Flight of the Bumblebee, for String Quartet

Composer

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Year of composition

1900

Arranger

Joel Jacklich

Lyricist

none

Publisher

Jacklich Music Publishing

Difficulty

Difficult (Grades 7+)

Duration

2 minutes

Genre

Classical music

Instrumentation

String quartet

Instrumental parts

Cello, Viola, Violin I and Violin II

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I have recently re-edited this arrangement to correct problems with MIDI playback.

After I had conducted an all-Russian concert that included the original full-orchestra version of "Flight of the Bumblebee," a former student of mine, who was performing at the time as a member of the Grossmont Quartet, asked me to make this arrangement for the quartet. The parts are as close as possible to the original orchestral parts except for where the strings must cover for the missing winds.

Visit my website at: http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/jjacklich/ to check out my other arrangements and compositions.

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