Richard Strauss: Intermediate Sheet Music

The tonal language of the young Richard Strauss is still characterized by the traditions of the 19th Century; indeed, the musical content of the composer's early piano works is determined to a large e...

During his youth, Richard Strauss composed a large number of works for piano solo, among them numerous sonatas. Yet it was only the Sonata in b-minor that he obviously considered important enough to w...

The Cello Sonata Op. 6 was composed over an apparently frequently interrupted period of three years, an extraordinarily long time for Strauss's early creative phase. The compositional process spawned...

Just a few months after completing his Cello Sonata op. 6, Strauss composed another work for this instrument: a Romance for cello and orchestra, which remained unpublished during his lifetime. Accordi...

Having recorded the work, Pahud noted that there were no print editions of this violin sonata available for flutists. Understanding that 'it was quite common for flautists to make their own adaptation...

This arrangement expands the repertoire for horn trio and in particular provides a companion work to Brahms’s Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40. Sopranos will find it an inviting addition to their rec...

Immerse yourself in the rich world of chamber music with the captivating Trio No. 1 in A major, WoO AV. 37 for piano, violin, and cello. This expressive work impresses with its melodic freshness, harm...

Completed on 1 January 1885, the Piano Quartet is, alongside the Cello Sonata op. 6 and the Violin Sonata op. 18, one of the most substantial chamber music works by the young Strauss. The four-movemen...

The Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major (AV 132) stands as an indisputable pinnacle of the entire solo horn repertoire. Combining late-Romantic radiance, deeply expressive lyrical lines, and thrilling...

Richard Strauss composed the violin concerto in D minor in the years 1881/82. At the same time he made the piano reduction of this work.

Der bekannte effektvolle Marsch ist nun in einer zeitgemässen, die Normalbesetzung heutiger Blasorchester berücksichtigenden neuen Instrumentation verfügbar.

Immerse yourself in the rich sonic world of Romanticism with the enchanting "Romance in E-flat major, WoO AV 61". Originally composed for clarinet and orchestra, this lyrical masterpiece captivates li...

If there was ever a composer in the modern era from whom instrumentalists would hanker for a sonata or concerto, Richard Strauss must be right up there. His wide-ranging orchestral and operatic creati...

Der bekannte effektvolle Marsch ist nun in einer zeitgemässen, die Normalbesetzung heutiger Blasorchester berücksichtigenden neuen Instrumentation verfügbar.

On the occasion of the year 1999, the Strauss year, we present the Festival Procession in a modern new arrangement by Stephan Aetsbichler which is based on Max Reger's organ version for big symphonic...

In 1990 a short score of Strauss's late masterpiece Metamorphosen was discovered in Switzerland and acquired by the Bavarian State Library in Munich. It is headed 'Metamorphosen. Andante (für 2 Violin...

Written in 1885, the eight songs after texts by the now little-known poet Hermann von Gilm have a special place in Richard Strauss' corpus of Lieder. For the first time, he composed an entire set of s...

Written in 1885, the eight songs after texts by the now little-known poet Hermann von Gilm have a special place in Richard Strauss' corpus of Lieder. For the first time, he composed an entire set of s...

Richard Strauss composed "Allerseelen" ("Place the fragrant resedas on the table") in 1885 as a 21-year-old, newly appointed court music director in Meiningen. Today, it is considered one of his most...