Sheet Music for Symphonic Orchestra

Beethoven's concerto for violin, cello and piano in C Major, Op. 56, commonly known as the TRIPLE CONCERTO, was composed in 1803 and premiered in 1808.  The choice of the three instruments effect...

In January 1834, the great violinist Niccolo Paganini asked Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) to write a viola concerto so that he could showcase his newly-acquired Stradivarius, though Paganini rejected the...

Italian composer and cellist Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) wrote during the Classical era and predominantly in the galante style. Over his career, he composed twelve concertos for the cello, an...

From the end of Act 2 from Borodin's opera Prince Igor, which remained unfinished at the time of the composer's death in 1887, this most famous version of the Polovtsian Dances (or Polevetsian Dances)...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) wrote his Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, in 1878. He composed the work for his longtime friend, famed violinist Joseph Joachim, who premiered it in Leipzig with the Ge...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) composed the Double Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello, Op. 102 in 1887, marking his final work for orchestra. Written for cellist Robert Hausmann and estranged frien...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) composed the Double Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello, Op. 102 in 1887, marking his final work for orchestra. Written for cellist Robert Hausmann and estranged frien...

Max Bruch (1838-1920) composed his VIOLIN CONCERTO No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 in 1866, premiering on April 24, 1866, by Otto von Königslow on violin, with Max Bruch conducting. Following, the violin vir...

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) composed the Andante Spianto and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 22, between 1830 and 1834. The polonaise, originally composed for solo piano and later scor...

In 1879, Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) was commissioned by Simrock, his publisher, to write a violin concerto. He dedicated his CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN in A Minor, Op. 53/B. 108, to Joseph Joachim, who had p...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) composed his Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B. 191 in 1894. It was the last solo concerto that the composer wrote, and it was the final work that he wrote during his...

In 1892 Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) embarked on a "farewell" tour of Bohemian and Moravian cities prior to departing for the United States, and he chose his friends, violinist Ferdinand Lachner and cel...

Hungarian violinist, composer, and music teacher Jenö Hubay (1858-1937) wrote a total of fourteen SCENES DE LA CZARDA (also SCÈNES DE LA CSÁRDA) over a forty-year period between 1879 and 1920. Intende...

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote his SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLE (also sometimes called his VIOLIN CONCERTO No. 2 as it is more a violin concerto than symphony), for the famed violinist Pablo Sarate in 1874. Th...

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Concerto for Cello in D minor a few years after the popular Symphonie espagnole in 1876 for Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The following year, Fischer was the soloist...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) started work on his CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 2 in A major, S. 125, in 1839 and 1840. Putting it through a series of revisions, he dedicated the concerto to his stud...

The idea for TOTENTANZ, S. 126 (Dance of the Dead) was conceived by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) in 1838. Two versions were to follow, the first completed in 1853, and the second version finished in 1864....

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote Capriccio Brillant, Op. 22 during his second vist to England. This charming example of Mendelssohn's writing for piano has two movements: an Andante with a gentle,...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote his Violin Concerto in E minor over a six-year period from 1838 to 1844 for his childhood friend, the violinist Ferdinand David, who contributed the cadenza in the...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote his Violin Concerto in E minor over a six-year period from 1838 to 1844 for his childhood friend, the violinist Ferdinand David, who contributed the cadenza in the...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote music for William Shakespeare's play A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM on two separate occasions. He first wrote the concert overture in E Major, Op. 21 in 1826 at the age...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote music for William Shakespeare's play A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM on two separate occasions. He first wrote the concert overture in E Major, Op. 21 in 1826 at the age...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote music for William Shakespeare's play A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM on two separate occasions. He first wrote the concert overture in E Major, Op. 21 in 1826 at the age...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) first wrote his CONCERTO FOR THREE PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA in F, No. 7, K. 242 in February of 1776. While it was originally composed for three solo pianos, Mozart reco...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) first wrote his CONCERTO FOR THREE PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA in F, No. 7, K. 242 in February of 1776. While it was originally composed for three solo pianos, Mozart reco...