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RODGERS – Song ‘Edelweiss’ (from the musical ‘The Sound of Music’) – FOUR CELLOS (easy)

Other Identification:
“Edelweiss” is a famous show tune created for the 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music, composed by Rodgers and words from Hammerstein musical. It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alps (formal name, Leontopodium alpinum).
Movements or sections: The tempo indication is ‘Moderately flowing (almost in 1)’
The duration is almost 2′ 00″
Instrumentation: QUARTET OF FOUR CELLOS (easy)
Arranged by David Johnstone
The Music Score preparation has been generously produced by ‘Severn Cellos’ (Joanne Jefferis)

Downloads of 2 PDFs:
[1 – General Score
[2 – All individual parts
Approximate difficulty: EASY
A maximum of 4th position and octave harmonic ‘A’ is needed for Cello 1 – indeed, only Cellos 1 and 2 leave first position.
Cellos 3 and 4 play in 1st position only – Cello 4 with first position extensions, but Cello 3 has no extensions.

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