Advanced Sheet Music from Universal Edition

In 1915, when Kodály wrote a substantial Sonata for Solo Cello, Bartók commented: This is not a mere imitation of Bach's polyphonic style. That was praise in several ways. His friend's sonata had noth...

Ausgabe für Violine und Klavier

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...

Anton Webern's late instrumental works have always been admired as examples of a systematic, innovative application of twelve-tone technique. From our perspective today, however, the reliance on older...

Ausgabe für Viola und Klavier

This sheet music edition of the Sonata nello stile antico spagnuolo is a part of our series Universal Violoncello Edition.

This Toccata for cello and piano by Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) was arranged by Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966), a spanish cellist and composer. It is suitable for advanced players and professionals.

Luciano Berio dedicated his Sequenza VII, which was composed in 1969, to the oboist Heinz Holliger. The version of this piece published here was arranged for one soprano saxophone by Claude Delangle i...

This suite for solo cello was composed in 1926 and is dedicated to the German cellist Francesco von Mendelssohn. It is suitable for advanced players and professionals.

Either of these pieces, for advanced players, would make an exceptionally unusual and entertaining concert item. The writers, Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo, have stunned audiences, critics and fe...

Nine composers are represented here in one volume in celebration of the art song and its place in the extraordinary surge of musical creativity in Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century and which...

The composition of the Princess Songs marked the beginning of a particularly productive phase for Karol Szymanowski. Based on a series of poems by his sister Zofia, Szymanowski composed this colorful...

Richard Strauss's Song Album was published in four volumes altogether. This volume contains a selection of the most beautiful and popular songs, for example Tomorrow!, Devotion, Night and Pride of my...

The Seven Early Songs as they appear here are revisions, or to be even more precise, revisions of reworkings of Berg's own compositions. Together with many others, the songs were composed during the y...

Martins Originalkomposition für Gitarre solo zählt wohl zu den schönsten und wichtigsten Werken der UE-Gitarrenliteratur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die Ausgabe gibt das Werk in der Form des endgültigen Man...

Schönbergs Klavierzyklus op. 19 fällt in seine atonale Schaffensperiode. Der Sprung in die Atonalität geschah aus Zwang zum Ausdruck. Die vielschichtigen Klangfarben der Gitarre drängen sich geradezu...