String Ensembles: Overlooked Repertoire

Elfrida Andre:

String Quartet in D Minor  (1887 (originally published as “Serenade for Strings”)
https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/Elfrida-Andree-String-Quartet-in-d-minor/ 18 min
https://www.hildegard.com/product/serenade-for-strings-elfrida-andree/: Paper score to purchase

Amy Beach:

String Quartet in One Movement, Op. 89 (1929)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kt-chCXDxg  13:13 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet%2C_Op.89_(Beach%2C_Amy_Marcy)

Joseph Bologne:

Two of Four String Quartets:

String Quartet No. 3 in G Minor (c1771)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkNDTF_Es0k  4:37 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_in_G_minor,_Op.1_No.3_(Saint-Georges,_Joseph_Bologne)

String Quartet No.5 in G Major from Six Concertante Quartets (1777)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7J3bVUSsKw  9:32 min
https://www.artaria.com/products/saint-georges-joseph-bologne-de-six-concertante-quartets-ae431?variant=21675843653: pdf download or paper copy to purchase

Teresa Carreno:

String Quartet in B Minor (1896)
https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/Teresa-Carreno-String-Quartet-in-b-minor/23 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_(Carreño%2C_Teresa)
 

 
Louise Adolpha LeBeau:

String Quartet in C Major, Op.54  (1900)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ba-WDZX5aCI   Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx9ejKMoSD8      Adagio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUpNhvWavsg     Mazurka
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/streichquintett-op-54-19476267.html?srsltid=AfmBOooyio7tOqH4hCX-dgcnTpX8TWHpnfY3TCy9MBc2LfOdwpw9yvnS : Paper score to purchase

Maddalena Lombardini-Sirmen: 

One of Six String Quartets:

String Quartet in F Minor, Op.3, No.5 from Six Quartets (1769/1771)
https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/Maddalena-Sirmen-String-Quartet-No-5-in-f-minor/ 13 min
https://www.hildegard.com/product/six-string-quartets-op-3-4-6-maddalena-lombardini-sirmen/: Paper  score to purchase
https://furore-verlag.de/en/produkt/streichquartett-nr-5-f-moll-2/ : Paper score to purchase

Maddalena Lombardini-Sirmen:

String Trio in D Major, Op.1, No.3  (1770)   11:41 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKfheo1vzM
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_String_Trios%2C_Op.1_(Sirmen%2C_Maddalena_Laura)

Emilie Mayer:

Two of  Seven String Quartets :

String Quartet in E Minor  (c1851)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HHhDyijh5Y 27:18 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_in_E_minor_(Mayer%2C_Emilie)

String Quartet No.1 in G Minor, Op.14   (1858)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmFHdH706Ms&t=2s  28:25 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_in_G_minor%2C_Op.14_(Mayer%2C_Emilie)

Fanny Mendelssohn- Hensel:
 

String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.277 (1834)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TItEWA5tnJY&t=23s  20:28 min
https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/Fanny-Mendelssohn-Hensel-String-Quartet-in-E-flat-major/
https://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_in_E-flat_major_(Hensel%2C_Fanny) and
https://henselpushers.org/h-numbers/h277: free pdf download of 82 page score
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: July, 2019
Jansen Art Center, Lynden WA-Summer 2024, Dawn Posey, Bell Symph Trailblazers

Jesse Montgomery:

Strum for String Quartet  (2006, rev. 2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZmVRWjpNxw  6:52 min
https://www.notationcentral.com/product/strum-for-string-quartet-or-quintet/: Paper score to purchase
WWU  Orch. 2019-20 Season; Bell Chamber Music Society, Feb 2024;
Bell Festival of Music, June 2024

Guadalupe Olmedo:

Quartetto Studio Classico in A Major, Op.14 (1875)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_FHzNo-X8E&t=5s  22:22 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Quartetto%2C_Op.14_(Olmedo_de_la_Lama%2C_Guadalupe)

Florence Price:

String Quartet No.1 in G Major (1929)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k09svES9HYU  16:27 min
https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/String-Quartet-in-G-Major-1929-SCORE-AND-PARTS-384537.html  Paper score to purchase from ClarNan publisher
Bellingham WA  Chamb Mus Scty, Nov 17, 2024
 
 String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor (1935)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu5eANh_x0  31:06 min
https://www.ficksmusic.com/collections/florence-price/products/price-string-quartet-no-2-in-a-minor-schirmer: Paper score to purchase

Henriette Renie:

Trio for Harp, Violin and Cello (1901)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Gzgv3o7F0&t=2s    31:16 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Trio_for_Harp%2C_Violin_and_Cello_(Renié%2C_Henriette)

Ethel Smyth:

String Quartet in E minor (1902 rev. 1912)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31HuWq-S8ww  41:56 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_in_E_minor_(Smyth%2C_Ethel)

String Quintet in E Major, Op.1 for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos  (1883)
https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/Ethel-Smyth-String-Quintet-in-E-major-Op-1/  28 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quintet,_Op.1_(Smyth,_Ethel)

String Trio in D Major, Op.6 (1887)
https://open.spotify.com/track/1zkpNXjnYd4bGqR3YVeVR2  : 1st
https://open.spotify.com/track/4pRQnBofIxQ9oALg2BEduv  : 2nd
https://open.spotify.com/track/3y3VcAA8wzpyJV7wx3DsnJ  3rd
https://open.spotify.com/track/0zL1FIZNJZazyM80z4aaCx   4th
https://imslp.org/wiki/String_Trio,_Op.6_(Smyth,_Ethel)

William Grant Still:
 

Danzas de Panama for String Quartet (1948)
https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/William-Grant-Still-Danzas-de-Panama-for-String-Quartet  14 min
https://www.editionsilvertrust.com/still-danzas-de-panama.htm: Paper score to purchase

George Walker:

String Quartet No.1-Lyric (1946)
https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/George-Walker-String-Quartet-No-1-Lyric/?ri=0&v=RCaG_CTzSew2  24 min
https://www.halleonard.com/product/41792/string-quartet-no-1: Paper score to purchase

String Quartet No.2 (1967)
https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/George-Walker-String-Quartet-No-2/ 22 min
https://www.halleonard.com/product/41794/string-quartet-no-2: Paper score to purchase