Della Sera Strings Chamber Music Lending Library

Della Sera Strings is pleased to offer the local community access to a large and diverse collection of chamber music for strings. This collection consists of two major donations of chamber works to Della Sera Strings by Mr. Bernie Klein in 2019 and Mr. Henry Schwarz in 2020.

Mr. Klein, a longtime resident of Hamilton and passionate amateur musician, spent many years of his life actively involved in chamber music ensembles. Over his lifetime, he built a remarkable archive of chamber music for a variety of string instrumentations.

Introduction to the Henry Schwarz collection …

As part of Della Sera’s educational mandate, this collection has been organized as a community resource for local amateur musicians. Works are available to the community at no cost and can be accessed by contacting one of our Executive members at dellaserastrings@gmail.com. An online lending agreement is linked below and must be completed for each piece on loan.

String Trios

String Quartets

String Quintets

String Sextets & Larger String Ensembles

Piano Trios, Quartets & Quintets

Mixed Ensembles