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1416200

In the Bleak Midwinter arranged for String Quartet by Hugh Levey (arr. Hugh Levey) Digital Sheet Music

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In the Bleak Midwinter arranged for String Quartet by Hugh Levey (arr. Hugh Levey)by Hugh Levey String Quartet - Digital Sheet Music

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Artist Hugh Levey
Score Type
PDF, Included with PASS
Composer Gustav Holst
Arranger Hugh Levey
Format Digital Sheet Music
Pages 14
Arrangement String Quartet
Publisher woodwindly.com
Product ID 1416200
Performance Group String Quartet

Product Description

String QuartetÂ

In the Bleak Mid-Winter is a popular Christmas Carol which has been set to music by both Gustav Holst and Harold Darke. This string quartet arrangement is based on the Holst version and combines the composer's beautifully simple harmony with the arranger's own counter-melodies and intricate part writing. Lovely writing for all instruments. An ideal work for Christmas concert programming.

This is a through-composed instrumental arrangement that explores the melody and harmonies of the Holst hymn in 3 differently arranged verses. After a short introduction the first verse uses Holstâs original 4-part harmonisation in its beautiful simplicity, with the first violin playing the melodic line. In verse 2, the viola presents the tune in a lower register while the 'cello plays a Baroque style âwalking bassâ. The violins weave countermelodies above them, introducing new material for a Pachelbel-like interlude of an ascending sequence - bringing the music to a climax before subsiding into verse 3. Here a slightly ornamented version of the tune returns with the new material continuing in the bass line. After another smaller climax we return to the original Holst as the work ends quietly and thoughtfully.

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