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String Quartet String Quartet,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.844871 Composed by Paul Lacome. Arranged by Phil Beaman. Concert,Romantic Period,World. Score and parts. 39 pages. Phil Beaman #5866917. Published by Phil Beaman (A0.844871). La Feria (The Fair) is a Spanish fiesta! All the sights and sounds of a traditional Spanish street festival.  Paul Lacome wrote mostly operas-bouffes, light comic operas. That same drama and delight comes through in this piece. Originally written for orchestra, there have been many popular arrangements for band. I have arranged it for Violin Quartet without losing any of the Spanish tradition or dramatic character of the piece.  The Suite is in 3 sections. The first is entitled Los Toros (The Bulls). The running of the bulls is a tradition of nearly every Spanish fair. This highly energetic and rhythmic section is traditional Spanish fiesta music at its best. The second section is entitled La Reja (loosely-The Gate). This one is in the form of a Serenade. Every fair has a street barred off with a special archway entrance or gate. Inside, tents are set up serving local wine. Strolling street musicians will visit each tent and serenade.  This section is scaled back dynamically and also in texture to imitate the solo or duo strolling musician. For the B theme of this section I move the melody to the Violin 3 part down low. I like to amuse myself and think of this brief growling melody as a tipsy patron of the tent singing back to the musicians. The street musicians then quickly resume their original song. The final section is entitled La Zarzuela. The Zarzuela is a uniquely Spanish comic opera that is heavy on dance and spoken dialogue. It has much in common with the American vaudeville shows. This section is in the form of a brisk waltz, another high energy rhythmic dance where Violin 2 takes the B theme melody.  This piece is of Advanced Intermediate difficulty due to constant movement, articulations, rhythm, and range. Violin 1 in particular uses the full range of the instrument.  21 page score, 4 pages @ part, 38 pages total booklet4:30 minutesMIDI recording is the Flute version of this arrangement. The arrangement is identical but the Violin Quartet is pitched a fourth lower. My MIDI has a poor Violin sound, so I opted to attach the Flute version which will give you a much more pleasant idea of the piece.   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).