Classical Sheet Music

Johann Baptist Vanhal wurde 1739 als Sohn eines Bauern in Nové Nechanice (Böhmen) geboren und starb 1813 in Wien. Nach einer weitgehend autodidaktischen musikalischen Ausbildung folgte er 1761 einem R...

Wie kaum ein anderer Romantiker, hat sich Carl Maria von Weber mit Kompositionen für Blasinstrumente beschäftigt. Obwohl seit langem vermutet - Weber schreibt am 10. November 1811 in sein Tagebuch: äA...

Jean Émile Auguste Bernard (1843-1902) was a French Romantic composer and organist. His Divertissement for Doubled Wind Quintet, Op. 36 was first written for the Société des Instruments à Vent (Societ...

While scored by Franz Lachner for eight wind instruments (flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons), this work is considered to be symphonic in scope.

Uniting the traditional Woodwind and Brass Quintets into a ten-player performing group, the Alfred Reed has treated the various combinations possible with this instrumentation in various ways: sometim...

Frederic Berr, a clarinettist who frequently worked with Rossini, transcribed the six "String Sonatas" which the composer had originally penned when he was only twelve years old. Five of these were pu...

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) wrote his suite España, Op. 165, also known as 'Seis Hojas de Album' ('Six Album leaves') for piano in 1890. Each of the six movements recreates a traditional Spanish dance o...

André Jolivet (1905-1974) was a French composer particularly devoted to French culture and musical thought. Influenced variously by Arnold Schoenberg and Edgard Varèse, and a founder of the group La j...

A neo-classical work consisting of five short pieces lasting one to three minutes each. Dedicated to French bassoonist Fernand Oubradous and the Paris Reed Trio.

This very well-known work by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow (1844-1908) comes from his opera THE TALE OF TSAR SALTAN. Where THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE customarily showcases the virtuosic technical abilities...

American composer and folk music specialist, Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953), was a prominent voice in the emerging modernist aesthetic in the early 20th century, and she became a central member of a...

On both "Hill-Songs," Percy Grainger writes: "My Hill-Songs arose out of the thoughts about and longings for the wilderness of hill countries, hill peoples, and hill musics (such as the Scottish Highl...

On both "Hill-Songs," Percy Grainger writes: "My Hill-Songs arose out of the thoughts about and longings for the wilderness of hill countries, hill peoples, and hill musics (such as the Scottish Highl...

With music by William Penn and words based on the writings and poetry of Hamlin Garlin, this is a unique and beautiful opportunity to feature a medium voice with wind ensemble (no saxophones, flugelho...

Esa Pietilä's The Wind Wants for wind quintet examins various kinds of wind: 'A balmy summer breeze suddenly gives way to an autumn gale that blows with all its might, whips round corners, forms flurr...

for Wind Quintet. This work consists of 25 variations and a fugue, allowing each instrument ample opportunity for virtuosity. A major addition to the woodwind quintet library, this piece would be exce...

A brisk Irish reel, one of Percy Grainger's most popular works. Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon (or Bass Clarinet)

The final movement of Mozart's Serenade No. 10 (KV 361) masterfully arranged by Mark A. Craig. Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon (or Bass Clarinet)

One of the most beloved works in the wind band repertoire, masterfully arranged by Mark A. Craig. Six movements in total, and the bassoon part has also been transposed for bass clarinet.