Advanced Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music

Scriabin's early Etudes op. 8 are at the heart of virtuoso piano repertoire, their methodical and pedagogical intent clearly visible. However, they are also 12 character pieces, revealing Scriabin's w...

Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas 6–8 are often referred to as “war sonatas”, since they were composed in Russia during World War II during times of great hardship. As the shortest of the three, no. 7 is enti...

Seasons', 'A Symphony for Brass Quintet', was composed during the summer of 1986. It was written specifically for the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, of which John Stevens is a member. The composition of thi...

The virtuoso Allen Vizzutti knows the trumpet like the back of his hand. His pedagogical strategy within these Advanced Etudes, merging technical challenges and musicianship, leads evidently to effici...

Die Reihe 'Musique française' richtet sich ebenso an Lehrer und Studenten wie an Berufsmusiker. Bekannte Wissenschaftler stellen in den einzelnen Bänden Meisterwerke der französischen Musik vor, besch...

Highly regarded for the finesse and elegance of her spirited, humorous writing, the composer Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999) wrote numerous works for a variety of instruments, collaborating also with the re...

In 2023, Tim De Maeseneer asked composer Stijn Roels to write a solo work for tenor horn and piano, as a special piece for his second solo CD; a lyrical composition in which Tim, as a professional ten...

In the field of New Music, Sofia Gubaidulina's 'De profundis' has already achieved the status of a classic. It is not only an attainment of the New Music that instruments are capable of approaching th...

With the impressive "Concerto in F," published by the renowned Scomegna Edizioni Musicali, a fascinating and sonorous instrumentation takes center stage in your next concert: solo piano and wind orche...

Bob Vos (1910-1963) was a Dutch composer who studied composition with Henk Badings at the Brussels Conservatory from 1957. Unfortunately, little is known about his early years, but his work shows a cl...

With this piece, the composer wanted to create a dream-like experience for the listener. In each of the four movements (Absence, Caprice, Nocturne and The Return), a different dream state is evoked wi...

The composer Alfred Bösendorfer has always been particularly interested in different countries and their very own culture and music. With this composition, the self-confessed cosmopolitan takes us int...

Immerse yourself in the nocturnal flair of Paris with "A Night in Bastille" for classical guitar. This atmospheric sheet music edition, published by the renowned Les Productions d'Oz, transports both...

Alban Berg's Sonata Opus 1 for Piano has often been termed as a milestone in early 20th century music. The sonata clearly stems from the Romantic period, but the 'modern' harmonies and complex themati...

Like so many famous virtuosic works, Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin was said, by its commissioner, Yehudi Menuhin, at first sight, to be unplayable! Of course, Menuhin soon changed his opinion, later...

Yiruma SOLO: Original is the authorised collection from the best-selling album SOLO, written and scored by Yiruma for piano solo. Yiruma’s musical journey began at age five, when a fascination with th...

This effective encore piece was written for the piano duo Lucas & Arthur Jussen. Virtuoso scales and percussive inside-piano effects put the gloomy and aggressive tonal world of the piano to the extre...

On the 150th anniversary of the death of Ferruccio Busoni, G. Henle Publishers is issuing one of his most important original works for piano solo. In light of his popular Bach arrangements, it is easy...

I fell in love with the recorder writing this piece. What's the most magic music you can make with a single line instrument. In a post-technological landscape, a small crowd gathers around, to bath in...

Immerse yourself in a world of poetic soundscapes with the "5 Albumblätter" in an enchanting arrangement for violoncello and piano. Published by the renowned Schott Musik, this edition brings together...

Anyone who loves Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata will sooner or later come across Nikolay Myaskovsky – one of the leading figures in early twentieth-century Soviet music. Myaskovsky studied with Rimsky-Ko...

Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992) left us a considerable output marked in particular by his researches into rhythm, his modes of limited transposition, his chord colours, his Roman catholic faith, and the...

Fast Darkness III is the last part of the trilogy Fast Darkness, 2020-2022. Written in 2022, it is a 16 minutes long virtuosic, wild, and overgrown exploration. Fast gestures, drawn by a sharp pen and...

Wind Songs is a set of three songs for voice and viola which uses three Irish texts - one medieval, one traditional and one contemporary, to evoke three characteristic winds. The Wind Songs were writt...