Intermediate Sheet Music for String Orchestra

This set of variations from Colorado composer Latchaw evokes a walk up a mountain road. From its simple-sounding opening with hints of folk music and a Coplandesque harmonic style, the piece progresse...

This gorgeous string work would be appropriate for any concert, but would be especially fitting in a memorial concert. Starting with a haunting piano chord progression the solo piano leads to a melanc...

In this wonderfully evocative piece of music, Bobrowitz describes a deep water dive to find a long lost city. This compelling musical journey conveys a sense of ever-deepening awe at the magical under...

From its opening chords to its strong finish, Drive races forward, alternating between syncopated rhythms and soaring melodies. Beginning in the key of A minor, two opposing melodic patterns emerge. T...

Pat-a-pan is a French Carol that tells the Christmas story from the perspective of shepherds out in the field playing simple instruments. This creative arrangement captures the feel of a flute and dru...

Sonatina in D is an arrangement of the first movement from Franz Schubert's original composition for violin and piano (op. 137, D. 384). Schubert composed the small sonata in March 1816, when he was j...

The 'Spitfire' was a single-seat fighter airplane successfully used by the Allies in World War II against the German Luftwaffe. With its rhythmically-charged parts for every member of the orchestra an...

Summer is a season of renewal for many as they seek peaceful places to get a break from their daily routines. The tranquil setting of this piece attempts to capture the welcomed isolation that allows...

Andiamo! (“Let’s Go!”) This piece was written to feature the viola section, they start the frenzied melody and we’re off! After a trip to Italy, the composer fondly remembered one phrase the tour guid...

Ballad and Jig opens with singingly expressive melodies in G major, allowing the orchestra to focus on playing in a connected ballad style. The lively jig section of the piece features energetic and m...

Battle Cry is meant to embody the warrior spirit! With heavy articulations and driving rhythms, the piece should be played mostly in the lower half of the bow with strong accents and attention to arti...

Big Sky Overture: Sweeping melodies punctuated by energetic rhythmic motives make this original overture perfect for concert and contest. Observing traditional overture form, the main theme is set fir...

The Mountain City Fiddlers is titled after the Fiddlers Convention of 1925, which was held in Mountain City, Tennessee. The piece opens with violin and cello solos in A major, with stomping feet and c...

Rondo Recipe is a light-hearted work to be approached in the classical style. The “dash of Mozart” is not a facetious quote for there is in fact a small quote of music that is by Mozart hidden within...

Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was the first classical composer of African ancestry. Born in the French colony of Guadeloupe, Saint-Georges was taken to Paris by his father to be rais...

Score , Partitur of Concerto in D major GWV 310 for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo, score 18 p. The Concerto GWV 310 follows the three-movement type that Antonio Vivaldi had devised in Italy, consi...

Parts , Stimmen of Concerto in D major GWV 310 for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo, 5 parts. The Concerto GWV 310 follows the three-movement type that Antonio Vivaldi had devised in Italy, consistin...

Piano reduction , Klavierauszug of Concerto in D Major GWV 310 for Flute and Piano The Concerto GWV 310 follows the three-movement type that Antonio Vivaldi had devised in Italy, consisting of two fas...

Score , Partitur of Concerto in D major GWV 311 for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo, score 23 p. Graupner by no means follows Vivaldi's Italian three-movement model in all of his concertos. In his C...

Parts , Stimmen of Concerto in D major GWV 311 for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo, 5 parts. Graupner by no means follows Vivaldi's Italian three-movement model in all of his concertos. In his Conce...

Piano reduction , Klavierauszug of Concerto in D Major GWV 311 for Flute and Piano Graupner by no means follows Vivaldi's Italian three-movement model in all of his concertos. In his Concerto GWV 311...

Score , Partitur of Concerto in D major GWV 312 for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo, score 27 p. Graupner is generally known for his unique compositional style; he does not use a “standard” approach...

Parts , Stimmen of Concerto in D major GWV 312 for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo, 5 parts. Graupner is generally known for his unique compositional style; he does not use a “standard” approach. In...

Piano reduction , Klavierauszug of Concerto in D Major GWV 312 for Flute and Piano Graupner is generally known for his unique compositional style; he does not use a “standard” approach. Instead, he su...

Score , Partitur of Concerto in E major GWV 320 for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo, score 24 p. Compared to the flute concertos GWV 310-312, the Concerto in E Major GWV 320 signals even more clearl...