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Known for his extensive orchestration work with Leonard Bernstein and numerous Broadway hits, Hershy Kay was a notable composer in his own right. This movement is taken from his popular 'Cakewalk' bal...

Taken from his own concert suite (dedicated to Leonard Bernstein) of his film score, Copland's own words best describe the musical approach to 'Grover's Corners'. He explained, 'For the film version,...

Actually a theatre work written for the opening of the Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts, Bernstein's Mass includes this captivating melody that has emerged as the stand-out song from this monumen...

Monteverdiana is a work for string orchestra that is a contemporary homage to the music of Claudio Monteverdi. Conceived as a bridge through time, this score translates Monteverdi's aesthetics into th...

Monteverdiana is a work for string orchestra that is a contemporary homage to the music of Claudio Monteverdi. Conceived as a bridge through time, this score translates Monteverdi's aesthetics into th...

2 piccolo trumpets and string orchestra or organ Exact instrumentation: Strings: 8.6.6.5.4

Reprint of the scholarly first edition of the Deutscher Verlag für Musik, edited by Hellmuth Christian Wolff. > Sinfonia I C-Dur MWV N.1 > Sinfonia II D-Dur MWV N.2 > Sinfonia III e-Moll MWV N.3 > Sin...

Here is a very easy introduction to the Baroque style through the lively and attractive rhythms and melodies of Antonio Vivaldi. Great for beginning level string orchestra. Includes an optional violin...

A pavane is a very old, elegant dance form. Ravel's masterwork is notable for its supremely sensitive nuances, and is representative of the school of French composition so much in favor at the turn of...

A pavane is a very old, elegant dance form. Ravel's masterwork is notable for its supremely sensitive nuances, and is representative of the school of French composition so much in favor at the turn of...

Béla Bartók for beginning strings! All the parts are reinforced in the piano accompaniment guaranteeing a superb presentation. Fine opportunities exist to develop outstanding characteristic tone quali...

Music for String Orchestra (1992) was commissioned by the String Orchestra of the Rockies with funds from the Montana Arts Council. Comprising three movements, the lyrical work invokes artistic storyt...

Music for String Orchestra (1992) was commissioned by the String Orchestra of the Rockies with funds from the Montana Arts Council. Comprising three movements, the lyrical work invokes artistic storyt...

Mentored by the likes of William Grant Still, Paul Hindemith, and Howard Hanson, Kay was an impressive composer by any metric, winning a Fulbright Scholarship, the prestigious Rome Prize, a Guggenheim...

The Sinfonia a 8 (La Melodia Germania No. 1) in D major by Johann Stamitz was originally composed for two French horns, two violins, viola, and bass. Since the wind parts largely doubled the strings i...