Intermediate Sheet Music from Alphonse Leduc

Guillaume Balay (1871-1943) served in the French military as a prolific Cornet player, having won first place in the 1894 Cornet Award competition at the National Academy of Music in Paris. His compos...

Composed by Philippe Gaubert, Cantabile and Scherzetto is a piece for Bb Cornet and Piano. Written as a contest piece for the Paris Conservatoire, it would brilliantly match the skills of an upper-int...

Composed by Alphonse Maxime (Jean Marie Maximin François Alphonse, known as Griet, 1880-1930), Deux cent études nouvelles, 1ere cahier is the first book of a set of six, containing 200 études for horn...

Posterity has retained of Nadia Boulanger only her gifts as a virtuoso of the piano and organ, her skill as a conductor (of vocal ensemble and orchestra) and most of all, her incredible charisma as a...

French composer and conductor, Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) composed The Little Corsican Goatherd in 1952. As with his other woodwind compositions, The Little Corsican Goatherd was well-received by audien...

A composer and conductor of genius, Eugène Bozza (1905–1991) left us several operas, ballets, large-scale symphonic and choral works, but his worldwide reputation is derived mainly from his many chamb...

German baroque composer, Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) was a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, becoming a composer against his family's wishes. However, his musical career saw him hold important...

Le Petit Ane Blanc is a famous piece initially composed by Jacques Ibert (1890-1962). Arranged by the French flautist Marcel Moyse, and part of the set called 'Stories', this piece is the secondo...

Written by François Joseph Naderman (1781-1835), Sonatinas Progressive, Op. 92 consists of a series of seven small sonatas. The level of difficulty alternates between intermediate and advanced as thes...

On the summits (Sur les cimes) by Eugène Bozza (1905-1991) is a very enjoyable piece for F Horn and Piano which lasts 7 minutes. Difficult to play, it requires the mastering of techniques such as the...

As the saxophone is commonly associated with the jazz style, classical music for the instrument had always been lacking, so when Paul Bonneau composed his Caprice en forme de Valse for solo saxophone...

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) studied at the Paris Conservatoire before embarking upon a successful composing career. Stories increased his popularity when it was published in the mid-1920s and it remains...

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) was a French composer, conductor and organist. Despite being predominantly remembered as a conductor, his Concert Solo remains a recognised piece in the Bassoon repertoire....

Pièce by Gabriel Fauré is a piece for flute, oboe or violin, with piano accompaniment. This romantic piece in A only features one movement. Small, it is really melodious and quite slow:'Adagio, molto...

Gabriel Grovlez (1879-1944) studied under Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire. His compositions proved to be extremely versatile, from Operas and Ballets to solo works. Grovlez's Sarabande and Al...

André Messager (1853-1929) composed Solo de Concours for Clarinet in 1899, as a Paris Conservatoire Contest piece. Composed in three sections, the cheerful first part contains triplet figures by the C...

Composed by J. S. Bach, Suites was initially for Cello but has been arranged for Bass Trombone by Jean-Claude Barbez, a soloist for the French Republican Guard. It features a total of five suites, eac...

Having won many prizes at the Paris Conservatoire during the 1920s-1930s, Eugène Bozza went on to conduct the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique and to become Head of the Conservatoire in Valenciennes. As...

Composer and organist, Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944) is considered one of the most major French pipe organ players. It is no surprise, therefore, that 12 Pieces are very well informed. Following his studi...

Esquisses Byzantines is a set of ten pieces of religious music for Organ. Composed by Henri Mulet ¸ these pieces are considered as difficult, ideally for advanced players. They all use pedals. The beg...

This version of Cortege and Litanie by Marcel Dupré was written for organ. For upper intermediate players, this 8 page composition is written with 4 sharps and includes the use of the pedals. The piec...

Written in four volumes, The Nativity of the Lord, by Olivier Messiaen was written in 1935 and depicts his Roman Catholic faith. Written for Organ, this piece is considered 'one of the great Organ wor...

Suite Brève is an exciting and majestic suite in four parts for Organ. Composed by Jean Langlais, a French composer who contributed prolifically to the Organ repertoire, these piecesrequir...

Aria, written in 1930 by Jacques Ibert (1890-1962), is a small study initially for Voice and Piano but arranged in this edition for Alto Saxophone and Piano. This version and the one for Flute and Pia...