Classical Sheet Music for Flute

The Slavonic Dances are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonin Dvorak in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72, respectively. Originally written for piano four-h...

Faust is a grand opera in five acts composed by Charles Gounod which received its premiere in Paris in 1859. The Ballet Music, arranged here for flute orchestra, takes place in Act 4 and is frequently...

Arranged for flute choir, this programmatic work has been a longtime favorite of classical music lovers. Synopsis: The camel-drivers gradually approach the market; the cries of beggars for 'Bak-sheesh...

Poem', originally for flute and piano, composed by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920). Arranged by Shaul Ben-Meir for Flute Choir and dedicated to Shuichi Tanaka, President of Altus Co Ltd - Japa...

Chrisanthemums, composed by Giocomo Puccini, arranged for flute choir by Shaul Ben-Meir (in memory of Ed Adams). Puccini wrote 'Crisantemi', an elegy, in a single night in 1890 in response to the deat...

The Dance of the Hours is a short ballet sequence which takes place at the end of Ponchielli's opera 'La Gioconda.' The ballet depicts the hours of the day, with music and choreography representing th...

Dag Wiren is one of Sweden's most famous composers, thanks in great part to the immense popularity of his Serenade for Strings. This suite consists of four movements: Preludium, Andante, Scherzo, Marc...

The Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich was written during a three-day period in 1954 and was performed at a concert at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow to commemorate the 37th Anniversary of the Oct...

Le tombeau de Couperin' was originally composed as a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel. It was written between 1914 and 1917 and consists of six movements based on the movements of a traditional B...

Radetzky March, Op. 228, was composed by Johann Strauss Sr. in 1948. It was dedicated to the Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky and soon became quite popular among regimented marching soldiers. This piece...

This charming and popular piece was written in 1887. Obtaining its rhythm from the slow processional Spanish court dance of the same name, the Pavane ebbs and flows from a series of harmonic and melod...

Nabucco, by Giuseppe Verdi, was composed in 1841 and received its premiere at La Scala in Milan, Italy on March 9, 1842. It is considered the opera which cemented Verdi's reputation as a composer, and...

The Three Dances (Dances of the Young Maidens, Lullaby, Sabre Dance) are taken from the music written for the ballet 'Gayane' by Aram Ilyich Khachaturian. The ballet was originally produced in Yerevan...

The ballet suite from the second act of of the opera Le Cid is one of Massenet's most highly-regarded works for orchestra. Set in 12th century Spain, the subject matter of the opera is the exploits of...

Among Modest Mussorgsky's most well-known compositions, his tone poem 'Night on Bald Mountain' was featured in the 1940 Disney animated film, Fantasia. Originally existing in a few different versions,...

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is the second in a series of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies composed by Franz Liszt. As both a piano solo, and in its orchestrated form, it has enjoyed immense popularity through its...

At the beginning of 1878, during a trip to Vienna, Dvorak attended a concert given by the Vienna Philharmonic, whose program included Mozart's Serenade in B-flat Major for wind instruments. He was so...

The Furiant is the third movement of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 6, composed in 1880 and premiered in 1881. A Czech national dance, the Furiant is a fast dance in triple meter, often incorporating h...

Il Signor Bruschino is a one-act comic opera (farsa giocosa per musica) by Gioacchino Rossini which received its premiere in Venice in January 1813. The opera is among the first four operas composed b...

Ruy Blas is a tragic drama by Victor Hugo, premiered in 1838 in Paris. Felix Mendelssohn, despite not liking the play, was commissioned to compose an overture based on it in 1839. Here, it has been ar...

Variations on a Theme of Haydn, arranged here for Flute Orchestra, was original composed by Johannes Brahms in 1873, based on a piece title 'St. Anthony's Chorale.' Although it is disputed whether or...

A festive medley of 'Mi Yemalel' and 'Carol of the Bells', arranged here for Flute Orchestra by Shaul Ben-Meir.

The Capriccio Italien of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was composed in 1880, inspired by a trip he took to Rome. He writes to his friend and patroness Nadezhda von Meck in Russia: 'I have already completed...

La Boutique Fantasque (also known as The Magic Toyshop) is a ballet suite, with original music composed by Gioachino Rossini, and orchestrated by Ottorino Respighi. Included in this flute orchestra ar...