Compositions with Herbert Straus Gardner as composer

Title click for details	Creators	Key	Composed	Instrumentation	Period/style	Type
Three Madrigals (From the 16th century for modern strings)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	Several	2012	strings	Modern	Madrigals
The Celebrated Jumping Notes of Palm Beach County	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A major	2009	piano and strings	Modern	Pieces
Introduction to a lowered tone	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D minor	2009	piano and strings	Modern	Pieces
Mr. G's One-Finger March	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A major	2003	piano and strings	Modern	Marches
The Intermediate String Class	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	various	1969	strings	Modern	Pieces
The All-City March	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	E flat major	1986	wind ensemble, brass ensemble and percussion	Modern	Marches
More lowered tones	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C minor	2001	piano and strings	Modern	Pieces
A Major Madness (Introduction to a Bach Chorale)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A major	2009	piano and strings	Modern	Introductions
An Introduction to the Bach Chorale (Preparatory study for Chorale #361)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2009	piano and strings	Modern	Chorales, Studies
Hava Nagila	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D minor	2013	strings percussion and strings	Early 20th century	Pieces
BEA Flats (Preparatory study for Haydn Symphony No.94)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	Several	2010	piano and strings	Modern	Studies
Gee, Sharp, See, Sharp! (Preparatory Study for A major)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A major	2009	violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano piano and strings	Modern	Studies
A Visit to Minorland (An exploration of the natural minor)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	E minor	2012	violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano	Modern	Pieces
Fuzzy Wuzzy (Bear With Me, Please)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A major	2010	piano and strings voice, piano and strings	Modern	Pieces
The Pizza Cat(o) (Independent finger drill)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C major	2013	piano and strings violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano	Modern	Exercises
Preparatory Study for the 'One-Over-Par' March	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2012	strings	Early 20th century	Studies, Marches
Preparatory Study for 'Bananas' (Chromatic F{{Sharp}} and A{{Flat}})	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer Frank Silver, librettist Irving Cohn, librettist	C major	2010	piano and strings	Modern	Studies
Battle of the Titans (Beethoven vs Wohlfart)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D major, minor	2013	strings	Modern	Pieces
A Scale with Only 5 Notes (The Pentatonic Scale)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C pentatonic	2013	piano and strings	Modern	Pieces
A Cambodian Dance (Traditional)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C pentatonic	2013	strings	Modern	Dances
Those Pesky Whole Steps! (Preparatory study for Exsultate Jubilate)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	F major	2013	violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano	Modern	Studies
Preparatory Study for Tomorrow	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	F major	2014	strings	Modern	Studies
O Danny Boy for String Orchestra (Londonderry Air)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2014		Modern	Folksongs
A duet for violin and viola	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A major	2014	violin, viola and piano	Modern	Marches
Discovering F major (How do You Make a Bee Flat?)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	F major	2014	violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano	Modern	Pieces
Re-discovering F major (Introduction to a new key for students)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	F major	2014	violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano	Modern	Pieces
Easy chromatics for strings	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2014	violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano	Modern	Pieces
Chromos, the Colourful Bass (Chromatic Study for Double bass)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C major	2011	double bass and piano	Modern	Studies
Hello, G minor! (Introduction to a lowered tone)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G minor	2015	violin, viola, cello, 2 double basses and piano flute, violin, viola, cello, 2 double basses and piano	Modern	Pieces
A Major Minor Birthday (A familiar melody in two modes)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major/G minor	2015	violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano	Modern	Pieces
Bach's Air Simplified	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D major	2015	strings piano and strings	Baroque	Airs
Want to B minor? (Introduction to B minor)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	B minor	2015	2 violins, viola and cello	Classical	Pieces
Oseh Shalom (Hebrew Melody)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D minor	2015	2 violins, viola, cello and double bass strings	Ancient	Pieces
Another Lowered Tone - Eb!	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G minor	2016	2 violins, viola, cello and double bass strings	Modern	Pieces
The Beginning String Class (A Guide for String Teachers)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer		2015	violin viola cello double bass	Modern	Methods
Bak To The Future (What's In A Name?)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	E minor	2015	2 violins, viola, cello and double bass	Baroque	Pieces
Two Baroque Dances (from anonymous sources)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	F major	1720	harpsichord and strings	Baroque	Dances
Go Down, Moses! (G minor, harmonic form)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G minor	2016		Traditional	Spirituals
The Tortured Interval! (Diminished fifths in C major)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C major	2016	piano and strings	Modern	Exercises
The Tortured Interval, No. 2! (More diminished fifths)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D major	2016	piano and strings	Modern	Pieces
The Tortured Interval, No. 3! (More diminished fifths)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	F major	2016	2 violins, viola, cello and double bass strings orchestra	Modern	Pieces
Finding Bb Major (A new key in two octaves)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	Bb	2014	piano and strings	Modern	Pieces
The ABC of Shifting! (First Steps To The Higher Positions)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C major	2016	strings orchestra	Modern	Pieces
A Bass Trick! ("Getting Shifty!&")	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	F major	2016	double bass and piano	Modern	Pieces
Another Bass Trick! (Rapid Octave Alternations Made Easy)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2016	double bass and piano	Modern	Pieces
Adon Olam (A melody from traditional Jewish Music)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A minor	2016	strings	Traditional (folk)	Pieces
Waltzing Matilda Meets J. S. Bach!	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer Andrew Barton Paterson, librettist	F major	2016	mixed chorus mixed chorus and piano	Modern	Folksongs, Ballads
The Portamento Shift for Bass (Slide on the old finger towards the new)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C minor	2016	2 double basses and piano	Traditional (folk)	Pieces
A Mozart Moment! (Preparation for K. 525)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2016	violin, viola, cello and double bass violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano strings	Classical	Pieces
The High C's (Range extension n C major)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C major	2016	strings orchestra	Modern	Pieces
Chopin-An Introduction (An introduction to Prelude, op. 28, #4)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	E minor	2016	strings	Romantic	Preludes
Chopin' Up Chopin! (Preparatory studies for Chopin Prelude op.28, No. 4)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	E minor	2016	strings orchestra	Romantic	Studies
Exploring E Minor (A New Key for Young Players)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	E minor	2017	strings	Baroque	Pieces
D Major Goes Downstairs (Lower Octave of D Major for String Students)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D major	2017	2 violins, viola, cello and double bass strings	Classical	Pieces
The Slavic Minor (Awkward leaps, strange notes and other minor items!)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	E minor	2017	strings	Modern	Studies
2 Scottish Dances (Two Scottish Dances; Two Caledonian Country Dances)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2017	2 violins, viola, cello and double bass strings	Baroque	Dances
A Scale with 12 Notes (An introductory experience with the chromatic scale)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C major	2017	strings piano and strings	Modern	Scales and patterns
Taming The Tritone! (Practice in playng the diminished 5th)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2017	strings	Classical	Pieces
Mouse Time (6/8 meter) (A Rodentia in 6/8)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2017	2 violins, viola, cello and double bass strings	Modern	Pieces
The Itsy Bitsy Spider 6/8 (More rote experience in 6/8 meter)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2017	2 violins, viola, cello and double bass strings	Modern	Pieces
Irma Means Stormy Weather! (Music for a hurricane!)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G minor	2017	strings	Modern	Pieces
Fiddlers' Fantasy	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D minor	2015	strings	Modern	Fantasias
Shark! (Lowered first position (vn, va, vcl), half-pos (bass))	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A flat major	2017	violin, viola, cello and double bass strings	Traditional (folk)	Pieces
D Sharp? - Wow! (A first-finger slider and a bass shift)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	E minor	2017	strings	Modern	Pieces
A Visit To Venice (A voyage of four meters in three keys!)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2017	2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and piano strings	Romantic	Pieces
The Heart of Puerto Rico (After hurricane Maria, take heart!)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	G major	2017	strings	Traditional (folk)	Pieces
A Major Goes Low (The lower octave of A major)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A major	2018	strings 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and piano	Modern	Pieces
The Syncop (An introduction to syncopation for strings)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	B flat major	2018	strings piano and strings	Modern	Pieces
Die Alte Bubbe (The Old Grandmother) (A study of bowed slurs across two strings)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D minor	2018	violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano strings	Romantic	Pieces
C Sharp? - Oh, No! (Playing "The Forbidden Note")	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D major	2018	2 violins, viola, cello and double bass strings	Modern	Pieces
Want To Be A Minor? (An introduction to A minor)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A minor	2018	2 violins, viola, cello and double bass strings	Modern	Pieces
An Hebraic Medley (Three Historic Hebrew Melodies)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A minor	2019	strings percussion and strings	Romantic	Pieces
Minor Key Roundup (A compendium of 5 minor keys for student string ensembles)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	E minor	2019	strings orchestra	Classical	Pieces
O Hanukkah (Jewish Holiday Song)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D minor	2019	2 violins, viola, cello and double bass strings	Traditional (folk)	Songs
Online Materials for Teaching Strings: Part One (Harmonized Scales & Arpeggios with recorded accompaniments (YouTube))	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C major	2020	violin viola cello double bass strings orchestra	Modern	Methods, Scales and patterns
Survivors (On the liberation of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, April 15, 1945)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D minor	2020	strings	Early 20th century	Pieces
The Upbeat (An Assortment of Pickups!)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C major	2020	strings	Classical	Pieces
The Pizza Cat (O) Strikes Again! (Finger drill for strings)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C major	2020	violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano piano and strings	Modern	Pieces
The Pizza Cat (O)'s Revenge! (Double Stops)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	C major	2020	strings violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano	Modern	Pieces
Where Is First Position? (It depends on the musical context!)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A major	2020	violin and piano	Modern	Studies
The Augmented Fourth (!) (Sometimes called "The Demented Fourth!")	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	D major	2021	strings	Modern	Pieces
Ukrainian Folk Song (A Red Kalyna)	Herbert Straus Gardner, composer	A minor	2022		Traditional (folk)