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The one thing to establish before buying is whether a listing includes the parts. Four players need four parts; a score alone is unplayable by an ensemble, and scores are what many cheap listings are.

The listing below covers the standard quartet repertoire, arrangements of popular and wedding music, and study scores.

Gašper Jereb - Christmas cantata

  • Piano
  • Organ
  • Choir

Waltz (Serenade For Strings) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  • Piano
  • String Quartet

First Dance

Kevin Volans

  • String Quartet
  • Viola da gamba

Fourth Dance

Kevin Volans

  • String Quartet
  • Viola da gamba

Second Dance

Kevin Volans

  • String Quartet
  • Viola da gamba

Third Dance

Kevin Volans

  • String Quartet
  • Viola da gamba

String Quartet No. 2 Hunting: Gathering

Kevin Volans

  • String Quartet

I Feel Fine

John Lennon; Paul McCartney

  • Piano
  • Tenor
  • String Quartet

The Mikado

Arthur Seymour Sullivan

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No.4

John McCabe

  • String Quartet

Quartet Movement [Davies, Peter Maxwell]

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

  • String Quartet

The Hidden Treasure (Tavener)

John Tavener

  • String Quartet

Fugue

John Corigliano

  • String Quartet

Nocturne

John Corigliano

  • String Quartet

Scherzo [Goldschmidt, Berthold]

John Corigliano

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No.5 Op.45

Hugh Wood

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No.3 Op.59

Giles Swayne

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No.11

Elizabeth Maconchy

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No. 5

John McCabe

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No.2 (Company)

Philip Glass

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No. 1

Philip Glass

  • String Quartet

Nymphea

Kaija Saariaho

  • String Quartet

String Quartet In A Minor

E.J Morean

  • String Quartet

String Quartet In E Flat

E.J Morean

  • String Quartet

The Piano Sings

Michael Nyman

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No. 9

Elizabeth Maconchy

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No. 13

Elizabeth Maconchy

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No. 10

Elizabeth Maconchy

  • String Quartet

The Ballad Of Kastriot Rexhepi

Michael Nyman

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No. 2 Company

Philip Glass

  • String Quartet

Haflidi Hallgrímsson - String Quartet No.2

  • String Quartet

Fantazia

Robert Saxton

  • String Quartet

Caravan

John McCabe

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No.5

Joseph Horovitz

  • String Quartet

Dancers On A Plane

Kevin Volans

  • String Quartet

At The Grave Of Beethoven

Karen Tanaka

  • String Quartet

Phonotope 1

Rolf Wallin

  • String Quartet

Quartetto Per Archi

Jorgen Jersild

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No.1

Leon Kirchner

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No. 4

Ezra Laderman

  • String Quartet

Calm And Unhurried

Peter Lieberson

  • String Quartet

Ferocious With Humour

Peter Lieberson

  • String Quartet

Open

Peter Lieberson

  • String Quartet

Passionate By Spacious

Peter Lieberson

  • String Quartet

String Quartet No.3

Bright Sheng

  • String Quartet

The Lady Of Shalott

Bent Sorensen

  • String Quartet

Schreie Und Melancholie

Bent Sorensen

  • String Quartet

Angels' Music

Bent Sorensen

  • String Quartet

Buying guide

What to know before you buy

Score and parts

The usual product is score and parts: one score plus separate violin I, violin II, viola and cello parts. That is what a quartet needs.

A study score alone is a reading copy — useful, cheap, and no use at a rehearsal. Free public-domain sources frequently offer both, but not always in the same download, and the parts are the ones worth checking for.

The viola part is in alto clef. Arrangements sold for amateur groups sometimes provide a treble-clef alternative; the standard repertoire never does.

Arrangements for events

A large share of what sells here is arrangements — pop songs, film music, wedding processionals — rather than the classical repertoire. These are properly arranged for four string players and are usually easier than the original repertoire, which is deliberate: they exist to be played well after one rehearsal.

Copyright applies to the song and the arrangement both, so these are rarely free, and a free copy of a current pop arrangement is unlikely to be licensed.

What is free

Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvořák and everything else before roughly 1930 is out of copyright, scores and parts, and public-domain archives hold complete sets. For the standard repertoire there is genuinely no need to pay unless you want modern engraving and edited bowings — which, for anything you intend to perform, are worth having.

Common questions

Does a string quartet listing include parts?
Not always. "Score and parts" does; a study score does not. Four players need four parts, so check what a listing contains before buying on price.
What clef is the viola part in?
Alto clef, throughout the standard repertoire. Some arrangements aimed at amateur groups supply a treble-clef alternative part.
Is string quartet music free?
The classical repertoire is, scores and parts. Arrangements of pop, film and current wedding music are not, and free copies of them are generally unlicensed.

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