Classical Sheet Music

Rachmaninoff composed his collection of 13 songs op. 34 in 1912, but it was only three years later that he added a little closing piece without any text: the Vocalise, which soon outshone the other so...

Vive la valse! Musette waltzes are as much a part of Paris and France as the Eiffel Tower or the Champs Elysee. Erik Satie, the great French composer, wrote a waltz that transforms the relaxed atmosph...

Die Mondscheinsonate der erste Satz aus der Klaviersonate Nr. 14 in cis-moll, Opus 27/2 ist das mit Abstand bekannteste Werk Ludwig van Beethovens. Es wurde für unterschiedlichste Besetzungen arrangie...

An innovative fusion of classical and funk is the latest arrangement by Björn Vüllgraf! The world-famous "Air" by Johann Sebastian Bach, from the Orchestral Suite No. 3, undergoes an exciting metamorp...

The cheerful canon "Nature's Call" (Level: easy) for three voices a cappella or with piano accompaniment was composed by Sebastiaan van Steenberge. It contains two languages in one piece which makes i...

The canon "Wandel" (Level: easy) shows three voices that differ just a bit in rhythm and melody to show a slight nuance between the three. Little surprises here and there will keep the singers alert a...

The wintry "Canon Snow" (Level: medium) for four voices and piano ad lib. by Franco Prinsloo has a playful character and should be performed accordingly. While voices 1 and 4 seem to flow leisurely, v...

The multi-layered "Floating Canon" (Level: advanced) for five voices a cappella by Hans Helsen is a choral piece that connects many individual dots as it moves forward. A bit of a challenge for the si...

A bright and breezy piece with a charming text by Charles Bennett, 'A Tree of Song' begins with a jaunty 7/8 figure which recurs throughout the piece, with a spirited melody floating above. Alternatio...

I will be with you sets a reflective text by the composer with a message of enduring solace. Lush harmonies, with predominantly homophonic passagework, coupled with flowing and cascading lines in ever...

'TaReKiTa' is a refreshing concert piece that effortlessly blends the Indian and Western classical styles. The composer's scats are combined with a fast triple metre, vocal slides, and captivating mel...

for SSAA unaccompanied. Garden of Dreams sets of fragments of text by Sappho, translated by Arthur Sanders Way and A. S. Kline. Sarah Quartel has used cross-rhythms, syncopation, and flowing melodic l...

for SSAA unaccompanied A simple and tender seeting of William Blake's famous poem, particularly suitable for younger voices.

The sacred a cappella choral works by Johannes Brahms are among the most important Romantic works of the genre. These works, published by Bärenreiter in the anthology BA 7575, are now also available a...

The sacred a cappella choral works by Johannes Brahms are among the most important Romantic works of the genre. These works, published by Bärenreiter in the anthology BA 7575, are now also available a...

The sacred a cappella choral works by Johannes Brahms are among the most important Romantic works of the genre. These works, published by Bärenreiter in the anthology BA 7575, are now also available a...

Le tremblement permanent du moi- fantôme ... commissioned by the French vocal ensemble Musicatreize for the Beethoven Year 2020 program 12 Letters to Elise, raises the question of who we are today and...

Christmas setting for upper voices (three parts) of a traditional 15th-century English text with Latin refrain: 'Gabriel of high degree ...' / 'Ut nova: Ave fit ex Eva'. An explanation of the Latin pu...

A setting of pastoral verses of Polonsky dating from the last two decades of the composer's life, after her withdrawal from musical life following the Russian Revolution. Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-19...

Composer's note:'The original version of Ring the bells for mixed choir, now available in a version for high choral voices, was commissioned by the London Philharmonic Choir, who also sang the premier...

In its original scoring for mixed voices MacMillan's The Gallant Weaver has become a favourite; this arrangement now extends the setting to upper voices. Paul Spicer comments, 'This ideal introduction...