Scores for Orchestra

From the Czech composer Antonín Dvorák.

Based on the "Te Deum" of Charpentier, this stately French classic will make your full orchestra sound mature beyond their years. This masterful arrangement by Vernon Leidig captures the spirit of the...

Fiery and exciting, this arrangement retains the scoring and "sound" of Mozart's original while bringing it within the grasp of the very young full orchestra. Very mature sounding, yet so playable. Ou...

Antonín Dvorák's most famous melody is now accessible to the young orchestra in this arrangement that is faithful to the original in color and texture. The haunting opening chords, solo clarinet work...

Offenbach's famous melody is passed throughout the orchestra in this charming treatment of the original. Great for developing sensitivity, balance and listening skills.

Students love playing this famous minor-key version of the canon "Frère Jacque." Mahler was originally inspired to write this somber march after seeing a picture depicting a hunter's funeral processio...

At last-Beethoven's most famous melody in a full-orchestra arrangement for young, less experienced winds, strings and percussionists. Faithful to the original in orchestration and texture, this full-s...

This beautiful arrangement of the second movement from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 should be in every orchestra's repertoire. With its serene and solemn dignity, it has been likened to a procession thr...

Now your students can experience all the excitement of the heroic last movement of Brahms's Symphony No. 1. This tastefully abridged arrangement retains all the color and textures of the original. Car...

Expose your students to a wide variety of styles and moods, all within one powerful piece! After a stark, chromatic opening, a festive section based on a variety of fanfare-like motifs is heard. The e...

The excitement of Antonín Dvorák's most famous orchestral work is now within reach of the young full orchestra. With string parts remaining in first position throughout, this great-sounding arrangemen...

Now your full orchestra can perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 9! Almost everyone can hum the famous "Ode to Joy," but now students can play it in the context of the heroic and beautiful fourth movement...

It has been said that Beethoven preferred his later works to his earlier ones and was continually dedicated to the exploration of new ideas. The inclusion of a Scherzo as the second movement of the Ni...

Johann Strauss depicts the powerful forces of nature through accents, sforzandi, and a percussion section in one of the most popular polkas ever written. Your audience will delight in the colorful orc...

Academic Festival Overture was written in 1879 when Brahms was given a degree of doctor of philosophy by the University of Breslau. As a spirit of gratitude, Brahms composed the overture for the occas...

The fourth movement of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5 is based on the famous Lutheran chorale, "A Mighty Fortress is Our God." This arrangement retains all the wonderful colors of Mendelssohn's original...

In the early 1700s, London high society delighted in evening pleasure trips on the River Thames. These leisurely trips were often accompanied by a floating orchestra-a whole barge-load of musicians pl...

Faithful to Brahms' original scoring, this arrangement gives each "choir" of instruments (woodwind, brass, and strings) a chance to shine and display their own individual sound and personality. All st...

Schubert composed his incidental music to the Romantic drama Rosamunde, Princess of Cypress in less than three weeks, finishing just two days before the play's premiere in December of 1823. Not much t...

A great classic for intermediate-level orchestra! Ludwig van Beethoven first performed the Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 at the Royal Imperial Theater in Vienna on April 2, 1800. The Second Moveme...

An enduring classic, this new release from the pen of Leroy Anderson will once again become a staple of the orchestra library. Fiddle-Faddle is being reprinted with full score and bowed parts so that...

A striking new arrangement! Perfect for developing a light classical style and to study Theme and Variations form. Learning opportunities include ''terraced-style'' dynamics, staccato and tenuto playi...