Flute Quartet Sheet Music

This is the fourth out of the 6 'Quartetti Concertanti' for 4 flutes with the programmatic title The steadfast friends. It consists of 2 movements and is of intermediate difficulty. It is always the f...

This is the fifth edition of the total number of 6 concertant quartets which are all linked by programmatic titles. Therefore, this cycle is quite an exception in the 18th century quartet literature....

Johann Friedrich Klöffler (1725-1790) was Principal and Music Director of the Earls of Bentheim-Steinfurt. Until his retirement in 1789, he was the centre of cultural life at the court of Burgsteinfur...

These two popular dances from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite have been skilfully arranged for 4 Flutes, by Doris Geller. This inimitable arrangement, which comprises the two favourite pieces - Dance o...

Rabboni (1800-1856) war ein italienischer Flötenvirtuose, der die große Vergangenheit repräsentiert. Sein Flötenquartett in D-Dur erschien 1842. Dass der Tonumfang stellenweise über das heute Gewohnte...

Minuetto F-Dur aus KV 43 / Andante G-Dur aus KV 48/ Andante F-Dur aus KV 73 Mozart, dem man - wegen einer unbedachten, brieflichen Äußerung - nachgesagt hat, er habe die Flöte 'nicht gemocht', hat mit...

Opera arrangements for four flutes from the 19th century are difficult to find, while there are numerous arrangements for other instrumentations. So why not use a good opera transcription as the basis...

Unveröffentlichte Originalkomposition von Croubelis aus der Zeit zwischen 1770 und 1790. Über den Komponisten ist wenig bekannt, außer dass er sich zeitweilig in Kopenhagen aufhielt. Die Musik selbst...

Joseph Cardon was born in Brussels in 1783, and died there in 1850. Apart from his Trois duos concertants, only his authorship of the composition presented here could be proved until today. These Quat...

Starting with his early years of apprenticeship at a town waits in Darmstadt, Georg Abraham Schneider, born in 1770, managed a steady career which eventually led him to Berlin where he was appointed m...

The lack of good literature from the time of Viennese Classicism for four flutes is one of the reasons for writing the transcription presented here. The original of Divertimento KV 136 is arranged for...

Two aspects of the quartets republished here for the first time are worth mentioning: they are the first compositions in the history of music which were actually composed for a flute quartet (despite...

Following the Baroque tradition, this composition consists of four movements. It is homophonic in most parts and interspersed with effective imitations which add continuous drive to the whole piece an...

The concerto presented here could well be considered one of Georg Friedrich Handel's (1685-1759) concerti grossi, since it features the typical change between tutti and solo parts in the two outer mov...

Claude Debussy's sixth Prélude Des pas sur la neige (footprints in the snow) was written in 1909-1910. The titles (actually epilogues because Debussy always places them at the end of each Prélude) of...

The edition presented here is based on the authograph score of a Concerto in G major for 4 (transverse) flutes and figured bass, as well as the corresponding part copy of Flute I .

Das Oratorium 'Salomo' entstand im Sommer 1748 und wurde am 17.3.1749 uraufgeführt. Ein wirkungsvolles Stück, gerade für den Beginn eines Quartettprogramms. Ausser einigen barocken Dreiklangsbrechunge...

Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) wrote the Suite presented here in 1884, on the occasion of the 200th birthday of the Danish writer Ludwig Holberg. Originally composed for the piano, Grieg...

Verdis Oper Nabucco gehört nicht zuletzt wegen ihrer impliziten politischen Bedeutung zu seinen erfolgreichsten. Insbesondere der Chor 'Va pensiero' avancierte zum Volkslied, ja fast zur Nationalhymne...

Can Chopin's piano music be arranged for the flute? The arranger himself calls his work an experiment. It is quite interesting how Cheyron changed the Préludes for four flutes and thus created an arra...

It seems that Siegfried Ochs had a great talent in writing humorous pieces. Almost all of his works have fallen into oblivion. Yet, he will always be remembered for his piano piece with the original t...

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), was born in Naples and went to Lisbon in 1720, where he was appointed kapellmeister at the court of the King of Portugal, Joao V. Additionally, he was the teacher of in...

Johann Sebastian Bach's music has always entailed rearrangements as each and every solo player or ensemble wants to perform these extraordinary pieces. The Orchestra suite presented here really calls...

Oldrich Flosman (geboren am 5. April 1925 in Pilsen, gestorben am 12. Oktober 1998 in Prag) studierte von 1944 bis 1946 am Prager Konservatorium bei Karel Janacek und von 1946 bis 1950 an der Akademie...