Classical Sheet Music for Orchestra

This edition of George Frideric Handel's (1685-1759) most famous work was edited by Ebenezer Prout, and includes additional accompaniments largely re-written by him. The preface provided by Prout offe...

This edition of George Frideric Handel's (1685-1759) most famous work was edited by Ebenezer Prout, and includes additional accompaniments largely re-written by him. The preface provided by Prout offe...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) wrote the St. Cecilia Mass (officially named Messe solennelle en l'honneur de Sainte-Cécile) in 1855 as an homage to St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. It premiered on...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) wrote the St. Cecilia Mass (officially named Messe solennelle en l'honneur de Sainte-Cécile) in 1855 as an homage to St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. It premiered on...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) likely composed three settings of the hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo, though only two have survived. It was common for Vivaldi to write introductory motets to be performed bef...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) began composition of his setting of the Stabat Mater text in 1876 and finally finishing the orchestral version in late 1877, though it was not published until 1881 as Op. 58...

BIBLICAL SONGS, Op. 99/B. 185, on texts from the Book of Psalms, were written in March of 1894, during Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) stay in the United States. The composer turned to the Bible against...

BIBLICAL SONGS, Op. 99/B. 185, on texts from the Book of Psalms, were written in March of 1894, during Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) stay in the United States. The composer turned to the Bible against...

César Franck (1822-1890) wrote his Mass in A Major, Op. 12 in the summer of 1860. It was later revised in 1872, with the then newly composed Panis angelicus replacing the original movement O salutaris...

George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) was an American composer. Along with John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, and Edward MacDowell, he was among those composers in what is c...

George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) was an American composer. Along with John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, and Edward MacDowell, he was among those composers in what is c...

This urtext edition of George Frideric Handel's most famous work, was edited by Arnold Schering with continuo realization by Kurt Soldan. The chorus AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD is No. 4 from Part I of t...

This urtext edition of George Frideric Handel's most famous work, was edited by Arnold Schering with continuo realization by Kurt Soldan. The chorus AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD is No. 4 from Part I of t...

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) composed THE MESSIAH in 1741 - it is widely regarded as his most popular work. In 1789, Baron Gottfried Van Swieten commissioned Mozart to create a modernized versio...

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) composed THE MESSIAH in 1741 - it is widely regarded as his most popular work. In 1789, Baron Gottfried Van Swieten commissioned Mozart to create a modernized versio...

This well-known piece is based on a chorale by Johann Schop first published in 1642. Included by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) as the 10th and final section of his cantata Herz und Mund und Tat un...

This well-known piece is based on a chorale by Johann Schop first published in 1642. Included by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) as the 10th and final section of his cantata Herz und Mund und Tat un...

Revised version by the Gustav MahlerGesellschaft, Vienna

Revised version by the Gustav MahlerGesellschaft, Vienna

Ausgehend von dem liturgischen Text zu Beginn der Missa pro defunctis", dem sogenannten "Requiem", werden in der Folge der insgesamt 10 Sätze dieses Oratoriums Texte vertont, die das "Ewige Licht" zum...

Christian Gotthilf Tag was one of the most outstanding church musicians of his time in Germany. He composed an astonishing wealth of sacred choral works. He cultivated intensively the cantata form in...

The birth of a favourite hymn Parry lived toward the end of the age of oratorios. Handel had begun the fashion for large-scale works for chorus, soloists and orchestra, usually on a biblical or religi...

Über die Entstehungszeit der Kantate Lobe den Herren, meine Seele kann nur gemutmaßt werden. Mehrere Indizien sprechen jedoch für eine frühe Entstehung, möglicherweise noch während Kuhnaus Aufenthalt...

Die Kantate Es steh Gott auf ist für das Osterfest bestimmt. Als Textvorlage konnte der Herausgeber eine bislang wenig beachtete Dichtung von Christian Weise (1642‒1708) nachweisen. Kuhnau stand mit d...