String Sextet in G minor (Miles, Percy Hilder)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1912-17
Genre Categories Sextets; For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello, double bass; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; Scores featuring the double bass; For 6 players

Contents

Performances

Recordings

 I. Moderato
#89384 - 8.32MB - 9.05 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 605×⇩ - MP3 - Matesic

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 II. Vivace
#89385 - 8.28MB - 9.00 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 332×⇩ - MP3 - Matesic

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 III. Adagio non troppo
#89386 - 6.25MB - 6.45 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 290×⇩ - MP3 - Matesic

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 IV. Allegro
#89387 - 7.93MB - 8.35 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 298×⇩ - MP3 - Matesic

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Performer Pages Steve's Bedroom Band (String Sextet)
Publisher Info. Steve Jones
Performers Steve's bedroom band
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Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

 I. Moderato
#88123 - 3.42MB, 13 (# 1-25) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 444×⇩ - Schissel

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 II. Vivace
#88124 - 3.83MB, 14 (#26-52) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 188×⇩ - Schissel

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 III. Adagio non troppo
#88125 - 1.47MB, 5 (#53-61) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 202×⇩ - Schissel

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 IV. Allegro
#88126 - 4.73MB, 18 (#62-96) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 205×⇩ - Schissel

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Publisher. Info. London: Stainer & Bell, 1920. Plate St. & B. 2226.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes My thanks to User:Matesic for cleaning the scan. Once available through Google Books. A publication of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust.
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 Violin 1
#464281 - 2.07MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 55×⇩ - Cypressdome

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⇒ 5 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello • Double Bass

 Violin 2
#464282 - 1.97MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 29×⇩ - Cypressdome

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 Viola 1
#464283 - 2.18MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 32×⇩ - Cypressdome

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 Viola 2
#464284 - 1.77MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 32×⇩ - Cypressdome

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 Cello
#464285 - 1.82MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 34×⇩ - Cypressdome

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 Double Bass
#464286 - 0.96MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 37×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: Stainer & Bell, 1920. Plate S. & B. 2227.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes 600dpi black and white files.
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General Information

Work Title String Sextet in G minor
Alternative. Title
Composer Miles, Percy Hilder
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IPM 7
Key G minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Moderato
  2. Vivace (E major)
  3. Adagio non troppo (C minor(?), ending in E♭ major)
  4. Allegro (G minor)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1912-17
First Publication. 1920 – London: Stainer & Bell
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation 2 violins, 2 violas, cello, double bass

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Theme of the Adagio non troppo is in a sort of "modal minor" (obsessively repeated - rather well...) - that cadences to E♭ major just at the end of the movement.

Chosen from among 64 manuscripts submitted (along with Stanford's 5th symphony, Holst's The Hymn of Jesus and some other works) to be published by the Carnegie Trust in the Carnegie Collection of British Music in 1920. (The New International Year Book, 1920, page 452.)

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