Scores for Orchestra

Composed by Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) in the spring of 1883, SCHERZO CAPRICCIOSO IN D-FLAT MAJOR, Op. 66/B. 131 is a favorite of the concert hall not only for its colorful humor but also for its rest...

This Critical Edition by Clinton Nieweg of Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) is a result of a collaboration among several major orchestras. This corrected edition succeeds in addressing the n...

The three-act opera Parsifal was conceived of by Richard Wagner (1813-1883) in 1857, but not completed until 1882. Telling the story of Parsifal, the "pure fool" destined to claim kingship in the coun...

Concert Waltz No. 2 in F major, Op. 51 was composed in 1894 by Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) during a period when he was firmly established as one of Russia's leading symphonic composers and a promin...

Written in 1774 while he was in Salzburg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (1756-1791) Missa Brevis in F Major, K. 192 (186f) is written for the following: Org (in sc): Str (2-2-0-1-1 in set): Solo SATB: Mx...

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, this set of 21 lively dance tunes, mostly on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' most popular works today, and they were the most profitable f...

Salut d'Amor (Love's Greeting; Liebesgruß), Op. 12 was composed in 1888 by Edward Elgar (1857-1934) as an engagement gift for his future wife, Caroline Alice Roberts. Originally written for violin and...

Minuet, Op. 21 was composed by Edward Elgar (1857-1934) in 1897 for piano, then orchestrated later that same year. This work falls just before the period of his breakthrough to international fame with...

When Karl Traugott Queisser, trombonist in the Gewandhaus Orchestra, asked Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to compose a trombone concerto for him, the composer declined due to time restraints. The task we...

Poème lyrique in D-flat major, Op. 12 was composed between 1884 and 1887 by Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) while still in his late teens, during the period when he was emerging as one of the most prom...

Mattinata ("'Tis the Day") was composed in 1904 by Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), the Italian composer best known for his verismo opera Pagliacci. Written originally for voice and piano and later or...

In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 was composed by Edward Elgar (1857-1934) in 1903-1904, during the height of his international success after the Engima Variations and The Dream of Gerontius, following a...

Tom Kennedy includes arrangements for full orchestra of the following patriotic songs: America (G; Henry Carey); America the Beautiful (C; Samuel A. Ward); Battle Hymn of the Republic (Bb; William Ste...

Richard Hayman (1920-2014) had a very successful career as chief music arranger for the Boston Pops Orchestra, an association that lasted over 50 years, and also served as a pops conductor for various...

Composed in 1951, THE PHANTOM REGIMENT is an orchestral miniature by Leroy Anderson (1908-1975). Writing about the work, he explained that it depicts a company approaching from far off, then going bac...

AMERICAN PATROL was originally composed for piano by Tin Pan Alley composer Frank White Meacham in 1885. An arrangement for wind band was published in 1891. Glen Miller released a 78 single of the mar...

Also known as "FARE THEE WELL" and "10,000 MILES", THE TURTLE DOVE is an English folk ballad. First published in John Payne Collier's A Book of Roxburghe Ballads in 1710, the song depicts the farewell...

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, this set of 21 lively dance tunes, mostly on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' most popular works today, and they were the most profitable f...

Maurice Ravel's (1875-1937) longest work at almost an hour, the complete one-act ballet Daphnis et Chloé was described by the composer as a "symphonie choregraphique" (choreographic symphony). Ravel b...

Richard Eilenberg (1848-1927) was a German composer of predominantly marches and dances for orchestra and military music, along with a ballet and a few operettas. The delightful galop Petersborough Sl...

Le Tribut de Zamora, CG 12 (The Tribute of Zamora) was composed in 1881 by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) as part of his final completed opera, a grand historical work set in medieval Spain during the con...

Composed by Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) in the spring of 1883, SCHERZO CAPRICCIOSO IN D-FLAT MAJOR, Op. 66/B. 131 is a favorite of the concert hall not only for its colorful humor but also for its rest...

Written in 1891 as Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) was considering Jeannette Thurber's generous offer to move to the United States and serve as director of her National Conservatory of Music in New York, C...

Completed in 1896, THE WATER GOBLIN (VODNÍK), Op. 107/B. 195 is one of four tone poems by Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) based on Karel Erben's collection of narrative poetry BOUQUET published in 1853. Wr...

Percy Grainger's (1882-1961) love for music of the simple rural folk of the British Isles led to a series of forty-three pieces that he grouped into a series called "British Folk-Music Settings", incl...