Kalmus Orchestra Library

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)....

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg), WWV 96 is a music drama/opera in three acts by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Taking nearly four and a half hours to perform in its entir...

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) composed his Concerto for Cello No. 2 in D minor, Op. 119 in 1902, more than three decades after his widely celebrated Concerto for Cello No. 1. Written for the Dutch c...

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) composed his Concerto for Cello No. 2 in D minor, Op. 119 in 1902, more than three decades after his widely celebrated Concerto for Cello No. 1. Written for the Dutch c...

The ANDANTE E RONDO UNGARESE, Op 35/J. 158 (also ANDANTE E RONDO ONGARESE; HUNGARIAN ANDANTE AND RONDO) was written in 1813 by Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) in response to the success of his BASSOO...

Concerto for Piano No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 / MWV O 7 was composed in 1830-1831 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) during a period of extensive travel across Europe that deeply influenced his musical st...

Concerto for Piano No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 / MWV O 7 was composed in 1830-1831 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) during a period of extensive travel across Europe that deeply influenced his musical st...

Concertino for Viola in C major, Op. 7 was composed in 1886 by Andrei (Heinrich) Fyodorovich Arends (1855-1924), a Russian composer, conductor, and violinist. Originally written for viola and piano, t...

Concertino for Viola in C major, Op. 7 was composed in 1886 by Andrei (Heinrich) Fyodorovich Arends (1855-1924), a Russian composer, conductor, and violinist. Originally written for viola and piano, t...

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...

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), ever fond of poetry, found creative impetus for his beautiful romance The Lark Ascending, IRV 38, in an 1881 poem by George Meredith. Marie Pauline Hall, to whom th...

Concerto for Viola d'amore in D major, RV 392 was composed in the early 18th century (c. 1715-1720) by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) during his prolific years in Venice, likely in connection with his wo...

Georg Phillipp Telemann (1681-1767), among the most prolific composers with 900 or so works, is also notable for having written the first concerto for the viola. Written in four movements rather than...

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) wrote his overture King Lear (H 53), just after the abrupt dissolution of his engagement to Camille Moke. He had just arrived in Italy as the winner of the 1830 Prix de Rome...

The three-act opera Parsifal was conceived of by Richard Wagner (1813-1883) in 1857, but not completed until 1882. Telling the story of Parsifal, the "pure fool" destined to claim kingship in the coun...

Concert Waltz No. 2 in F major, Op. 51 was composed in 1894 by Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) during a period when he was firmly established as one of Russia's leading symphonic composers and a promin...

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, this set of 21 lively dance tunes, mostly on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' most popular works today, and they were the most profitable f...

Minuet, Op. 21 was composed by Edward Elgar (1857-1934) in 1897 for piano, then orchestrated later that same year. This work falls just before the period of his breakthrough to international fame with...

When Karl Traugott Queisser, trombonist in the Gewandhaus Orchestra, asked Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to compose a trombone concerto for him, the composer declined due to time restraints. The task we...

Poème lyrique in D-flat major, Op. 12 was composed between 1884 and 1887 by Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) while still in his late teens, during the period when he was emerging as one of the most prom...

In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 was composed by Edward Elgar (1857-1934) in 1903-1904, during the height of his international success after the Engima Variations and The Dream of Gerontius, following a...

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, this set of 21 lively dance tunes, mostly on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' most popular works today, and they were the most profitable f...

Spirituals for String Choir and Orchestra draws upon the rich native heritage of Negro and White spirituals. There is very little literal quotation as such, but rather an attempt to realize the textur...

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg), WWV 96 is a music drama/opera in three acts by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Taking nearly four and a half hours to perform in its entir...