Charpentier: Te Deum H.146 Prelude _ string quartet is currently unavailable

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String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.553936 Composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Arranged by Ray Thompson. Baroque,Graduation,Standards. 12 pages. RayThompsonMusic #6273485. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.553936). A UNUSUAL transcription of the famous prelude from the Te Deum.The score is a transcription of Charpentier's original so that all instruments have different clefs.Violin 1 has "French Violin clef) lowest line is GViolin 2 has soprano clef (lowest line is middle C) - original haute-contra partViola has mezzo soprano clef ((2nd line is middel C) - original tailles partCello has standard bass F clef.The score is provided for historical interest as are copies of the the parts with old clefs.( and if you wish to attempt playing them!!There are also standard string quartet parts using modern treble, alto and bass clefs and a standard modern scoreAfter the work's rediscovery in 1953 by French musicologist Carl de Nys, the instrumental prelude, Marche en rondeau, was chosen in 1954 as the theme music preceding the Eurovision network broadcasts of the European Broadcasting Union.After over sixty years of use notably before EBU programs such as the popular Eurovision Song Contest and Jeux Sans Frontières, the prelude, as arranged by Guy Lambert and directed by Louis Martini, has become Charpentier's best-known work.. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).