Classical Modern Music Sheet Music for String Orchestra

The Sinfonia a 8 (La Melodia Germania No. 1) in D major by Johann Stamitz was originally composed for two French horns, two violins, viola, and bass. Since the wind parts largely doubled the strings i...

Besetzung: Streichorchester Ausgabe: Stimmensatz je 8 Violine I/Violine Ii, je 5 Viola/Cello/Kontrabaß

Besetzung: Streichorchester Ausgabe: Partitur.

First-year players can ?reach for the stars? with this easy concert piece. An ethereal theme with simple rhythms in first position calls to mind mysterious celestial spheres. All sections of the orche...

Bud Caputo presents Nutcracker Suite Selections for string orchestra featuring three abridged movements of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, March, and Trepak. These abrid...

A relentless 6/8 accompaniment drives this piece forward with exciting momentum. Two-against-three rhythm patterns add urgency to the theme, requiring precision in counting and maintaining an even tem...

Describing the playful cascading of a waterfall, this light-hearted work gives students multiple opportunities to work on both style and technique. Alternating between energetic ostinatos and lyrical...

This exciting piece starts with a treacherous storm motif that acts as the undercurrent as quotes from famous water-themed compositions are heard. Some shifting is required in first violin, cello, and...

Chicharra was born out of a love for syncopated music that makes one move and dance. A rhythmic motive initiated by the viola and cello sections starts the diabolical journey of dance and lyricism. Th...

The title refers to the Latin word for 'rhythm' as well as to the ancient Greek term meaning symmetry, harmony, and rhythm in music or speech. This original work for string orchestra explores a variet...

One of only two symphonies he composed during his time in France, Bologne’s Symphony No. 1 reflects the influence of his teachers and fellow composers in the burgeoning Classical period. This joyful A...

This energetic second movement from Bach's famed Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 has been skillfully arranged to be more accessible to the developing string ensemble. Remaining in the key of G major, this...

Faure's gorgeous piece (originally for chorus and orchestra) is a sophisticated way to show the polish of a more advanced string ensemble in this sensitive and expert arrangement by larry clark. The s...

Violinist and composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was known for embracing the previously unexplored song and dance forms from his father’s native west Africa and incorporating them into his own very Euro...

Finally, an interpretation of Pachelbel's famous Canon in D with more than 8 notes for the cello and bass sections! Pachelbel's Rhapsody creatively reimagines this well-known melody so that all voices...

Italian composer, singer, and violinist Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen was born in poverty in 1745. She was able to learn violin at an orphanage for girls, even taking lessons from composer Giuseppe Tart...