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Under free bowing, however, the string members each determine individually the best way to play a set of notes, collectively producing a deeper sound, free of mechanical restriction. Free bowing is rarely used today in Western classical music because of its lack of communal focus, which can cause musicians to play out of step with each other. [3]
Serenade for Strings (Dvořák) Serenade for Strings (Elgar) Serenade for Strings (Suk) Serenade for Strings (Tchaikovsky) Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Shaker Loops; Sleep (Whitacre) Sonata per archi; Sospiri; St Paul's Suite; Stockholm Diary; Stringmusic; Suite caractéristique; Suite champêtre; Suite for String Orchestra (Nielsen)
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.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing with a jazz group. The string sections are at the front of the orchestra, arrayed in a semicircle around the conductor's podium. The string section of an orchestra is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family. It normally consists of first and second violins, violas, cellos, and ...
At the same time, Sviridov increasingly felt estranged from the music of Igor Stravinsky—whose Perséphone, Symphony of Psalms, and Jeu de cartes he knew well—and Dmitri Shostakovich. [4] In 1940, Sviridov began and completed his Symphony for Strings. [5] Sviridov's use of a string orchestra was considered unusual for a Soviet symphony of ...
A number of concertos and concertante works have been written for cor anglais (English horn) and string, wind, chamber, or full orchestra.. English horn concertos appeared about a century later than oboe solo pieces, mostly because until halfway through the 18th century different instruments (the taille de hautbois, vox humana and the oboe da caccia) had the role of the tenor or alto ...
The Simple Symphony, Op. 4, is a work for string orchestra or string quartet by Benjamin Britten.It was written between December 1933 and February 1934 in Lowestoft, using material that the composer had written as a child, between 1923 and 1926.
A double bass concerto is a notated musical composition, usually in three parts or movements (see concerto), for a solo double bass accompanied by an orchestra.Bass concertos typically require an advanced level of technique, as they often use very high-register passages, harmonics, challenging scale and arpeggio lines and difficult bowing techniques.