• 2008/9 Merton Catalog
• Intro to Lesser-Known Chamber Music in Print
  - String Quartets
  - Two or More Strings
  - 2 or More Strings & Piano
  - Strings with Winds
• 2004/5 Catalog sorted by:
  Composer/Instrumentation
  Instrumentation/Composer
  Merton Catalog Number
  Scores Only

Here is the 2008/9 Merton catalog with 150 new titles. Only 25¢ per page of music with no shipping and handling charges. All the music is out of copyright and nine-tenths is out of print and unobtainable from any other source.

Production

The music is all printed or photocopied on 100gsm A3 paper in a 160gsm cover. We lack binding facilities so bulky piano parts usually come as separate 16 page fascicles in a cover.

Grading System

All string parts (but not piano parts) are graded for difficulty on a five point system. The first movement of Beethoven Op.18 No.1 is the yardstick for Grade 3. Grade 1 is much easier; 2 easier; 4 more difficult and 5 much more difficult. Pieces are graded for strings, not for piano.

Publicity

We spend nothing on advertising but rely on word-of-mouth recommendations from contented customers. If you will distribute six catalogues to other string players we shall be happy to reward you with a free copy of Merton Composers. You will also get a free copy with any order totalling more than $150.

Abbreviations

Vln = violin Vla = viola VC = cello DB = doublebass P = pianoforte

Letters in brackets against individual items have the following meanings: <N> New to catalog <P> Below modern production standards either because of obsolete clefs        (especially the "false treble clef" for cello); old style quarter rests;        piano parts with no string staves; or just poor printing quality of the original. <R> No bar numbers or rehearsal numbers or letters <S> Modern computer setting – mostly by Merton Music using Sibelius <T> Designed for Teaching

Key to Catalog Numbering System

Pricing

Prices quoted are for U.S. dollars or euros. For prices in pounds sterling divide U.S. dollar prices by two; for Australian dollars multiply by 1.5; for Swedish kroner multiply by 7.5.

Ordering

For up-to-date information and how to order in your own currency, please contact one of the following:

Australia: Stephanie Hicks 21 Bally Street Kelvin Grove Queensland 4059 Phone (07) 3352 5576 Email hicksatmerton@hotmail.com Germany: Wolfgang Schreiber Franz-Schubert-Str. 12/1 69168 Wiesloch Phone 06222/385117 Fax 06222/385119 Email: wolfg@ngi.de Holland: Caroline Bouwman Hobbemastraat 6' 1071 ZA Amsterdam Phone 020 6737943 Email caroline_willem@hotmail.com

Sweden: John Teague Wivalliusgatan 15 7tr.11260 Stockholm Phone 08-6188486 Fax: 08-6185407 Email john.teague@telia.com U.S.A.: Meriel Ennik 1901 Golden Rain Rd., #1 Walnut Creek, CA 94595-2180 Phone 925 287-9550 Email mertonusa@yahoo.com U.K.: Theo Wyatt 8 Wilton Grove London SW19 3QX Phone/Fax 020 8540 2708 Email mertonmusic@argonet.co.uk

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Still available online is the 2004/2005 Catalog sorted by:
Composer & Instrumentation
Instrumentation & Composer
Catalog Number
Scores Only

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Booklet Credit (see above): The credit for these publications on lesser-known chamber music in print belongs almost exclusively to Jan Holländers of Zaandijk in the Netherlands whose indefatigable list-making over most of a lifetime has provided all the data herein.