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Matthew Naughtin - Arrangements for Strings

About Me-- I am a violinist/violist, composer, arranger, and the Music Librarian of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. After spending many years playing bad arrangements at string quartet gigs, I decided to take matters in my own hands and write some musically interesting charts. The present collection is the result. I began selling these arrangements through the mail in 1985. As of 2007, over 2000 string ensembles all over the world are playing them, and they have become an indespensable resource for any gigging quartet.

These arrangements are written to be performed by string quartet. Bass parts are available to allow them to be performed by larger string ensembles. Some are more complex and challenging than others, but most can be performed at jobs with minimal rehearsal. A little experimentation will tell you which ones work best in noisy venues and which require quiet.

All of the arrangements are digitally typeset in beautifully legible Finale-engraved format.
Arrangements can be ordered individually, in albums, or as a complete set.

Individual arrangements are $8.00 each. (Includes all four parts).

Albums are $40.00 (Includes all four parts).

The complete set is $350.00 (Postage included within the USA) (Includes all four parts).

Optional parts for Doublebass are available for all of the arrangements. If you want to include bass parts in your order, please add:

Individual arrangement---$2.00;     Album---$10.00;     Complete set---$75.00.

Albums are a set of parts bound with plastic comb binders. The complete set includes everything listed on this order form (plus any arrangements I may have done recently) collected into one set.



About the Complete Set:

It is exactly what its name implies: a collection of EVERY string arrangement I have done.
The Complete Set is sent unbound, printed on 'letter-size' paper (8.5" x 11") pre-punched to be inserted into three-ring binders.
This makes the set less costly, and has proven to be convenient for quartets that wish to rearrange the order of the music for use at gigs.

Since European customers have sometimes been unable to obtain 'American' style binders that fit the paper,
I offer a set of 4 binders along with the music for an extra charge of $28.00 ($35.00 if Bass part is included).

I will also include binders for American customers who want them.
Please indicate that you wish to include binders when you place your order. Higher postage costs will apply
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NEW! DIGITAL PDFS!



All of the arrangements are now available via email in PDF format and can be opened and printed out on your home computer.
Not only is this a fast, easy way to get the music, but it saves the cost of postage for sheet music.

Also, the Complete Set can be purchased in PDF format on a compact disc or as an online download.
The PDF Complete Set includes bass parts and full scores for all the arrangements.
The digital complete set is available for $250--a 40% savings from the printed music price.

Here's a free sample to download: Tango in D by Isaac Albeniz:

Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Bass Score



To order by mail, send a list of the items you want along with a check (or you can use PayPal - see below) for the order total plus shipping (except for complete sets).
I send all orders within the USA via Priority Mail.

Shipping charges (within USA):
individual arrangements or single album -- $4.60
2 or more albums -- $9.00

Shipping charges for rush orders will be higher. I use FedEx for rush orders, so please check with me or the FedEx web site for the rate.
Orders from outside the continental United States are sent by Airmail or International Priority mail.

Send orders to:

Matthew Naughtin
184 Funston Ave., #12
San Francisco, CA 94118


To order by phone, call 415-831-8058 and leave a message. Be sure to state your address and phone number. An invoice will be sent with the order.
I accept payments via check or PayPal for phone orders.

Orders may also be placed via E-mail. My E-mail address is: mattmus@mindspring.com.


For e-mail orders you may pay either by check or by credit card or bank account transfers via PayPal.

To set up a PayPal account, follow this link:

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BAROQUE ALBUM

Bach: "Air" from Suite No. 3 in D  

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G

Bach: Cantata No. 140, Verse 1 "Wachet Auf"

Bach: Chorale Prelude: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier

Bach: Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme  


Bach: "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"  


Bach: Largo from the Concerto for Two Violins  


Bach: Minuet in G (Anna Magdalena)

Handel: Violin Sonata No. 4 in D

Handel: Hornpipe from the Water Music

Vivaldi: "Spring" from The Four Seasons

Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 3, #11



CHRISTMAS ALBUM

Christmas Medley I (Includes: "Silver Bells", "Let It Snow", "Have a Merry Little Christmas" and "White Christmas")

Christmas Medley II (Includes: "Shepherds Leave Your Sheep", "Come, O Come Emmanuel" and "Here We Come A-Caroling")

Christmas Medley III (Includes: "Coventry Carol", "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" and "Listen, Lordlings, Unto Me")

"Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella"  


"Bell Carol" and "Good Christian Men Rejoice"

"Carol of the Drum"  


Praetorius: "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" 


Adam: "O Holy Night"

Leontovich: "Ring, Christmas Bells"

Gruber: "Silent Night"  


"We Wish You a Merry Christmas"  


"What Child is This?" ("Greensleeves")  


"Sleigh Ride"

"Carol of the Drum"



GYPSY AIRS / FRITZ KREISLER ALBUM

"Golden Earrings" (Traditional)

Bartók: Rumanian Folk Dances  


Bizet: Entr'acte to Act IV of Carmen

Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1  


Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5

Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6

Herbert: "Gypsy Life"

Keler: "Son of the Puszta"

Kreisler: Allegretto after Boccherini

Kreisler: "Caprice Viennois"

Kreisler: "The Old Refrain"

Kreisler: "Schön Rosmarin"

Kreisler: "Tambourin Chinois" 


Sarasate: "Romanza Andaluza"  


Strauss: "Czardas" from Die Fledermaus



LATIN ALBUM

"La Bamba" (Traditional) 

Albeniz: Tango in D

Abreu: "Tico-Tico"

Bandolim: "Noites Cariocas"

Bizet: Habañera from Carmen

Bonfa: "Manha de Carnaval" from Black Orpheus

Gade: "Jalousie" Tango  


Gardel: "Por Una Cabeza" Tango from Scent of a Woman  


Gianneo: "Lamento Quichua"

Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas No. 2

Piazzolla: "Tanguedia III" 


Villoldo: "El Choclo" Tango"  


Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5

"Blue Tango"  





RAGTIME CLASSICS ALBUM

Lamb: "The Alaskan Rag"

Joplin: "Bethena" Concert Waltz

Scott: "Calliope" Rag

Joplin: "The Cascades"

Hampton: "Cataract" Rag

Joplin: "Elite Syncopations"

Ashwander: "Friday Night" Rag

Morath: "The Golden Hours"

Pratt: "Hot-House" Rag

Lamb: "Ragtime Nightingale"

Gershwin / Donaldson: "Rialto Ripples"

Joplin: "Stoptime" Rag

Joplin / Hayden: "Sunflower Slow Drag"

Lamb: "Top Liner" Rag

Naughtin: "Birthday" Rag



ROMANTIC CLASSICS ALBUM

Barber: Adagio for Strings

Beethoven: Adagio from the Pathetique  Sonata

Bizet: Entr'acte to Act III of Carmen

Bizet: "Flower Song" from Carmen

Debussy: "Clair de lune"

Debussy: "The Girl With the Flaxen Hair"

Debussy: "Golliwog's Cake-walk"

Dvorák: Largo from the New World  Symphony

Faure: Pavane

Grieg: "Morning Mood" from Perr Gynt Suite

Lehar: "Vilia" from The Merry Widow

Massenet: "Meditation" from Thais

Puccini: "Che Gelida Manina" from La Boheme  


Rachmaninov: 18th Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Rachmaninov: "Vocalise"

Ravel: Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Ravel: "Pavane por une infante defunte"

Satie: Three "Gymnopedies"

Shostakovich: "Romance"



WALTZ ALBUM I

J. Strauss, Jr.: "Blue Danube" Waltzes

Chopin Waltz Suite

Ivanovici: "Danube Waves" Waltz  


Kreisler: "Liebesfreud" Waltz

Lehar: Waltz Suite from The Merry Widow

J. Strauss, Jr.: Waltz Suite from Die Fledermaus  


"Belle of the Ball"



WALTZ ALBUM II

Kreisler: "Midnight Bells" Waltz  

Puccini: "Musetta's Waltz" from La Boheme  


J. Strauss, Jr.: "Tales from the Vienna Woods" Waltz

Stolz: "Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time"

Dvorák: Waltz movement from Symphony No. 8

J. Strauss, Jr.: "Wiener Blut" Waltzes

R. Strauss: Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier

"Richard Rodgers Waltzes"  


Copland: "Saturday Night Waltz"



VIVALDI: THE FOUR SEASONS ALBUM

"Summer"

"Fall"

"Winter"

"Spring"



WEDDING ALBUM

"Amazing Grace" (Traditional)

Bach: "Air" from Suite No. 3 in D

Bach: "Arioso" from Cantata No. 156

Bach: Chorale Prelude: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier

Bach: Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Bach: "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata No. 208

Bach/Gounod: "Ave Maria"

Beethoven: "Ode to Joy"

Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary in D  


Frank: "Panis Angelicus"  


Handel: "Entrance of the Queen of Sheba" from Solomon

Handel: "Hornpipe" from The Water Music  


Handel: "La Réjouissance" from Royal Fireworks Music

Handel: "Menuet" from The Water Music  


Handel: Overture from Royal Fireworks Music

Massenet: "Meditation" from Thais

Mendelssohn: Wedding March  


Mouret: Rondeau from Symphonies des fanfares

Naughtin: Chaconne, Meditation & Recessional

Pachelbel: Canon in D  


Purcell: Trumpet Tune ("The King of Denmark")  


Schubert: "Ave Maria"  


Wagner: "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin  


"The Lord's Prayer"  


"One Hand, One Heart"

"Sabbath Prayer"

"Sunrise, Sunset"

"Wedding Song"

Rodgers: Wedding Processional



AMERICAN ALBUM

BROADWAY & HOLLYWOOD FAVORITES ALBUM

POPS ALBUM