General repertoire (quartet)

This page contains the bulk of our music collection. We have everything from baroque, classical and romantic-era pieces, to excerpts from musicals and operas, a growing collection of jazz standards, as well as some classic rock selections… Enjoy!

Please click on the highlighted links below, to hear some samples of our quartet music.

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(Listed alphabetically by composer/songwriter/band)

  • Anderson, Leroy:
    • The Typewriter
    • Sandpaper Ballet
    • Forgotten Dreams
    • A Trumpeter’s Lullaby
    • The Waltzing Cat
    • The Syncopated Clock
    • Belle of the Ball
    • Plink, Plank, Plunk
    • Blue Tango
    • Jazz Pizzicato
    • Horse and Buggy
    • Serenata
    • Jazz Legato
    • Fiddle-Faddle
  • Ayer, Nat:
    • Oh! You Beautiful Doll
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian:
    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
    • Double Concerto in D minor
    • Gavottes I & II from “Orchestral Suite No. 3”, BVW 1068
  • Beatles:
    • A Hard Day’s Night
    • And I Love Her
    • Blackbird
    • Eight Days A Week
    • Get Back
    • Good Day Sunshine
    • Got To Get You Into My Life
    • Hello, Goodbye
    • Hey Jude
    • I Feel Fine
    • If I Fell
    • Lady Madonna
    • Michelle
    • Norwegian Wood
    • Paperback Writer
    • Strawberry Fields Forever
    • The Fool on the Hill
    • Tomorrow Never Knows
    • When I’m Sixty-Four
    • World Without Love
    • Yesterday
  • Beethoven, Ludwig:
    • Fur Elise
    • Symphony No. 5 in C minor, mvt. I
    • Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”), mvt. I
    • Quartet Op.18, No. 6
  • Berlin, Irving:
    • Play a Simple Melody
  • Berlioz, Hector:
    • Symphonie Fantastique, Movement 2 “Un Bal”
  • Bizet, Georges:
    • Adagietto from “L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1”
  • Blumley, Albert E.:
    • I’ll Fly Away
  • Boccherini, Luigi:
    • Minuet from “String Quintet in E” Op. 11, No. 5
  • Bock, Jerry:
    • Sunrise, Sunset from “Fiddler on the Roof”
  • Borodin, Alexander:
    • Notturno from “Quartet No. 2 in D”
  • Brahms, Johannes:
    • Lullaby
    • Hungarian Dance No. 5
    • Hungarian Dance No. 6
  • Bruch, Max:
    • Adagio (Main Theme)- slow mvt. from “Violin Concerto No.1”
  • Coldplay:
    • Viva La Vida
  • Cream:
    • Sunshine of Your Love
  • Davis, Paul:
    • Spring Song
  • Debussy, Claude-Achille:
    • Girl with the Flaxen Hair
    • Le petit negre
  • Dowland, John:
    • Can She Excuse My Wrongs?
  • Dvorak, Antonin:
    • Finale from “Sonatina in G Major”
    • Humoresque
    • Largo from “New World Symphony”
    • Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “The American”
  • Elgar, Edward:
    • Salut d’amour
    • Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)
  • Faure, Gabriel:
    • Apres un reve
    • Pavane
  • Gershwin, George:
    • Embraceable You
    • I Got Rhythm
    • The Man I Love
    • Nice Work If You Can Get It
    • Someone To Watch Over Me
    • Summertime (arr. E. Knudson)
    • Swanee
    • Do It Again
    • Stairway to Paradise
  • Grieg, Edvard:
    • Gavotte, from “Holberg Suite, Op. 40”
  • Grunfeld, Alfred:
    • Valse
  • Groban, Josh:
    • You Raise Me Up
  • Haydn, Franz Joseph:
    • Quartet Op.3, No.5
  • Holst, Gustav:
    • ‘Jupiter’ from “The Planets”
  • IRISH FIDDLE TUNES:
    • 1- A Lovely Lass (arr. G. Speckert)
    • 2- Nothing Can Sadden Us (arr. G. Speckert)
    • 3- Quiet Sailing Waters (arr. G. Speckert)
    • 4- The Green Glen (arr. G. Speckert)
    • 5- The Foggy Dew (arr. G. Speckert)
    • 6- With Spirit (arr. G. Speckert)
    • 7- An Irish Waltz Medley: My Wild Irish Rose,  The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady, That’s an Irish Lullaby, When Irish Eyes are Smiling (C. Alcott/M. Nugent/J.R. Shannon/E. Ball; arr. S. Rosenhaus)
  • JAZZ STANDARDS COLLECTION:
    • 1- It’s Only a Paper Moon (arr. B. Ligon)
    • 2- It Had To Be You (arr. M. Norgaard)
    • 3- Bye Bye Blackbird (arr. B. Caputo)
    • 4- Blue Moon (arr. M. Turner)
    • 5- Take Five (arr. B. Ligon)
    • 6- How High the Moon (arr. T. Sharp)
    • 7- A Day in the Life of a Fool (arr. B. Ligon)
  • More Jazz & Popular Standards:
  • Jenkins, Karl:
    • Palladio
  • Jobim, Antonio Carlos:
    • The Girl from Ipanema
  • Knudson, Elizabeth:
    • A Vagabond Song
    • Short and Suite (mvts. I, II, III)
  • Led Zeppelin:
    • Stairway to Heaven
  • Marley, Bob:
    • Is This Love (arr. E. Knudson)
  • Menken, Alan:
    • A Whole New World (from “Aladdin”)
    • Beauty and the Beast
  • Metallica:
    • Nothing Else Matters (arr. E. Knudson)
  • Meyer, George:
    • For Me and My Gal
  • Monaco, James:
    • You Made Me Love You
  • Monti, Vittorio:
    • Czardas
  • Mozart, Wolfgang:
    • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
    • The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)
    • Quartet No. 4 in C Major, K. 157
    • Quartet No. 17 in Bb Major- “The Hunt”, K. 458
  • O’Connor, Mark:
    • Appalachia Waltz
  • Offenbach, Jacques:
    • Galop from “La vie Parisienne”
  • OPERA FAVORITES COLLECTION:
    • 1- O mio babbino caro from “Gianni Schicchi” (Puccini, Giacomo)
    • 2- The Flower Song from “Lakme” (Delibes, Leo)
    • 3- Der Vogelfanger from “The Magic Flute” (Mozart, Wolfgang)
    • 4- Bei Mannern from “The Magic Flute” (Mozart, Wolfgang)
    • 5- Barcarolle from “Tales of Hoffman” (Offenbach, Jacques)
    • 6- Habanera from “Carmen” (Bizet, Georges)
    • 7- Toreador’s Song from “Carmen” (Bizet, Georges)
    • 8- Meditation from “Thais” (Massenet, Jules)
  • Presley, Elvis:
    • Can’t Help Falling in Love
    • Love Me Tender
  • Puccini, Giacomo:
    • Nessun Dorma, from “Turandot”
  • Queen:
    • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Ravel, Maurice:
    • Pavane pour une infante défunte
  • Rossini, Gioacchino:
    • William Tell Overture
  • Satie, Erik:
    • Gymnopedie No. 1
  • Schubert, Franz:
    • Scherzo from “Death and the Maiden”
    • Impromptu from Op. 142
    • Moment Musicale No. 3
  • Schumann, Robert:
    • Traumerei
  • Simaku, Thoma:
    • The Nightingale
  • TANGOS & MORE COLLECTION: (McLean, Michael)
    • 1- Tango
    • 2- Serenata
    • 3- Rhumba
    • 4- Csardas
    • 5- Fandango
    • 6- Tango Chromatique
  • TRADITIONAL:
    • Siman tov u mazel tov (Jewish)
    • Steffaleken (Scandinavian)
    • Toss the Feathers (Irish)
    • Vals fra Jamtland (Scandinavian)
  • Strauss, Johann (Jr.):
    • On the Beautiful Blue Danube
    • Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
  • Sullivan, Arthur:
    • Three Little Maids from “The Mikado”
  • Vivaldi, Antonio:
  • Volans, Kevin:
    • String Quartet No. 1, “White Man Sleeps”
  • Ward, Charles:
    • The Band Played On
  • Williams, John:
    • “Star Wars”: Main Theme

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Other:

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  • O Canada (Calixa Lavallée, arranged by Elizabeth Knudson)
  • Happy Birthday (Mildred Jane Hill; arr. E. Knudson)
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    Celebration of Life

    • Abide With Me (W.H. Monk)
    • Amazing Grace (American trad.)
    • Beautiful Saviour (trad. German)
    • He Leadeth Me (W.B. Bradbury)
    • Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (L. van Beethoven)
    • I’ll Fly Away (arr. E. Knudson)
    • Nearer, My God To Thee (S.F. Adams)
    • Nessun Dorma from “Turandot” (G. Puccini)
    • Nimrod from “Enigma Variations” (E. Elgar)
    • The King of Love, My Shepherd Is (trad. Irish)
    • The Lord’s My Shepherd (J.L. Macbeth Bain)
    • When Peace, Like a River (Horatio G. Spafford)