Thorp: Quartet Cabaret, Vol. 1

Category: String Quartet, Two Violins, Viola and Cello ** Composer: Thorp, Bill ** Title: Quartet Cabaret ** Book/Part: Vol. 1 ** Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes.

Contains: Anything Goes * Pennies From Heaven * Wedding Day At Troldhaugen * Vocalise * Danse Des Mirlitons * Barcarolle * Prelude To Carmen * Every Time We Say Goodbye.

Grading: advanced (more musically challenging, shifting and more complex rhythms, more difficult key signatures, more advanced bowings and techniques, suitable for someone with fairly extensive playing ability).

"For gig musicians, this collection of standard jazz and classical quartet pieces is unbelievable! The melodies are distributed equally among the instruments, and the rhythms and harmonies are very well thought out. There is no doubt that the arranger Bill Thorp is passionate about string quartet playing."