Theodore Presser Company Sheet Music

Voices Shouting Out is a response to 9/11 that is marked by a sense of resiliency. In the composer's own words, It was a march to acknowledge those fighting on behalf of our safety, and yet a sparklin...

Orchestral Excerpts for Timpani contains authentic parts for 57 of the most-requested audition excerpts for timpani. The enclosed 78-track audio CD includes these excerpts played by major orchestras;...

Eric Ewazen's THE CYCLES OF TIME is a vibrant duo for Bass Trombone and Percussion, exploring distinct sonic and emotional realms in each movement. The first is a searching and exciting Andante and Al...

Samuel Adler's Variations on the Japanese Lullaby Komori Uta for unaccompanied trombone balance tender lyricism with invigorating displays of virtuosity. The six variations showcase numerous technique...

This fiendishly virtuosic concert piece was written for trombonist Brian Diehl in 1994. A dermish is a Croatian folk dance (authentically spelled 'drmes') containing dance steps that, at times, go 'ag...

From Water Music for Handbells

From The Royal Fireworks Music: for Handbells

For Marimba (or Vibraphone or Bells) and Piano

To his popular Dialogues for Euphonium and Marimba, and Divertissement for Violin or Viola and Marimba, Samuel Adler adds Doubleplay, a concert etude for two marimba players on one instrument. Thrilli...

For solo Marimba (4 octaves)

This is a straightforward; yet beautiful arrangement of the famous tune. It requires sensitive musicianship and good technique; but is such a fine piece; it practically plays itself.

Set of Performance Scores An outgrowth of Wernick's Sonata for Two (for two cellos), composed for Joel Krosnick and his daughter Gwen, Sonatina in the Shape of a Pearl is a return to more formal neo-b...

Hailstork's string trio imagines the exotic tribal dances that Eslanda 'Essie' Cardozo Goode Robeson (Paul Robeson's wife) might have encountered in her travels around the globe. Four rhythmic movemen...

Chen Yi describes the cheery interplay of HAPPY TUNE as: 'When one instrument plays a lively melody, the other plays a vivid rhythmic pattern in the accompaniment. The pair of string instruments imita...

TACHUN (SPRING OUTING) was composed in 2021 for The Joy Project, to commission uplifting works for performance at free outdoor concerts in the San Francisco Bay region. The work's title comes from the...

This beautiful slow movement takes full advantage of the string quartet’s richly expressive potential. LORRAINE is a plaintive aria for violin with string trio accompaniment, balanced with contrasting...

Balancing caprice with studied craft, Samuel Adler's THREESOME VENTURES is a compact but substantive four-movement work for string trio. Rich in both thoughtful, playful dialogue and virtuosic drive,...

“Spring Vitality,” the first movement of Chen Yi's SONG OF SPRING for string quartet, embeds rhythmic speech in quietly churning fragments of polyphony to suggest the sounds of falling rain, sure to c...

A modern master contemplates the past and looks to the future in Lowell Liebermann’s STRING QUARTET No. 6. Composed for the renowned Dover Quartet, Liebermann’s quartet is supremely expressive through...