Since 2002 Birchwood Music has specialized in publishing music for strings. We carry a wide range of repertoire from the Renaissance to the 20th century, with emphasis on making alternative parts available for specialized groups (i.e. violin - and cello - parts to cover viola; viola parts to cover cello; and other unique alternatives that special occasions may call for). We also make some pieces available in alternate key versions: original keys for more experienced performers; "string-friendly" keys for beginner ensembles. And . . . Can't find an arrangement of a piece you'd like to do? Send us a request and we'll see if we can add it to our catalog for you!

Works Arranged by Composer     ~     Duos     ~     Trios / 3-part works     ~     Quartets / 4-part works     ~     5-part works     ~     Soloist and Ensemble

Solos, Duos and Chamber Music

J.S. Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 "Little G Minor" (violin, viola & cello)
J.S. Bach: Three Pieces, BWV 933, 936, 587 (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins & cello)
J.S. Bach: Three More Pieces (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins & cello)
J.S. Bach: Trio in C minor, BWV 585 (violin, viola & cello)
J.S. Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria (2 violins and piano)
William Boyce: Symphony No. 3 (2 violins, viola/violin, cello/viola)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegretto (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins and cello)
Frederic Chopin: Nocturne in Eb major, op. 9, no. 2 (violin, viola & cello)
Edvard Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (violin, viola & cello)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio No. 56 (violin, viola & cello)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio No. 82 (violin, viola & cello)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio No. 95 (violin, viola & cello)
Anthony Holborne: Three Fantasias (violin, viola & cello)
Engelbert Humperdinck: Brother Dance a Step or Two from "Hansel & Gretel" (2 violins and piano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in D major, K. 439b [5 movements] (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins and cello)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in Bb major, K. 439b [1 movement] (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins and cello)
Mussorgsky: Hopak (violin, viola & cello)

Birchwood Collection: Music for String Trio (violin, viola & cello)
    - Haydn: Andantino
    - Mozart: Two Fugues, K. 153 & 154
    - C.P.E. Bach: La Caroline
    -  . . . and more

Works Arranged by Composer     ~     Duos     ~     Trios / 3-part works     ~     Quartets / 4-part works     ~     5-part works     ~     Soloist and Ensemble

Music for 2, 3 or 4 Violins

J.S. Bach: Duetto No. 3 (2 violins)
J.S. Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria (2 violins and piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegretto (3 violins)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegro and Minuet (2 violins)
William Boyce: Symphony No. 3 (4 violins)
Arcangelo Corelli: Pastorale from "Christmas Concerto", op. 8, no. 8 (3 violins)
George Frederick Handel: Duets for Two Violins [12 pieces]
George Frederick Handel: Music from Royal Fireworks Music (3 violins)
George Frederick Handel: Overture in D major, HWV 424 (3-part)
Engelbert Humperdinck: Brother Dance a Step or Two from "Hansel & Gretel" (2 violins and piano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in D major, K. 439b (3 violins)

Collection: A First Book of Violin Duets (and Trios) for the Beginning Violinist


Works Arranged by Composer     ~     Duos     ~     Trios / 3-part works     ~     Quartets / 4-part works     ~     5-part works     ~     Soloist and Ensemble

Music for String Ensemble or String Orchestra

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 4 (chamber orchestra)
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 5 (chamber orchestra)
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 7 (chamber orchestra)
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 8 (chamber orchestra)
Anonymous: Fugue in B Minor (4-part)
Franz Josef Aumann: Sinfonia Solennissima (4-part; or chamber orchestra)
J.S. Bach: Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562 (5-part)
J.S. Bach: Fantasie in G minor, BWV 917 (4-part)
J.S. Bach: Fugue in B minor, BWV 579 (4-part)
J.S. Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 "Little G Minor" (3-part)
J.S. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (6-part)
J.S. Bach: Prelude in C major, BWV 943 (4-part)
J.S. Bach: Prelude to Cantata No. 156 (soloist & 4-part)
J.S. Bach: Prelude in Suite in A major, BWV 818a (4-part)
J.S. Bach: Sonata in D major, BWV 963 (4-part)
Francesco Barsanti: Overture in G major, op. 4, no. 4 (4-part)
Béla Bartók: For Children: Set No. 1 [nos. 1-6] (4-part)
Béla Bartók: For Children: Set No. 2 [nos. 7-12] (4-part)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Ode to Joy (4-part)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Three Equali (4-part)
Henri Bertini: Suite for Strings (4-part)
William Boyce: Symphony No. 3 (4-part)
André Campra: Rigaudon (4-part)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to Te Deum (4-part)
Arcagelo Corelli: Pastorale from "Christmas Concerto", op. 8, no. 8 (4-part)
Gabriel Faure: Madrigal (2 soloists & 4-part)
Vinny Fuerst: Twinkle Variations (5-part)
Vinny Fuerst: Shenandoah (5-part)
Vinny Fuerst: Symphony "No. 3" (5-part)
Edvard Grieg: Ballad (5-part)
George Frederick Handel: Fugue in C major (4-part)
Harris: Prelude (5-part)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Divertimento in G major (soloist & 4-part)
Engelbert Humperdinck: Brother Dance a Step or Two from "Hansel & Gretel" (5-part)
Adolf Jensen: The Mill (4-part)
Albert Loeschhorn: Good Night (4-part)
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Gavotte from “Atys” (4-part)
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Gavotte & Musette (4-part)
Wolfgand Amadeus Mozart: Overture to "Mitridate" (4-part; or chamber orchestra)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 9 (4-part)
Eduard Napravnik: Melancolie (5-part)
Sergei Prokofiev: Selections from "Music for Children" (5-part)
Henry Purcell: Chaconne from "The Fairy Queen" (4-part)
Henry Purcell: Seven Selections from "The Fairy Queen" (4-part)
Henry Purcell: Overture to "The Rival Sisters" (4-part)
George Rush: Quartet No. 1 (4-part)
George Rush: Quartet No. 2 (4-part)
George Rush: Quartet No. 3 (4-part)
George Rush: Royal Shepherd Overture (chamber orchestra)
Gaetono Maria Schiassi: Christmas Sinfonia (4-part)
Jean Sibelius: Andante festivo (4-part)
Schneider: Symphony in C major (chamber orchestra)
August Södermann: Norwegian Wedding March (4-part)
Gustav Strube: Elegie in D Minor (5-part)
Johann Svendsen: Two Icelandic Melodies, op. 30 (6-part)
Vaughan Williams: Bryn Calfaria (5-part)
Vaughan Williams: Rhosymedre (5-part)
Vaughan Williams: Hyfrydol (5-part)
Vivaldi: Sonata “Al Santo Sepolcro” in A minor (4-part)
Richard Wilbye: Fly Not So Swift My Dear (4-part)
Johann Georg Zechner: Symphony No. 1 (chamber orchestra)
Johann Georg Zechner: Symphony No. 2 (chamber orchestra)


Some Nuts & Bolts
3-Part String Ensemble (1 - Vln;   2 - Vln/Va;   3 - Vln/Va/Vc)
4-Part String Ensemble (1 - Vln;   2 - Vln;   3 - Va;   4 - Vc)
5-Part String Ensemble (1 - Vln;   2 - Vln;   3 - Va;   4 - Cello;   5 - Db)

In some works parts are listed with (1), (2) or (3). This indicates that a particular part covers the first, second or third part in that arrangement. For example, the third (lowest/bass) part of a work can be played by either, or all, of the following: Cello (3), Viola (3), or Violin (3).

Regarding Substitute Parts:  Violin V and Cello V (Viola substitute parts) available for most works
Violin V = Viola part arranged for Violin
Violin C = Cello part arranged for Violin
Cello V= Viola part arranged for Cello
Cello B = Double Bass part arranged for Cello
Bass C = Cello part arranged for Double Bass
Violin S = simplified Violin part
Viola S = simplified Viola part
Cello S = simplified Cello part




Works Arranged by Composer     ~     Duos     ~     Trios / 3-part works     ~     Quartets / 4-part works     ~     5-part works     ~     Soloist and Ensemble

Works Arranged by Composer
Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 4 (chamber orchestra)
Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 5 (chamber orchestra)
Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 7 (chamber orchestra)
Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 8 (chamber orchestra)
Anonymous: Fugue in B Minor (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Aumann: Sinfonia Solennissima (4-part; or chamber orchestra)
Bach, JS: Duetto No. 3 (2 violins)
Bach, JS: Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562 (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Bach, JS: Fantasie in G minor, BWV 917 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Bach, JS: Four Pieces (3 Minuets and Musette) (2 violins & cello)
Bach, JS: Fugue in B minor, BWV 579 (4-part orchestra)
Bach, JS: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 "Little G Minor" (chamber; or 3-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Bach, JS: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Bach, JS: Prelude in C major, BWV 943 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Bach, JS: Prelude to Cantata No. 156 (soloist & 4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Bach, JS: Prelude in Suite in A major, BWV 818a (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Bach, JS: Sonata in D major, BWV 963 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Bach, JS: Three Pieces, BWV 933, 936, 587 (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins & cello)
Bach, JS: Three More Pieces (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins & cello)
Bach, JS: Trio in C minor, BWV 585 (violin, viola & cello)
Bach, JS-Gounod: Ave Maria (2 violins and piano)
Barsanti: Overture in G major, op. 4, no. 4 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Bartók: For Children: Set No. 1 [nos. 1-6] (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Bartók: For Children: Set No. 2 [nos. 7-12] (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Beethoven: Allegretto (chamber:  violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins and cello; or 3 violins; or 3-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Beethoven: Allegro and Minuet (2 violins)
Beethoven: Ode to Joy (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Beethoven: Three Equali (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Bertini: Suite for Strings (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Boyce: Symphony No. 3 (chamber; or 4 violins; or 4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Campra: Rigaudon (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Charpentier: Prelude to Te Deum (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Chopin: Nocturne in Eb major, op. 9, no. 3 (violin, viola & cello)
Corelli: Pastorale from "Christmas Concerto", op. 8, no. 8 (3 violins; or chamber; or 4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Faure: Madrigal (2 soloists & 4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Fuerst: The Beginning Violinist - A Graded Primer
Fuerst: Shenandoah (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Fuerst: Symphony "No. 3" (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Fuerst: Twinkle Variations (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Grieg: Ballad (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (violin, viola & cello)
Handel: Duets for Two Violins [12 pieces]
Handel: Fugue in C major (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Handel: Music from Royal Fireworks Music (3 violins)
Handel: Overture in D major, HWV 424 (3 violins; or chamber)
Harris: Prelude (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Haydn: Divertimento in G major (soloist & 4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Haydn: Trio No. 56 (violin, viola & cello)
Haydn: Trio No. 82 (violin, viola & cello)
Haydn: Trio No. 95 (violin, viola & cello)
Holborne: Three Fantasias (violin, viola & cello)
Humperdinck: Brother Dance a Step or Two from "Hansel & Gretel" (2 violins and piano; or 5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Jensen: The Mill (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Loeschhorn: Good Night (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Lully: Gavotte from “Atys” (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Lully: Gavotte & Musette (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Mozart: Overture to "Mitridate" (chamber orchestra; or 4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Mozart: Serenade in D major, K. 439b [5 movements] (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins and cello; or 3 violins)
Mozart: Serenade in Bb major, K. 439b [1 movement] (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins and cello)
Mozart: Symphony No. 9 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Mussorgsky: Hopak (violin, viola & cello)
Napravnik: Melancolie (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Prokofiev: Selections from "Music for Children" (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Purcell: Chaconne from "The Fairy Queen" (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Purcell: Seven Selections from "The Fairy Queen" (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Purcell: Overture to "The Rival Sisters" (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Rush: Quartet No. 1 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Rush: Quartet No. 2 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Rush: Quartet No. 3 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Rush: Royal Shepherd Overture (chamber orchestra)
Schiassi: Christmas Sinfonia (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Sibelius: Andante festivo (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Schneider: Symphony in C major (chamber orchestra)
Södermann: Norwegian Wedding March (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Strube: Elegie in D Minor (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Svendsen: Two Icelandic Melodies, op. 30 (6-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Vaughan Williams: Bryn Calfaria (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Vaughan Williams: Rhosymedre (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Vaughan Williams: Hyfrydol (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Vivaldi: Sonata “Al Santo Sepolcro” in A minor (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Wilbye: Fly Not So Swift My Dear (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Zechner: Symphony No. 1 (chamber orchestra)
Zechner: Symphony No. 2 (chamber orchestra)

Birchwood Collections
Music for String Trio (violin, viola & cello) [Haydn: Andantino; Mozart: Two Fugues, K. 153 & 154; C.P.E. Bach: La Caroline; and more . . .]
A First Book of Violin Duets (and Trios) for the Beginning Violinist



Duos
J.S. Bach: Duetto No. 3 (2 violins)
J.S. Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria (2 violins and piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegro and Minuet (2 violins)
George Frederick Handel: Duets for Two Violins [12 pieces]



Trios / 3-Part
J.S. Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 "Little G Minor" (violin, viola & cello)  -  CHAMBER  or  ORCHESTRA
J.S. Bach: Three Pieces, BWV 933, 936, 587 (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins & cello)
J.S. Bach: Three More Pieces (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins & cello)
J.S. Bach: Trio in C minor, BWV 585 (violin, viola & cello)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegretto (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins and cello)
Frederic Chopin: Nocturne, op, 9, no, 3 (violin, viola & cello)
Edvard Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (violin, viola & cello)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio No. 56 (violin, viola & cello)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio No. 82 (violin, viola & cello)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio No. 95 (violin, viola & cello)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in D major, K. 439b (violin, viola & cello; or 2 violins and cello)



Quartets / 4-Part
Anonymous: Fugue in B Minor (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
J.S. Bach: Fantasie in G minor, BWV 917 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
J.S. Bach: Fugue in B minor, BWV 579 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
J.S. Bach: Prelude in C major, BWV 943 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
J.S. Bach: Prelude in Suite in A major, BWV 818a (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
J.S. Bach: Sonata in D major, BWV 963 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Francesco Barsanti: Overture in G major, op. 4, no. 4 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Béla Bartók: For Children: Set No. 1 [nos. 1-6] (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Béla Bartók: For Children: Set No. 2 [nos. 7-12] (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Ode to Joy (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Three Equali (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Henri Bertini: Suite for Strings (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
William Boyce: Symphony No. 3 (4-part)  -  CHAMBER  or  ORCHESTRA
André Campra: Rigaudon (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to Te Deum (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Arcagelo Corelli: Pastorale from "Christmas Concerto", op. 8, no. 8 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
George Frederick Handel: Fugue in C major (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Adolf Jensen: The Mill (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Albert Loeschhorn: Good Night (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Gavotte from “Atys” (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Gavotte & Musette (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Wolfgand Amadeus Mozart: Overture to "Mitridate" (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra; or chamber orchestra)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 9 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Henry Purcell: Chaconne from "The Fairy Queen" (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Henry Purcell: Seven Selections from "The Fairy Queen" (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Henry Purcell: Overture to "The Rival Sisters" (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
George Rush: Quartet No. 1 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
George Rush: Quartet No. 2 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
George Rush: Quartet No. 3 (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Gaetono Maria Schiassi: Christmas Sinfonia (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Jean Sibelius: Andante festivo (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
August Södermann: Norwegian Wedding March (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Vivaldi: Sonata “Al Santo Sepolcro” in A minor (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Richard Wilbye: Fly Not So Swift My Dear (4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)

5-Part +
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 4 (chamber orchestra)
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 5 (chamber orchestra)
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 7 (chamber orchestra)
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Symphony No. 8 (chamber orchestra)
Franz Josef Aumann: Sinfonia Solennissima (4-part; or chamber orchestra)
J.S. Bach: Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562 (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
J.S. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (6-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Vinny Fuerst: Twinkle Variations (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Vinny Fuerst: Shenandoah (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Vinny Fuerst: Symphony "No. 3" (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Edvard Grieg: Ballad (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Harris: Prelude (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Engelbert Humperdinck: Brother Dance a Step or Two from "Hansel & Gretel" (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Eduard Napravnik: Melancolie (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Sergei Prokofiev: Selections from "Music for Children" (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
George Rush: Royal Shepherd Overture (chamber orchestra)
Schneider: Symphony in C major (chamber orchestra)
Gustav Strube: Elegie in D Minor (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Johann Svendsen: Two Icelandic Melodies, op. 30 (6-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Vaughan Williams: Bryn Calfaria (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Vaughan Williams: Rhosymedre (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Vaughan Williams: Hyfrydol (5-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Johann Georg Zechner: Symphony No. 1 (chamber orchestra)
Johann Georg Zechner: Symphony No. 2 (chamber orchestra)

Soloist and Ensemble
J.S. Bach: Prelude to Cantata No. 156 (soloist & 4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Gabriel Faure: Madrigal (2 soloists & 4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Divertimento in G major (soloist & 4-part string ensemble or string orchestra)