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==Works for string orchestra==
==Works for string orchestra==
{{Main|:Category:Compositions for string orchestra}}
{{Main|:Category:Compositions for string orchestra}}The majority of the works listed below are scored strictly for string orchestra, but others may include additional parts (usually keyboards, harp, timpani, percussion, and concerto/vocal soloists).
*[[Yalil Guerra]]: "Old Havana," "A la antigua," "Terra Ignota" (Unknown Land), "Clave," for strings and percussion, "El Retrato de la Paloma" (The Portrait of the Dove)-Latin GRAMMY nominated composition (2015), Symphony No. 2 for strings "Los Dioses del Olimpo" (The Olympian Gods), "Al Partir" (On Leaving) dedicated to Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, "Negro Bembón, dedicated to Nicolás Guillén.
 
*[[Louis Andriessen]]: ''Symphony for Open Strings''
*[[Louis Andriessen]]: ''Symphony for Open Strings''
*[[Lera Auerbach]]:  
*[[Lera Auerbach]]:  
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*[[Granville Bantock]]: ''Celtic Symphony'' for string orchestra and six harps
*[[Granville Bantock]]: ''Celtic Symphony'' for string orchestra and six harps
*[[Samuel Barber]]: ''[[Adagio for Strings]]''
*[[Samuel Barber]]: ''[[Adagio for Strings]]''
*[[Béla Bartók]]: [[Divertimento for String Orchestra (Bartók)|Divertimento for String Orchestra]]
*[[Béla Bartók]]:  
**[[Divertimento for String Orchestra (Bartók)|Divertimento for String Orchestra]]
**[[Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta]]
**Romanian Dances for String Orchestra
**Romanian Dances for String Orchestra
*[[Mason Bates]]: ''[[Icarian Rhapsody]]'' (1999)
*[[Mason Bates]]: ''[[Icarian Rhapsody]]'' (1999)
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**''Sunrise Serenade'' (2001)
**''Sunrise Serenade'' (2001)
**''On the Idle Hill of Summer'' (2002)
**''On the Idle Hill of Summer'' (2002)
*[[John Cage]]: ''Twenty-Three'' (for violins, violas, and cellos) Additionally, many of Cage's indeterminate scores could be arranged for string orchestra.
*[[John Cage]]: ''Twenty-Three'' (for violins, violas, and cellos). Additionally, many of Cage's indeterminate scores could be arranged for string orchestra.
*[[Carlos Chávez]]: Symphony No. 5
*[[Carlos Chávez]]: Symphony No. 5
*[[Qigang Chen]]:
**''Enchantements oubliés'' (2004)
**''L'Eloignement'' (2004)
*[[Nigel Clarke (composer)|Nigel Clarke]]: ''The Miraculous Violin''
*[[Nigel Clarke (composer)|Nigel Clarke]]: ''The Miraculous Violin''
*[[Anna Clyne]]:  
*[[Anna Clyne]]:  
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*[[Edvard Grieg]]: ''[[Holberg Suite]]'' (originally written for piano then arranged for string orchestra)
*[[Edvard Grieg]]: ''[[Holberg Suite]]'' (originally written for piano then arranged for string orchestra)
*[[Stefans Grové]]: Elegy for Strings (1948)
*[[Stefans Grové]]: Elegy for Strings (1948)
*[[Yalil Guerra]]:
**Old Havana
**A la antigua
**Terra Ignota (Unknown Land)
**Clave (for strings and percussion)
**El Retrato de la Paloma (The Portrait of the Dove)
**Symphony No. 2 for strings "Los Dioses del Olimpo" (The Olympian Gods)
**Al Partir (On Leaving)
**Negro Bembón
*[[Mark Gustavson]]: ''Hymn to the Vanished'' (2001)
*[[Mark Gustavson]]: ''Hymn to the Vanished'' (2001)
*[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]]: [[Symphony No. 4 (Hartmann)|Symphony No. 4]]
*[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]]: [[Symphony No. 4 (Hartmann)|Symphony No. 4]]
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*[[Uuno Klami]]: Suite for String Orchestra (1937)
*[[Uuno Klami]]: Suite for String Orchestra (1937)
*[[Sophie Lacaze]]:  
*[[Sophie Lacaze]]:  
** ''Y aparece el sol'' (2017) for flute, didgeridoo and string orchestra  
** ''Y aparece el sol'' (2017) for flute, didgeridoo and string orchestra
** ''Immobilité sérieuse I'' (2013) for piano and string orchestra
** ''Immobilité sérieuse I'' (2013) for piano and string orchestra
*[[Kenneth Leighton]]:
*[[Kenneth Leighton]]:
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*[[Vincent Persichetti]]: Symphony No. 5
*[[Vincent Persichetti]]: Symphony No. 5
*[[Allan Pettersson]]:  
*[[Allan Pettersson]]:  
**Concerto No. 1 (1949–50)  
**Concerto No. 1 (1949–50)
**Concerto No. 2 (1956)
**Concerto No. 2 (1956)
**Concerto No. 3 (1956–57)
**Concerto No. 3 (1956–57)
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*[[Esa-Pekka Salonen]]: ''[[Stockholm Diary]]'' (2004)
*[[Esa-Pekka Salonen]]: ''[[Stockholm Diary]]'' (2004)
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]]: ''[[Verklärte Nacht]]'' or ''Transfigured Night'' (1899) (originally written for string sextet then arranged for string orchestra)
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]]: ''[[Verklärte Nacht]]'' or ''Transfigured Night'' (1899) (originally written for string sextet then arranged for string orchestra)
*[[Franz Schreker]]: Scherzo for String Orchestra (1900)
*[[Franz Schreker]]:  
**Scherzo for String Orchestra (1900)
**Intermezzo for String Orchestra (Op. 8, 1900)
**Intermezzo for String Orchestra (Op. 8, 1900)
*[[William Schuman]]: Symphony No. 5
*[[William Schuman]]: Symphony No. 5
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]]:
**Chamber Symphonies - [[Rudolf Barshai|Rudolf Barshai's]] orchestrations of String Quartets No. [[String Quartet No. 1 (Shostakovich)|1]], [[String Quartet No. 3 (Shostakovich)|3]], [[String Quartet No. 4 (Shostakovich)|4]], [[String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)|8]], [[String Quartet No. 10 (Shostakovich)|10]], & [[String Quartet No. 13 (Shostakovich)|13]].
**[[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich)|Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor]] (Op. 35, 1933) - For piano, trumpet, and string orchestra.
**[[Symphony No. 14 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 14 in G Minor]] (Op. 135, 1969) - For soprano, bass, percussion, and string orchestra.
*[[Jean Sibelius]]: ''[[Andante festivo]]'' for strings and timpani
*[[Jean Sibelius]]: ''[[Andante festivo]]'' for strings and timpani
*[[Richard St. Clair]] Symphony for String Orchestra
*[[Richard St. Clair]] Symphony for String Orchestra

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A string orchestra

Script error: No such module "Listen". A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first and second violin players (each usually playing different parts), the viola, the cello, and usually, but not always, the double bass.

String orchestras can be of chamber orchestra size ranging from between 12 (4 first violins, 3 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and 1 bass = 12) and 21 musicians (6 first violins, 5 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos and 2 double basses= 21) sometimes performing without a conductor. It could also consist of the entire string section of a large symphony orchestra which could have 60 musicians (16 first violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos and 8 double basses = 60; Gurre-Lieder calls for 84: 20.20.16.16.12).[1]

Repertoire

Script error: No such module "Listen". The repertoire includes several works by Mozart (including Eine kleine Nachtmusik), William Boyce (his eight symphonies are for strings only), and Haydn which dispense with the baroque basso continuo. Some of these works are problematic when it comes to deciding whether they are for orchestra or string quartet. Particularly in Haydn's early works it is argued that the inversions of harmony from the occasional crossings of the bass and viola line imply a double bass; the question is not settled, however.

Important 20th century works have been written for string orchestra by Bartók (Divertimento for String Orchestra), Stravinsky (Apollo), Witold Lutosławski (Musique funèbre), Benjamin Britten (Simple Symphony and Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge), Charles Wuorinen (Grand Bamboula), and Malcolm Williamson (Symphony No. 7). Sir Michael Tippett wrote a Concerto for Double String Orchestra and Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote a Partita for Double String Orchestra. Composers who have written a Serenade for string orchestra include Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Suk and Elgar. Mendelssohn, in his youth, also wrote thirteen symphonies for string orchestra.

Script error: No such module "Listen". Sometimes works originally written for string quartet, quintet, sextet etc. are arranged for string orchestra. Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, Alban Berg's 3 Pieces from his Lyric Suite, Arnold Schoenberg's string sextet Verklärte Nacht and String Quartet No. 2, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's sextet Souvenir de Florence, John Corigliano's Second String Quartet and Jean Sibelius's Andante festivo are examples. An optional timpani part is also added in the Sibelius piece. The work Shaker Loops written in 1978 for septet then arranged in 1983 for string orchestra by the American composer John Adams has become a popular addition to the repertoire in recent times. Graham Waterhouse composed several works for string orchestra (Sinfonietta), also in combination with contrasting sounds as Great Highland bagpipe (Chieftain's Salute).

Works for string orchestra

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".The majority of the works listed below are scored strictly for string orchestra, but others may include additional parts (usually keyboards, harp, timpani, percussion, and concerto/vocal soloists).

References

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