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I Xenitia. Cello sheet music. Viola sheet music. Violin sheet music. Advanced.

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I Xenitia. Cello sheet music. Viola sheet music. Violin sheet music. Advanced.

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I Xenitia arranged by Apollo Chamber Players. For String Quartet. Classical Period, Folk Music, World. Advanced Intermediate. Set of Parts, Score. Apollo CP #003. Published by Apollo CP. S0.12700. I Xenitia. "Foreign Lands". belongs to a genre of Greek folk music called 'Rebetika', songs which express the strife and heartache endured by a people expelled from their homeland. Originating from Greek refugees living in Asia Minor - under Turkish domination - during the early 20th century, Rebetika music began to flourish in the urban ghettos of larger Greek cities. Athens, Piraeus. following the Greek diaspora in 1922. Over 1.5 million refugees brought with them Eastern Mediterranean-influenced music which, combined with the joy, sorrow, and difficulties of their new life in the urban underworld of Greece, evolved into the songs of Rebetika. I Xenitia features a simple, Persian-esque melody, played by the first violin and later expounded upon in a short improvisational-like cadenza. or taximia, in Rebetika parlance. The second violin - taking the role of a guitar - provides rhythmic grounding and an icy pedal tone color. An eerie harmony in harmonics is sung by the viola, which also interrupts occasionally with a secondary melody. the cello line provides a yearnful, sardonic bass line for his string quartet brethren, occasionally joining the melodic dance with the first fiddle. Imitating the traditional instruments of a Rebetika band - a guitar-like bouzouki, a politiki lyra. bowed instrument of Persian origin. , clarinet, cymbalom, oud. European lute relative. , and finger-cymbals, among others - our arrangement utilizes a variety of stringed instrument 'extended techniques'. Among these are various timbral applications of pizzicato and glissandi, as well as harmonics and ponticello. Featured in Apollo's album, 'EUROPEAN FOLKSCAPES,' available on Navona Records. www. navonarecords. comwww. apollochamberplayers. org. Digital Print is printable sheet music available anytime, anywhere. Just purchase, print and play. View your online sheet music at home, school, work or anywhere you have a computer connected to the Internet. Use our iPad app to view your digital sheet music on the go. With Digital Print, you can print your digital sheet music immediately after purchase, or wait until its convenient. And our software installation is easy - we'll guide you through the simple steps to make sure you have Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR and the Sheet Music Plus AIR application.

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I Xenitia arranged by Apollo Chamber Players. For String Quartet. Classical Period, Folk Music, World. Advanced Intermediate. Set of Parts, Score. Аполлон СР. Published by Apollo CP. S0.12700. I Xenitia. "Foreign Lands". belongs to a genre of Greek folk music called 'Rebetika', songs which express the strife and heartache endured by a people expelled from their homeland. Originating from Greek refugees living in Asia Minor - under Turkish domination - during the early 20th century, Rebetika music began to flourish in the urban ghettos of larger Greek cities. Athens, Piraeus. following the Greek diaspora in 1922. Over 1.5 million refugees brought with them Eastern Mediterranean-influenced music which, combined with the joy, sorrow, and difficulties of their new life in the urban underworld of Greece, evolved into the songs of Rebetika. I Xenitia features a simple, Persian-esque melody, played by the first violin and later expounded upon in a short improvisational-like cadenza. or taximia, in Rebetika parlance. The second violin - taking the role of a guitar - provides rhythmic grounding and an icy pedal tone color. An eerie harmony in harmonics is sung by the viola, which also interrupts occasionally with a secondary melody. the cello line provides a yearnful, sardonic bass line for his string quartet brethren, occasionally joining the melodic dance with the first fiddle. Imitating the traditional instruments of a Rebetika band - a guitar-like bouzouki, a politiki lyra. bowed instrument of Persian origin. , clarinet, cymbalom, oud. European lute relative. , and finger-cymbals, among others - our arrangement utilizes a variety of stringed instrument 'extended techniques'. Among these are various timbral applications of pizzicato and glissandi, as well as harmonics and ponticello. Featured in Apollo's album, 'EUROPEAN FOLKSCAPES,' available on Navona Records. www. navonarecords. comwww. apollochamberplayers. org. Digital Print is printable sheet music available anytime, anywhere. Just purchase, print and play. View your online sheet music at home, school, work or anywhere you have a computer connected to the Internet. Use our iPad app to view your digital sheet music on the go. With Digital Print, you can print your digital sheet music immediately after purchase, or wait until its convenient. And our software installation is easy - we'll guide you through the simple steps to make sure you have Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR and the Sheet Music Plus AIR application.