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, and are available as printed sheet music or as
digital PDF files which can be downloaded and printed on your computer.
Arrangements can be ordered individually, in albums, or as a complete set.
DIGITAL PDFS
All of the arrangements are 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:
Printed 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 printed 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.
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 -- $4.90
2 or more albums -- $10.70
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 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.
For e-mail orders you may pay either by check or by credit card or bank account transfers via PayPal.
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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
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III
CHRISTMAS ALBUM
Christmas Medley I (Includes: "Shepherds Leave Your Sheep", "Come, O Come Emmanuel" and "Here We Come A-Caroling")
Christmas Medley II (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"
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")
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
Bandolim: "Noites Cariocas"
Bizet: Habañera from Carmen
Gade: "Jalousie" Tango
Gianneo: "Lamento Quichua"
Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas No. 2
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5
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
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: Meditation
Pachelbel: Canon in D
Purcell: Trumpet Tune ("The King of Denmark")
Schubert: "Ave Maria"
Wagner: "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin
"The Lord's Prayer"
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