This original collection features ten comic and light opera overtures arranged for string quartet, with separate parts for each instrument. Contents include overtures for Mozart’sThe
Marriage of Figaro and Cosìfan tutte; Rossini’s Gazza Ladra, William Tell, and The Barber of Seville; Offenbach’s Périchole, Grand Duchess of
Gérolstein,and Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann; and Strauss’ Fledermaus and Gypsy Baron.
This practice and performance edition includes the complete scores of
all ten overtures, plus four inserts for each of the string quartets’ instrumental parts. Professional and amateur players alike will rejoice in this modestly priced compilation, suitable for
intermediate to advanced student violinists, violists, and cellists.
