Advanced Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music

The three so-called War Sonatas Nos. 6–8 were composed in the years 1939–1944, while Prokofiev was evacuated from Moscow to Kazakhstan and the Caucasus. The reference to the siege of Leningrad was a p...

The three so-called War Sonatas Nos. 6–8 were composed in the years 1939–1944, while Prokofiev was evacuated from Moscow to Kazakhstan and the Caucasus. The reference to the siege of Leningrad was a p...

Drachenlied unfolds as a sweeping, high-voltage duet that summons the fire and majesty of dragons in full flight. Written for one piano, four hands, the piece surges with propulsive rhythms, bold harm...

Driving rhythm and vibrant energy define Resonance, a fast-paced, Late Intermediate duet for one piano, four hands. Built around a recurring off-beat pulse, the music creates a sense of momentum that...

For piano, score 8 pages. Listen to the audio sample for an immediate impression of how this piece sounds. The distinctive musical style of Patrick's father, Raymond Decancq, was difficult to classify...

Collection for piano, includes 4 pieces: - Olivina: score 7 pages - Transhumana: score 11 pages - Bella Dormiente: score 3 pages - Sentiero delle anime: score 7 pages For this collection, the composer...

Schönberg’s publisher Emil Hertzka provided the impetus for composition of the Piano Piece op. 33a in 1928. In fact, he had merely asked for permission to print an older work in the collection Musik d...

In the “Nocturnes” for orchestra and women’s chorus, composed between 1897 and 1899, Debussy realised his concept that the musical form should emerge freely from the material. With the tripartite stru...

Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini was his last and at the same time most significant work for piano and orchestra. As a cycle of variations on Paganini's 24th Caprice from op. 1, i...

With his Études-Tableaux Rachmaninoff continued down the path that Chopin and Liszt had already set out on with their concert etudes: the most demanding technical tasks are presented in the form of ex...

The toccata genre has undergone great change since Bach’s time. Originally denoting works of recitative or improvisatory character, since the 19th century the emphasis has been on a continuous pulsati...

The Five Piano Pieces op. 23 are a transitional work in which Schönberg made the decisive step from free atonal music to composition based on tone rows, which however did not yet necessarily have to c...

Out of admiration for the "Waltz King" Johann Strauss, Ravel had already planned a waltz composition in 1906, the realisation of which was hindered by other projects and the outbreak of the First Worl...

The Eight Etudes op. 42 by Alexander Scriabin were composed during a phase of great productivity. For many years, teaching commitments had hampered the composer. Gradually, he was able to dispose of t...

Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit is one of the most important piano works of the 20th century and constitutes the height of the extension of the pianistic playing techniques and tonal possibilites w...

Acknowledging the lack of original repertoire for his instrument, Nicholas Lens wrote this collection of individual studies and movements. Having been written specifically for the double bass as a ful...

Nordlys ("Northern Lights") is a journey through the soundscapes of the north, guided by the rune Raidho, the symbol of movement and inner search. The work follows four stages, like the phases of an i...

Nordlys ("Northern Lights") is a journey through the soundscapes of the north, guided by the rune Raidho, the symbol of movement and inner search. The work follows four stages, like the phases of an i...

Ich habe mein Bestes gegeben, das ursprüngliche Werk originalgetreu wiederzugeben. Allerdings tauchen in der Bearbeitung Stellen auf, an denen Klänge umgestaltet wurden, damit sie den technischen Beso...