Intermediate Sheet Music for String Orchestra

This well-crafted adaptation remains true to Dvorák's original intent. The expertise of educator and violinist Robert D. McCashin makes this grade 3 a very sound pedagogical work. A wonderful way to i...

The lush textures of this timeless melody are seamlessly woven into a tapestry of pure emotion. Plaintive yet sophisticated, the piece opens with a yearning three-note motif that softly spreads throug...

What is happening around us is monstrous and inhuman, writes the composer. "When the war began, I felt numb, I was speechless. Only the sounds remained. I put them together to express my pain and sorr...

The serenade flourished in Mozart’s era, but with Brahms the genre experienced a new surge in popularity in the 19th century. Dvořák’s cheerful and relaxed op. 22 came into being in 1875, during a ver...

Elgar’s Serenade for Strings was composed in 1892 and represents the first of his works with which the 35-year-old composer was truly satisfied. Whether, as often claimed, it derives from three pieces...

Elgar’s Serenade for Strings was composed in 1892 and represents the first of his works with which the 35-year-old composer was truly satisfied. Whether, as often claimed, it derives from three pieces...

The occasion for the composition, described as a “suite in the old style”, was the 200th birthday of the Norwegian-Danish poet Ludvik Holberg (1684–1754), which was celebrated in Bergen with several f...

Robert Schumann's Album For the Young was composed for his three daughters and consisted of 43 short pieces. Most well-known as a piano piece, Knight Rupert adapts perfectly for grade 3 string orchest...

What better way to introduce Mozart to students than with the finale of his first symphony, written when he was just 8 years old? Transposed to D major, this arrangement provides many opportunities fo...

Giuseppe Verdi was one of the greatest Italian opera composers of the nineteenth century. The overture to La Forza Del Destino was composed when Verdi revised the opera for a performance at La Scala...

Characterized by a majestic yet driving rhythm, great harmonic clarity and a lyrical melody, this selection from The Seasons is a marvelous example of Italian Baroque music at its very best. The arran...

Featuring five movements in diverse styles and forms by Italy's most important composer of the post-Romantic era, this set of early Respighi works is a refreshing departure from the magnificent sympho...

Audiences will be transported back to ancient Egypt in this haunting work inspired by Shu, the god of wind. By using authentic Egyptian motifs, it will capture the imaginations of players and audience...

A staple of orchestral literature since its first performance in 1831, this arrangement presents four themes of the original and contains lots of drama and even more excitement.

This arrangement of the second movement of the Concerto in D (43:D7) for Trumpet, Two Oboes and Continuo is arranged here for grade 3 groups. This exciting and cheerful Baroque gem keeps all the secti...

Inspired by the beautiful landscapes the composer has seen on long road trips across the U.S., this powerful original features the pandiatonic harmonies and open-sounding intervals (fourths and fifths...

The Airs variés No. 2 and No. 4 by the Belgian Henri Vieuxtemps, published here for the first time, stand as fascinating testimonies to an early developing major talent as violinist and composer. Both...

Zu den Pflichten der Hofkapellmeister und Hofkomponisten gehörte stets auch die Lieferung von Tanzmusik für die Hoffeste. Bei Artaria in Wien erschienen 1791 Mozarts Zwölf deutsche Tänze, welche in de...

Zu den Pflichten der Hofkapellmeister und Hofkomponisten gehörte stets auch die Lieferung von Tanzmusik für die Hoffeste. Bei Artaria in Wien erschienen 1791 Mozarts Zwölf deutsche Tänze, welche in de...

Immerse yourself in the magnificent world of the Baroque with the "Rinaldo Suite HWV 7" by George Frideric Handel. Published by the renowned Karl Heinrich Möseler Verlag, this thoughtfully curated sui...