Thorp: Quartet Cabaret, Vol. 4

Category: String Quartet, Two Violins, Viola and Cello ** Composer: Thorp, Bill ** Title: Quartet Cabaret ** Book/Part: Vol. 4 ** Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes.

Contains: My Funny Valentine * Norwegian Dance No. 2 * O Sole Mio * The Folks Who Live On The Hill * Hornpipe (from Water Music) * New York, New York * First Polovtsian Dance * Ragtime Dance.

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."