Arrangements of popular songs for flexibly-scored quartets published on sheetmusicplus
Happy Together - originally released in 1967 by The Turtles
True Colors - originally released in 1986 by Cyndi Lauper
Need You Now - originally released in 2009 by Lady Antebellum
Can be played by a homogeneous group such as string quartet, wind quartet, recorder quartet, brass quartet or a mixed combination of instruments.
Each of the arrangements is for instruments in four parts.
The arrangements are suitable for multiple quartet combinations with parts available (and potential instrumentations suggested) as follows:
Part 1: C, Eb (flute, oboe, alto recorder, Eb clarinet, violin 1)
Part 2: C, Bb (oboe, tenor recorder, Bb clarinet, violin 2)
Part 3: C - alto & bass clefs, Bb, Eb, F (Bb clarinet, bass recorder, alto saxophone, horn in F, viola)
Part 4: C - bass clef, Bb, F (bassoon, great bass recorder, tenor saxophone, horn in F, 'cello)
Any other appropriate instruments, even if not suggested above, may play.
Although each score is presented with layout appropriate for string quartet this does not indicate a preferred instrumentation.
An example of a brass quartet instrumentation: Eb cornet, Bb cornet, Tenor horn in Eb, Baritone horn in Bb
The song 'Happy Together' was written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon. It was recorded by the American rock band The Turtles and released as a single in February 1967. The single reached number one in the Billboard Hot 100, and reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1967.
'True Colors', written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, was the title track from American singer Cyndi Lauper's second album. Released as a single in 1986 it spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 12 in the UK singles chart.
The song "Need You Now" was recorded by US country music trio Lady Antebellum and was the title track from their second studio album. The song was released as a single in the US in 2009 and in 2011 won four Grammy Awards, including for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.