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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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Ronald Leonard


Currently on the faculty at the Colburn School and the conductor of the Colburn Chamber Orchestra, Ronald Leonard is an acclaimed musician and teacher. Mr. Leonard was the Principal Cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1975 until 1999 and has performed many concertos with that orchestra under conductors including Zubin Mehta, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Carlo Maria Giulini, Andre Previn, Simon Rattle and Esa-Pekka Salonen. He has recently made a highly acclaimed CD of Orchestral Excerpts For Cello on Summit Records.

Mr. Leonard is a founding member member and former president of the Los Angeles Violoncello Society and has been very active in the American Cello Congress. In 1996 Mr. Leonard was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed upon Rhode Islanders who have distinguished themselves, and in October of 2000 he was awarded the "Chevalier du Violoncelle" by the Eva Janzer Memorial Cello Center in celebration of his life long achievements in the world of cello playing and teaching.

Symphony No. 1 by Johannes Brahms

La Mer by Claude Debussy

Scherzo from Midsummer Night Dream by Felix Mendelssohn

Don Juan by Richard Strauss

View the complete list of orchestral parts for cello edited by Ron Leonard.




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