Intermediate Sheet Music from Universal Edition

Celtic Music, in all its diversity - its mysticism, catchy tunes and, at times, its characteristically accentuated rhythms, is the traditional music from many parts of the British Isles and Brittany....

An introduction to blues styles by James Rae Blue Saxophone Duets includes five compositions by James Rae with mor than just a hint fo the 'blues'. The pieces for saxophone are of moderate length and...

In five movements, Mike Cornick provides pianists with a sultry, fun new jazz suite in duet form. Each movement is in a different tempo, and this work is best suited for advanced players.

I have developed a highly formalised compositional system, which I have been using to write my music for twenty years. Summa is the most strict and enigmatic work in this series, said Arvo Pärt in 199...

From a letter from Béla Bartók during the First World War: "I consider it my life's goal to continue and complete my studies of Romanian folk music, at least in Transylvania..." For the time being, ho...

Strauss composed his Violin Concerto in 1882, closely followed by the Horn Concerto that same year; it has remained a favourite in the repertoire ever since. The music, especially in the first movemen...

Peter Ralchev's book Balkan Accordion contains a diverse range of well-known instrumental pieces, songs and dances with a distinct Eastern European flavour and with catchy melodies and rich ornamentat...

Klezmer music remains popular in Europe thanks to the folk revival of the late 1960s. The accordionist Alan Bern collected and arranged this exceptional edition of traditional Klezmer pieces for inter...

A stunning, 80-minute work composed for cello and piano by Martin Feldman in 1981. Pitchfork's review of the work lauds, …despite its 80-minute length, Patterns in a Chromatic Field takes little work...

Arvo Pärt wrote the prayer of peace Da pacem Domine to fulfil a commission from Jordi Savall. He began to set this ninth-century Gregorian antiphon two days after the Madrid bombings on 11 March 2004...

Zwischen dem Virtuosen und den besten Solisten unserer Zeit bestehen augenfällige und wesentliche Unterschiede, die die tiefen Wandlungen in der Musik dieser letzten 60 Jahre widerspiegeln. Heute hat...

Estonian Lullaby' für Violine und Klavier ist Arvo Pärts neueste Bearbeitung dieses entzückenden Stücks aus dem Band 'Zwei Wiegenlieder' (UE32749). Im Original wurde es für eine Frauenstimme mit Klavi...

James Rae has composed these 18 études for the higher-grade/ college-level saxophonist. Technique and musicianship are the key issues and they are also ideal as workouts, even for the professional pla...