Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music Downloads

Bryan Kelly writes: "With this Violin Sonatina, I completed a project of writing a work for each of the string sections. Rather than the usual three it is in one continuous movement. The fast agitato...

Student Violin part with either teacher (as violin duets) or with piano accompaniment (Vln & Pno). This bumper volume incorporates the three separate former publications from Spartan Press, the serie...

Combines and replaces the two original publications of Sounds of a Rainbow Book 1 from Spartan Press (SP950-1), into this volume that includes both duets and violin and piano versions in one volume....

Whether a student or a great artist, the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician's voice, the means of communicating an artistic vision to the...

The Partitas for solo violin were inspired by the Partitas and Sonatas for Violin by J.S. Bach and the Fantasias for Flute by Telemann. Jayson Mackie writes: I wanted to write some unaccompanied piece...

Fully Charged! Ten easy 'high-voltage' pieces for violin and piano. Preface This volume of original pieces has been composed with the intention of providing fun-based energetic material at elementary...

Written during the First World War, Maurice Ravel's composition 'Le Tombeau de Couperin' takes a wistful look at the past, while at the same time being brimming with hints of modernity. Each of the si...

'Ri-Tratto, written on 12 October 2011 as a little birthday present for Hansheinz Schneeberger to whom I owe so many wonderful musical experiences: attempt of a portrait in the form of prelude and fug...

In December 2015, Peter Eötvös composed his short work for violin solo which plays with hearing, perceiving and responding to musical structures. Inspired by a line from James Joyce's Ulysses, there i...

Heinz Holliger composed this short encore piece for the birthday of the famous Austrian violinist Thomas Zehetmair. Starting from a brief 'Happy Birthday' quotation, it soon turns towards the 'stagger...

The Belgian violinist, Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931), with his impressive blend of virtuosity and poetry, was a great admirer of the young Debussy's music who led the Paris première of his only string quar...

This arrangement of the three-part collection published in 1905 is based on Fritz Kreisler's original version as well as later pianoforte transcriptions by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The harmonies, chromati...

'Introduction and Siberian Blues' komponierte Rosenblatt auf Wunsch von Victor Tretjakov als Pflichtstück für die zweite Runde seines zweiten Internationalen Geigenwettbewerbs in Krasnojarsk. Auf eine...

Four short pieces for violin and piano by Lili Boulanger have survived and are brought together in this book. In three instances the editors Elisabeth Weinzierl and Edmund Wächter have chosen to base...

The work is a spider-fingered scherzo which translates the concept of ‘Romantic irony’ into a modern tonal language. Mysterious creatures fl it back and forth and run on the spot before breaking off o...

Threnos is a lament for solo violin dedicated to Lars Vogt: highly expressive, characterized by dramatic intensity and with an uplifting ending. A shorter but equally striking contemporary piece for t...

Barbara Hellers Episodes open up poetic soundscapes for solo violin. Like "Songs Without Words," they create fluid, breathing melodies that transform and evolve. An inspiring repertoire for creative,...

Solo Performance Collection is a fresh new performance resource for soloists by popular composers Larry Clark and Tyler Arcari. This collection, written at a 1.5-3.5 grade level, has many varying work...

The syncopated Toccatina is influenced by pop music as well as the music of South America, while the use of repeated notes is derived from Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. The piece will be effective on any...

This exciting work packs a huge amount of musical variety into its compact frame, despite being written with the needs of developing organists in mind. A fanfare-like section in 3-time twice gives way...