Sheet Music Downloads by Richard Lane

In 1957, the Ford Foundation launched a large cultural project intended to boost music education in the United States. Composer Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008) was charged with creating an appropriate i...

Richard Lane composed this suite in 1985 for the guitar duo Bonenberger - LeBlanc, which was very popular in the USA at the time. Peaceful and delicate music by Richard Lane, where the melodic lines d...

Characterized by impressionistic and modal elements with far-ranging moods, from a whimsical carnival first movement to a sad soul-searching second movement, followed by a cheery, fairytale-like third...

The first movement has a dreamy and dramatic impressionistic quality, whereas the second movement is deeply melancholy and religious sounding. The third movement is playful with pulsating rhythms, whi...

A bold and invigorating first movement, a mysterious and tender second movement and a third movement with several mood shifts from lyrical to highly rhythmical. In 1971, Lane wrote his Piano Sonata 3...

Persistently melodic, with constant forward movement, accompanied by densely chromatic harmonies and many polyrhythmic sections, creating an intensely dramatic work. In 1975 Lane composed his Piano So...

Talent Night At The Zoo is an album of seven short, delightful and inventive pieces, ranging in difficulty from beginning to end of intermediate level. The octaves often used, as well as some tricky r...

Most of the more than 500 works that Richard Lane (1933-2004) composed between 1948 and 2004 and systematically dated (month/year) are dedicated to his numerous, loyal friendships - musicians, student...

These 3 Impromptus are excellent examples of a composer in full mastery of his art, capable of writing beautiful music at any level of difficulty. Impromptu I (without dedication, but most likely for...

Suite No. 1, written by Richard Lane between his 20th and 22nd year, marks the beginning of the high level music he composed for solo piano. The five movements follow one soul state after another. Pol...

Richard Lane dedicated with pleasure smaller works to friends or students. All have his caracteristic musical signature, a synthesis between charm and an exceptional sens for melodic and harmonic form...

The viola featured prominently in the compositional output of Richard Lane. This Triptych, a suite in three movements for six violas, is one of the eleven pieces dedicated to Myron Rosenblum (see comp...

Resume for website The four movements of this charismatic suite Quartet for violas (1978) demonstrate that Richard Lane was inspired by master composers who have created the milestones of music histor...

Song and Dance Richard Lane composed Song and Dance (1984) for Emanuel Vardi, the former Principal Violist in the NBC Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini. Vardi was one of the great masters of his instru...

In April 1988, Richard Lane composed Concert Music for two violas and piano for Emanuel Vardi and his wife Lenore Weinstock. Emanuel was one of the great masters of his instrument during the 20th cent...

Between 1984 and 2000, Myron Rosenblum (Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York) commissioned Lane to write six pieces for the viola d'amore, all of which were premiered at various Inter...

During the academic year 1960-61 Richard Lane (1933-2004) was in Lexington, KY, USA. He had received a grant from the Ford Foundation to serve as a resident composer at Henry Clay High School - a publ...

Richard Lane dedicated with pleasure smaller works to friends or students. All have his caracteristic musical signature, a synthesis between charm and an exceptional sens for melodic and harmonic form...

Richard Lane dedicated with pleasure smaller works to friends or students. All have his caracteristic musical signature, a synthesis between charm and an exceptional sens for melodic and harmonic form...