Theodore Presser Company Sheet Music

HALL OF GHOSTS was composed in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown period; it was inspired by piccoloist Gudrun Hinze's video for Harberg's Prayer Project filmed in the hauntingly empty Gewandhaus Chamb...

This charming chamber piece in five movements is wonderful for concert performance and features all instruments equally.

True to its title, WOODLAND REVERIE is a rustic and dreamlike idyll, full of lush lyricism and atmospheric surprises. With a range from low E only up to C3, bass clarinetists of all levels will enjoy...

This popular contest selection consists of 5 movements in a very playable arrangement: Rule Britannia/British Grenadiers, My Lovely Celia, Greensleeves, Polly Oliver, Begone Dull Care/The Jolly Miller...

This lively; dance-filled chamber work was composed for piccoloist Jan Gippo and clarinetist Jane Carl. Inspired by the brilliant colors of wildflowers from America's heartland; Wildflowers opens with...

Ruth Crawford was a pioneering subversive in both American music and socioeconomic politics. In 1932 she discovered H. T. Tsiang's polemic poetry in The Daily Worker (a NYC-based Communist journal), a...

T.T.B.B., with Piano

For Guitar (originally For unaccompanied flute) BWV 1013

Commissioned by contrabassoonist Norman Spielberg, this concerto celebrates the extended range of the instrument. Originally scored for contrabassoon with clarinet, horn, and strings, this piano reduc...

This stunning addition to the bassoon repertory features dramatic outer movements framing a slow and plaintive aria. Harberg's program notes put the drama and its crying-out high notes in the context...

Originally for viola and orchestra, Max Bruch's plaintive Romanze, Op. 85 has been elegantly adapted for flute and piano by Mark Sparks, principal flutist of the Saint Louis Symphony. The flute editio...

Composed as the rondo finale of Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 2; La Campanella quickly took on a life of its own; being quoted by other composers in their own works even during the composer's lifetim...

Freely Adapted for S.A.T.B., with Piano or Organ

Lowell Liebermann's first major work for saxophone, the TRIO, Op. 137 for Flute, Alto Saxophone, and Piano, shimmers with elegant beauty for all three performers. The idiomatic writing for both wind p...

This piece is part of the 25 pieces composed by Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987); each entitled Parable for various instruments.

Ewazen's SONATA NO. 2 is a striking exception to the trumpet sonata literature and the composer's own extensive catalog of trumpet music. Following a mysterious offstage cadenza, the soloist walks ons...

This Bach sonata is a substantial work for any advanced player.

Composed in 2016 on commission from Joe Lulloff, Pann's Sonata is a 23-minute monument in 4 movements. The work was inspired by both the saxophone music of late composer William Albright and by Joe's...