Advanced Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music

'The Tale of Tsar Saltan' is an opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and is based on the 1831 poem of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin. The story features Prince Gvidon who becomes separate...

'The Tale of Tsar Saltan' is an opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and is based on the 1831 poem of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin. The story features Prince Gvidon who becomes separate...

'The Tale of Tsar Saltan' is an opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and is based on the 1831 poem of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin. The story features Prince Gvidon who becomes separate...

'Der Bürger als Edelmann' is the German title of a play by Molière and an orchestral suite by Richard Strauss. The original French play is called 'Le bourgeois gentilhomme' and is about a wealthy merc...

'Der Bürger als Edelmann' is the German title of a play by Molière and an orchestral suite by Richard Strauss. The original French play is called 'Le bourgeois gentilhomme' and is about a wealthy merc...

'Der Bürger als Edelmann' is the German title of a play by Molière and an orchestral suite by Richard Strauss. The original French play is called 'Le bourgeois gentilhomme' and is about a wealthy merc...

'Der Bürger als Edelmann' is the German title of a play by Molière and an orchestral suite by Richard Strauss. The original French play is called 'Le bourgeois gentilhomme' and is about a wealthy merc...

'Die schweigsame Frau' (The Silent Woman), is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a libretto by Stefan Zweig. Strauss gave the overture the subtitle 'potpourri'. The term denotes a medley of...

'Die schweigsame Frau' (The Silent Woman), is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a libretto by Stefan Zweig. Strauss gave the overture the subtitle 'potpourri'. The term denotes a medley of...

'Die schweigsame Frau' (The Silent Woman), is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a libretto by Stefan Zweig. Strauss gave the overture the subtitle 'potpourri'. The term denotes a medley of...

'Die schweigsame Frau' (The Silent Woman), is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a libretto by Stefan Zweig. Strauss gave the overture the subtitle 'potpourri'. The term denotes a medley of...

'Schlagobers' ('Whipped Cream'), Op. 70, is a ballet in two acts with a libretto and score by Richard Strauss. Composed in 1921-22, it was given its première at the Vienna State Opera on 9 May 1924. D...

'Schlagobers' ('Whipped Cream'), Op. 70, is a ballet in two acts with a libretto and score by Richard Strauss. Composed in 1921-22, it was given its première at the Vienna State Opera on 9 May 1924. D...

Gustav Holst's "Suite de Ballet" (Op. 10) is an orchestral work he composed in 1899. It is one of his lesser-known works, but it shows an interesting use of orchestration and rhythmic variations. The...

Gustav Holst's "Suite de Ballet" (Op. 10) is an orchestral work he composed in 1899. It is one of his lesser-known works, but it shows an interesting use of orchestration and rhythmic variations. The...

Gustav Holst's "Suite de Ballet" (Op. 10) is an orchestral work he composed in 1899. It is one of his lesser-known works, but it shows an interesting use of orchestration and rhythmic variations. The...

Gustav Holst's "Suite de Ballet" (Op. 10) is an orchestral work he composed in 1899. It is one of his lesser-known works, but it shows an interesting use of orchestration and rhythmic variations. The...

Shosatkovich' ballet The Bolt is a full-length ballet with three acts and seven scenes. The ballet is an ironic tale of slovenly work in a Soviet factory. The composer himself fashioned a suite (Suite...

Ottorino Respighi (1897-1936) set several of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poems, but only three were set for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: Arethusa in 1910, Il Tramonto in 1914, and La Sensitiva between 1914...

In the Love Scene from Hero and Leander the oboe and bassoon introduce the Love Theme. The lovemaking begins softly, but sensually, as the theme expands, it is taken up as a give-and-take dialogue by...

Sensemayá (1938) of Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas is a dance of archaic nature rooted in primitivism. It is a kind of Latin Rite of Spring, full of the mythological dances of the Mayas and the...

Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. The composition was...

Only after John Golland passed away in 1993 the score of his Tuba Concerto Op. 46 was found. The first performance of this work was given by Andrew Duncan and the Halle Orchestra at the Halle Proms at...

Prokofiev composed his first piano concerto while at the Conservatory, in 1911 and 1912, and premiered it himself on August 7, 1912. The concerto is a single movement divided into clearly marked secti...

The cantata Grief of Gravity tells the story of two lovers: Awareness", consciousness that connects us all and "Gravity". For billions of years, "Gravity" and "Awareness" intertwined until a light bea...