Youth Concert Band Sheet Music

Much of Schubert's songs do have a simple strophic character. These verses stand half-way between 'Art-song' and 'Folk-song'; the melody seems to be drawn from nature. Schubert marvellously achieved t...

The "Andante in C for Flute and Orchestra", KV 315 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1778 when he visited Mannheim and commissioned by a rich Dutch merchant and amateur flautist. According to...

Der Freischütz, is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. The plot is based on the German folk legend of the 'Freischütz' and many...

Der Freischütz, is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. The plot is based on the German folk legend of the 'Freischütz' and many...

Ombra mai fù is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by Georg Friederich Handel. The opera itself was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere. In the 19...

'Dido's Lament' is a recitative followed by an aria by the English composer Henry Purcell. The piece is the dramatic climax of his opera 'Dido and Aeneas' based on the Aeneis by Vergilius. The recitat...

'Dido's Lament' is a recitative followed by an aria by the English composer Henry Purcell. The piece is the dramatic climax of his opera 'Dido and Aeneas' based on the Aeneis by Vergilius. The recitat...

Joseph Lanner (1801-1843) was an Austrian dance music composer. He is best remembered as one of the earliest Viennese composers to reform the waltz from a simple peasant dance to something that even t...

Joseph Lanner (1801-1843) was an Austrian dance music composer. He is best remembered as one of the earliest Viennese composers to reform the waltz from a simple peasant dance to something that even t...

Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) is an opera in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The plot concerns the attempt of the hero Belmonte, assisted by his servant Pedril...

The 'Duetto buffo di due gatti' (Comic duet for two cats) is a popular performance piece for two sopranos which is often performed as a concert encore. The 'lyrics' consist entirely of the repeated wo...

The 'Duetto buffo di due gatti' (Comic duet for two cats) is a popular performance piece for two sopranos which is often performed as a concert encore. The 'lyrics' consist entirely of the repeated wo...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which Die Fledermaus his best contribution to this genre is. This transcription follows the short but jolly introduction of the fina...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. In 1929 the German...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. In 1929 the German...

Nico Dostal (1895 - 1981) was an Austrian operetta and film music composer. He was the nephew of composer Hermann Dostal. Whilst working as a Kapellmeister and composer, Dostal wrote the music for the...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. The song 'Du sollst...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. The song 'Du sollst...

In 1876, Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt", at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestral suit...

The aria 'Vecchia zimarra' is sung by Colline at the end of the fourth act of Puccini's opera 'La Bohème': After Mimi has collapsed on the staircase to the attic room, she is carried into the room. On...

The aria 'Vecchia zimarra' is sung by Colline at the end of the fourth act of Puccini's opera 'La Bohème': After Mimi has collapsed on the staircase to the attic room, she is carried into the room. On...

The nineteenth century witnessed a flood of new developments and applications for electricity as an important new energy source. Perhaps not surprisingly that this subject of electricity is a recurrin...

The nineteenth century witnessed a flood of new developments and applications for electricity as an important new energy source. Perhaps not surprisingly that this subject of electricity is a recurrin...

Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) was a Swedish composer, conductor and pianist. In 1897 Stenhammar composed his '4 svenska sånger' (4 Swedish Songs) of which the fourth song, 'Fylgia', has become well-k...