Bb | 1772 | string quartet | YouTube II a little slower could be ok | |
| 16 | Divertimento in D Movement I | 1772 | string quartet | YouTube I | ||
| 17 | Divertimento in F | 1772 | string quartet | YouTube III | ||
| 18 | Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | 1787 | string quartet low string quartet |
YouTube | ||
| 19 | Piano Sonata No. 11 Rondo Alla Turka | 1783 | string quartet | YouTube a little slower could be ok | ||
| 20 | String Quartet No. 4 | 1772 | string quartet | YouTube | ||
| Pachelbel | 21 | Canon in D | 1680 | string quartet | YouTube | |
| Smokey Robinson | 22 | My Girl | 1964 | NEED ARRANGEMENT! | YouTube | |
| Rossini | 23 | The Barber of Seville Overture | 1816 | Excerpt: duet for violin and cello or bass string quartet low string quintet (or quartet w/o part V) Entire movement: string quartet low string quintet (or quartet w/o part V) |
YouTube excerpt YouTube cello quartet, excerpt is 1:51-4:51, 6:40-end |
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| Saint-Saens | 24 | Le Carnaval des Animaux L'Elephant | 1886 | low string quartet | YouTube | |
| Schubert | 25 | Ave Maria | 1825 | string sextet with 3 violins and bass (or quartet w/o vln II and bass) | YouTube | |
| 26 | String Quartet No. 13 | 1824 | string quartet | YouTube | ||
| 27 | String Quartet No. 14 | 1824 | string quartet | YouTube a little slower could be ok | ||
| Strauss | 28 | Blue Danube | 1866 | string quartet | YouTube | |
| Tchaikovsky | 29 | Nutcracker Trepak | 1892 | NEED ARRANGEMENT | YouTube | |
| 30 | Nutcracker Waltz of the Flowers | 1892 | NEED ARRANGEMENT | YouTube | ||
| 31 | Sleeping Beauty Waltz | 1889 | string quartet | YouTube | ||
| Traditional | 32 | What Child is This | duet for viola and cello or bass string quartet |
YouTube more difficult with the fast pizz | ||
| Vivaldi | 33 | Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor | 1711 | string sextet with 4 violins (or quartet w/o vlns I and II) | YouTube slower could be ok as background music | |
| 34 | Four Seasons Spring | 1725 | string quartet | YouTube Movement I | ||
| 35 | Four Seasons Autumn | 1725 | string quintet with 3 violins (or quartet w/o vln I) | YouTube Movement I excerpt | ||
| John Williams | 36 | Harry Potter Hedwig's Theme | 2001 | NEED ARRANGEMENT! | YouTube |