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Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) choral symphony, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 was composed between 1822 and 1824, and is the last completed symphony by the composer. Considered by many to be...

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

This collection of six suites for two violins and basso continuo (keyboard and violoncello) were written as chamber dinner or dance music. Editor Fritz Zobeley has updated these works to notate common...

This collection of six suites for two violins and basso continuo (keyboard and violoncello) were written as chamber dinner or dance music. Editor Fritz Zobeley has updated these works to notate common...

This collection of six suites for two violins and basso continuo (keyboard and violoncello) were written as chamber dinner or dance music. Editor Fritz Zobeley has updated these works to notate common...

Violin virtuoso and composer Niccolò Paganini's (1782-1840) Concerto for Violin No. 1 in D, Op. 6 was written between 1817 and 1818, with the premiere taking place on March 31, 1819, in Naples, Italy....

Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) wrote two installments (Op. 2 and Op. 3) of six sonatas each for violin and guitar between 1805 and 1809 while he lived in Florence with a guitar-playing noblewoman. Pagan...

Fantasia on Christmas Carols was composed in 1912 by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and stands as one of the composer's most beloved expressions of English folk-inspired sacred music. Written for...

The MUSICAL OFFERING (MUSIKALISCHES OPFER), BWV 1079/ Op. 6 was written by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) in 1747 based on a theme provided to him by King Frederick II (Frederick the Great) of Prus...

Written over the course of a few days in January, 1887, Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) TERZETTO in C, Op. 74/B. 148 was composed for two violinists who happened to be living in the same house as the Dvo...

Written in 1893 for the Danish violist Franz Hildebrand, "Elegie" is one of the few original works of the 19th century for viola. This piece is well-suited for teaching, as it does not make any partic...

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) composed ROMANCE, Op. 51 for cello and piano in 1877. This transcription for oboe and piano by Theodore (Théophile) Lalliet was published in 1890. Reprint edition.

Written by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) in 1910 for the music students of Morley College, this work for soloists and SATB chorus may be accompanied by keyboard or orchestra. Subtitled "Choral Fantasy on O...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed his MOTET No. 1: SINGET DEM HERRN EIN NEUES LIED (Sing unto the Lord a new song), BWV 225 around 1727, and it was likely performed also in that year. In thre...

The first major piano concerto written by an American, CONCERTO FOR PIANO NO. 2 IN D MINOR, OP. 23 by Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) manages to be quite original, although some similarities to the conce...

The first "Children's Piano Album" (Op. 123) was written in 1906, with the second series (Op. 126) written the year after. Each contains 12 harmonically interesting pieces written for children. Book 1...

This collection of important piano works by the turn-of-the-century French composer, Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) has been edited and fingered by William Scharfenberg. Affiliating herself with nationa...

Cox and Box (or The Long-Lost Brothers), is a one-act comic opera based on the 1847 farce Box and Cox by John Maddison Morton. It was Sullivan's first successful comic opera, written five years before...

Two Rhapsodies was rescored for oboe, viola and piano by Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935) in 1901 from his Rapsodies for voice, clarinet, viola and piano. It was inspired by two poems by Maurice Ro...

Don Pasquale was premiered on January 3, 1843, at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris and stands as one of the crowning achievements of Italian opera buffa. Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) crafted this comedy...

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) composed Psalm 42: As Pants the Hart (Wie der Hirsch schreit), Op. 42 (MWV A 15) in 1837, completing much of the work during his honeymoon following his marriage to Cv©ci...

The Alphabet, Op. 17 (Twenty-five Very Easy Studies for Small Hands) was composed in the mid-19th century (c. 1850s-1860s) by Félix Le Couppey (1811-1887), a prominent French pianist and pedagogue at...

Thamos, König in Ägypten, K. 345/336a was composed between 1773 and 1779 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) as incidental music for a play by Tobias Philipp von Gebler, written in the spirit of En...