Classical Modern Music Sheet Music for String Orchestra

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass This suite started life in 1983 when David Lyon was asked to write a piece for junior strings for the Farnham Festival. The work evolved into this...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) William Lloyd Webber was born in 1914. By the age of fourteen he had already become a well-known organ recitalist, giving frequent perfo...

Orchestration: Oboe Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) I have long wanted to write an Oboe Concerto and have made several false starts - I don't know why, but somehow the work never seem...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) A Gentle Music is a suite for string orchestra in three movements composed during the months of September and October 2008 on the...

Orchestration: nSolo Clarinet in Bb, Timpani (x3), Percussion (2 players: Triangle, Side Drum, Bass Drum, Gong, Slap-Stick, Wood Block, Tubular Bells, Crash Cymbals, Tambourine, Bongos, Vibraphone), H...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) NOW COMES BEAUTY was originally composed in the Summer of 2009 as a song (to my own words) for solo voice and piano, which I also then a...

Orchestration: nStrings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) Born in London, Herbert (Henry John) Murrill was an organist, choral conductor, broadcasting executive and composer. He studied from 19...

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin 3, Viola, Cello, Bass, 2 Trumpets in C Originally titled Festival Overture this work was written for a concert in the 1950 Aldeburgh Festival where it receive...

Orchestration: Soprano Saxophone, Strings: (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) In 2006 when I was living on the beautiful island of Mallorca I wrote an Oboe Concerto for Nicholas Daniel who gave...

Orchestration: 2 x Solo Violins, Solo Viola, Solo Cello Strings: (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) The Serenata Concertante pits a string quartet against the main body of strings in the manner...

Two contrasting string works from the Classical period make for a delightful set. Though teaching younger students to play the classical style with a correct degree of lightness and bounce is not easy...

Two Movements. Veteran arranger Conley has chosen two movements form a Mozart Wind Divertimento that produce a delightfully transparent and melodious short suite. This work reinforces the sources of M...

This great arrangement of the famous melody is designed to be played by young students after only a few months of instruction. The pentatonic nature of the melody avoids any issues with high or low se...

The arranger has taken the first two movements of the Cello Sonata in E Minor by the Italian baroque composer Marcello and crafted them into a beautiful, very playable setting for full string orchestr...

This very solid string arrangement of a Bach keyboard work is a great way to introduce young orchestras to the wonders of baroque counterpoint. Hash's transcription remains true to the original settin...

This energetic piece is based on the blues or 'funky scale

Three great works from the height of the Renaissance period (1450-1600) are here combined in a masterful setting by Canadian arranger Coakley. All three works combine beautiful melodies with the wonde...

Like the Spanish title, which means 'leaving

This Intermezzo, originally in A major for solo piano, has here been arranged in C major to take advantage of the low registers of the viola and cello. This is an excellent piece to work on slurred st...

All aboard for a fun musical train ride! This piece evokes a picture of excitement and energy as the train leaves the station, represented by eighth note double stops. The slower legato middle section...

A Bourree is a lively dance from the Baroque period, and this well-known Bourree comes from J.S. Bach's 'Lute Suite in E Minor'

First composed for flute and continuo and published in 1731, this string orchestra arrangement works well for middle or high school orchestras. Musette en Rondeau reflects the pastoral charm typical o...

A superbly expressive work, this piece offers each section a chance to play the beautiful melody and is perfect for teaching phrasing. Third position notes in the first violin are cued an octave lower...

This is an arrangement of two keyboard works from Nannerl's Notebook, a book used by Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) to write study pieces for his daughter, Maria Anna (known as 'Nannerl'), and to transcri...