Kalmus Orchestra Library

Gustav Holst served as the Director of Music at St. Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith, London between 1905 and 1934. Originally titled Suite in C, Holst's St. Paul's Suite was one of many pieces the...

The SERENADE IN F MAJOR for string orchestra, completed in 1890 by American composer George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931), evokes the grace and humor of the European serenade. It belongs to a prolif...

The SERENADE IN F MAJOR for string orchestra, completed in 1890 by American composer George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931), evokes the grace and humor of the European serenade. It belongs to a prolif...

One of Marcello's best-known and oft-performed works, this early 18th century work was actually an arrangement of his brother Alessandro's D minor oboe concerto. The three-movement work was hailed by...

One of Marcello's best-known and oft-performed works, this early 18th century work was actually an arrangement of his brother Alessandro's D minor oboe concerto. The three-movement work was hailed by...

This arrangement from the pen of Alfred Reed is a welcome addition to any school or community orchestra's repertoire. This setting is strong, straightforward and makes an ideal opener or closer for an...

This arrangement from the pen of Alfred Reed is a welcome addition to any school or community orchestra's repertoire. This setting is strong, straightforward and makes an ideal opener or closer for an...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) clearly enjoyed writing the six humoresques for violin and orchestra in 1916-1917. They were not performed until 24th November 1919 together with the first performance of the...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) clearly enjoyed writing the six humoresques for violin and orchestra in 1916-1917. They were not performed until 24th November 1919 together with the first performance of the...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) clearly enjoyed writing the six humoresques for violin and orchestra in 1916-1917. They were not performed until 24th November 1919 together with the first performance of the...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) clearly enjoyed writing the six humoresques for violin and orchestra in 1916-1917. They were not performed until 24th November 1919 together with the first performance of the...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) clearly enjoyed writing the six humoresques for violin and orchestra in 1916-1917. They were not performed until 24th November 1919 together with the first performance of the...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) clearly enjoyed writing the six humoresques for violin and orchestra in 1916-1917. They were not performed until 24th November 1919 together with the first performance of the...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) clearly enjoyed writing the six humoresques for violin and orchestra in 1916-1917. They were not performed until 24th November 1919 together with the first performance of the...

Concerto Grosso No. 1 was the first of two concerti grossi by Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), who wrote the piece in response to his students' assertion that such traditional styles...

Concerto Grosso No. 1 was the first of two concerti grossi by Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), who wrote the piece in response to his students' assertion that such traditional styles...

Claude Debussy once described the music of Peter Warlock (1894-1930) as encompassing a "fine dreamy musicality." CAPRIOL SUITE, one of his most popular works, is a dance suite based on Orchésographie,...

Claude Debussy once described the music of Peter Warlock (1894-1930) as encompassing a "fine dreamy musicality." CAPRIOL SUITE, one of his most popular works, is a dance suite based on Orchésographie,...

The most frequently recorded and performed among the violin concertos written in the 20th century, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) began planning for the work in 1899. Delayed by a move to Helsinki and the...

The three-act opéra comique Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre (Zampa, or the Marble Bride) was written in 1831, and is one of Ferdinand Hérold's (1791-1833) most popular works during the 19th century. It...

Completed in 1922, Ralph Vaughan Williams' (1872-1958) inspiration for his PASTORAL SYMPHONY (SYMPHONY No. 3) came during World War I after hearing a bugler practicing and accidentally playing an inte...

Completed in 1922, Ralph Vaughan Williams' (1872-1958) inspiration for his PASTORAL SYMPHONY (SYMPHONY No. 3) came during World War I after hearing a bugler practicing and accidentally playing an inte...

Carlos Chávez (1899-1978) was born in Mexico City, and began to study piano in 1910. He was self-taught in composition, analyzing the classical works, then began to compose himself in 1918. He compose...

SIX ITALIAN DANCES are transcribed from a set of part-books which was known to have been in the possession of an English family before 1580. It is now in the British Museum (Royal Appendix MS 59-62)....

Russian violinist and composer Julius Conus (1869-1942) composed his Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 1 in the mid-1890s. It premiered in Moscow in 1898 and was subsequently performed by renowned violi...