The Microcosm of String Ensemble Music

Mikrokosmos is perhaps the 20th century's most influential set of piano pieces and one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order of difficulty, engage not only with technical aspects of piano playing but also with the fundamentals of composition. In addition, they include character pieces and even pieces with programmatic ideas.

''The Microcosm of String Ensemble Music'' by András Soós provides 148 transcriptions from this series for making music for various string ensembles and graded in four volumes according to level of difficulty. Volumes 1 to 3 also include one copy of each part in addition to the full score. For performances with orchestra, further printed parts can be ordered individually.

The parts are also available online at www.digikotta.hu, where they can be viewed and downloaded for free as A4 PDF files using the individual code printed in the volumes.

Recordings are available at our YouTube channel.

String Orchestra, Three violins and violoncello

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Mikrokosmos is perhaps the 20th century's most influential set of piano pieces and one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order…

String Orchestra, Three violins and violoncello, Quators

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Mikrokosmos is perhaps the 20th century's most influential set of piano pieces and one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order…

String Orchestra, Quators, Quintettes

$59.95
Mikrokosmos is perhaps the 20th century's most influential set of piano pieces and one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order…

String Orchestra

$59.95
Mikrokosmos is perhaps the 20th century's most influential set of piano pieces and one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order…
Treasury for String Ensembles

Treasury for String Ensembles provides carefully selected original compositions and arrangements from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, compiled in volumes according to level of difficulty, from beginner’s level to professional.

Elementary (all in first position): typically for three violins and cello or children’s string orchestra.

Intermediate: typically for three violins and cello or string quartet or youth string orchestra.

Advanced: typically for string quartet or string quintet (with double bass) or string orchestra.

Some volumes include works that can only be performed with an orchestra. In each case, this is indicated on the title page or in the contents.

The volumes are published in both printed and digital form. The printed edition contains the score and one copy of each part. Further copies can be ordered for the purposes of orchestral performance. The digital edition can be viewed via www.digikotta.hu, and the parts can also be downloaded as A4-sized PDF files. The digital edition comes free with the printed edition, using the unique code provided.

String Orchestra, Quators, Ensemble a cordes

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Roughly half of this selection of transcriptions of Baroque vocal and instrumental works consists of well-known pieces by the greatest composers of the period (Purcell: Dido and Aeneas,…

String Orchestra, Ensemble a cordes, Quators

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This volume contains little pieces and dance movements by Gluck, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, J. Chr. Bach, Vanhal, Hummel, Gebauer, P. Schulz and Diabelli, together with three easy transcriptions for…

String Orchestra, Quators, Ensemble a cordes

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Leó Weiner (1885-1960) was recognized both as a composer and a teacher of chamber music. World-famous Hungarian musicians and string quartets pointed to him as their legendary maestro. His…

String Orchestra, Ensemble a cordes, Quators

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This volume, previously available in the Leggiero series, is now, in a new guise, part of the series Treasury for String Ensembles.

Treasury for String Ensembles provides…

String Orchestra, Quators, Ensemble a cordes

$44.95
The varied contents of this volume enable young orchestral players to become acquainted with compositions written by Mozart in his childhood and youth: the earliest of the pieces, a contredanse…

String Orchestra, Quators, Ensemble a cordes

$49.95
This volume, previously available in the Leggiero series, is now, in a new guise, part of the series Treasury for String Ensembles.

Treasury for String Ensembles provides…

Opera Hits
Easy but effective arrangements, for youth and amateur string orchestras, of well-known arias and ensembles from the most popular operas. They could be really successful concert items!
 

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail - détails

String Orchestra

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - détails

String Orchestra

The editor of the new series introduced under the title "Opera Hits" has come up with a new idea: from operas an orchestra - in this case, a junior or non-professional string orchestra - should have…
The present volume now appearing in the series contains the following excerpts from Mozart's The Magic Flute, transcribed for junior string orchestra - Aria (Papageno, 1. act, Der Vogelfänger bin ich…