Advanced Classical Music Sheet Music

With the spring everything bursts back to life in the sunshine: particularly those plants that thrive whether you want them or not! Gardeners may call them weeds, but they have inspired Wild Garden: a...

Elgar completed this pair of peices, originally for Violin and Piano, shortly after his "Enigma Variations". "Chanson De Nuit" begins and ends with a rich tune from the Alto Flute, using its full rang...

Full of dark humour, this piece tells the tragic story of an ill-fated Marionette, and the ensuing funeral procession. It does however feature lighter moments, including a passage which is labelled by...

This charming lullaby was originally written for String Quartet when Gershwin was 21. Although it was sometimes performed privately its official premiere was in an arrangement for Harmonica and String...

Gershwin's quirky little piece was originally written as incidental music for the film "Shall We Dance" starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; it accompanied a sequence featuring a variety of glamor...

This is an abridged version of Felix Mendelssohn's well-loved overture, written in 1830 after a visit to the Island of Staffa off the West coast of Scotland. All members of the flute sextet are kept b...

Soave sia il vento (Gentle be the breeze) is sung by Fiordiligi, Dorabella and Don Alfonso in Act I of the opera, as the two lovers depart to war and are sent on their way. The rippling semiquaver acc...

Ravel wrote these three charming songs for unaccompanied chorus while waiting to be enlisted into the army during World War 1. The lyrics are Ravel's own, and offer plenty of scope for colourful compo...

Seven pieces from Tchaikovsky's Opus 39 for piano. Although the original collection is "for the Young" these are charming miniatures which make satisfying and enjoyable pieces for a fairly advanced en...

Ancient Rites is a suite of five short movements for three players using five flutes: piccolo, 2 C flutes, alto flute and bass flute. The music is full of memorable melodies and charming harmonic piqu...

Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773) was one of the most famous flautists of his time. As a composer his repertoire included a significant number of sonatas for flute and continuo. Seven of these composi...

The Hal Leonard Classical Play-Along series will help you play great classical pieces. Using the PLAYBACK+ online audio player, available exclusively from Hal Leonard, you can adjust the recording to...