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Classical Sheet Music for String Musicians


Ovation Press is proud to bring you an exciting new way to discover string music with an extensive selection of orchestral excerpts and parts, unique transcriptions and arrangements, solo music and chamber music for violin, viola, cello and bass. Ovation Press is the only publisher to offer music edited by today’s most prominent string players including concertmasters and principals of major orchestras, leading pedagogues and highly respected international soloists. You are just minutes away from downloading and printing the string music you need while gaining access to the bowings, fingerings and other musical ideas of living legends.

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Leoncavallo Serenade (Cello and Guitar)
Strauss Sr. Jellacic March (Cello Quartet)

For acclaimed cellist, performer, and pedagogue Valter Dešpalj, the ensemble has always played an active role in teaching. His most recent releases show off his skill in arranging for cello and ensemble. (Read more...)


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Josquin El Grillo (Cello Quartet)
Josquin Mille regretz (Cello Quartet)
Josquin La déploration de la mort de Johannes Ockeghem (Cello Quintet)

Charles Jacot and Ovation Press have published three arrangements of works by Renaissance master Josquin. (Read more...)


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Celebration Suite, Original Composition for String Orchestra
Suite Celtica, Original Composition for String Orchestra

Amy Barlowe, the dynamic composer and Ovation Press editor who brought us the internationally-acclaimed 12 Etude-Caprices in the Styles of Great Composers has recently released two suites for string orchestra. (Read more...)


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Glazunov Chant du Ménestrel (Viola and Piano)

Editor Alan Bodman gives us an exciting opportunity to see how seamlessly the musical ideas of Russian composer Alexander Glazunov can be translated from cello to viola. (Read more...)


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Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, arranged for bass by Edwin Barker
Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, arranged for bass by Paul Ellison

Compare two different versions of Richard Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra, one by editor Edwin Barker and the other by editor Paul Ellison. (Read more...)



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