Intermediate Classical Music (Baroque) Sheet Music

The opening movement of the 2nd Orchestral Suite, originally in B minor, was transposed upwards of a minor third to D minor for our edition. The concluding badinerie of this suite for recorder quartet...

Marin Marais (1656 - 1728), solo gamba player in the Royal Chamber Orchestra and director of the opera orchestra at the court of Louis XIV, was highly successful as a composer mainly through his opera...

In seinen späten Zwanzigern entdeckte Atar Arad seine Liebe für die Viola und entschied, sich diesem Instrument zu widmen. Zoltán Kodálys Bearbeitung der 'Fantasia Cromatica' (BWV 903) war ein wichtig...

This radiant Sinfonia opens Part 2 of Bach's Christmas Oratorio (1734) — the only cantata in the cycle without an opening chorus. Instead, Bach lets the orchestra speak, capturing the moment heaven an...

Telemann's sonatas, published in 1728, are 'methodical' according to the meaning of the word in his own day, since in addition to the plain melody line given to the soloist in the first movements they...

'Methodical' was how Telemann's six sonatas were described when they were published in 1732, because they included a second, ornamented version of the simple melody line of the solo instrument for the...

While the classical guitar is primarily a solo instrument, playing in an ensemble—be it a duo, trio, quartet, mixed ensemble, or orchestra—offers several benefits. These include working in synchroniza...

Sonata in G is known as "Sibley No. 12", because the manuscript is in the possession of the Sibley Music Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, U.S.A. The Optional Basso Continuo part is fre...

This new collection of Baroque music arranged by renowned harpist Deborah Friou includes selections by Bach, Corelli, Handel, Pachelbel, Scarlatti, Telemann, Vivaldi, and other renowned composers. Inc...