Sheet Music Downloads from G. Schirmer

Originally composed for Anne Akiko Meyers and then orchestrated for Marin Alsop's 20th season at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, this lovely lyric work was transcribed for band under the...

Creating a musical representation of earth's grand vistas and landscapes, Crosslands opens with a delicate, simple theme that is pastoral and reflective. Building to a bold heroic theme stated by trum...

Ancient Desert Drone was composed for orchestra in 1940, at the request of Percy Grainger, who encouraged the idea of using a single pitch drone throughout the work (similar to Grainger's own The Immo...

Composed in the style of a grand and descriptive film score, The Last Centaur is a musical depiction of a centaur who is separated from his family by war, the ensuing adventures, and ultimate reunion...

Depicting the beautiful landscapes of the San Andreas terrain in Palm Springs, CA, this programmatic work from Rossano Galante begins with a sparkling introduction mirroring the sun exploding out of t...

Comprised of two main themes, Liberty strives to capture the essence of Americana. The first of the two themes is stated by a trumpet duet, then later the full ensemble. The second theme is robust and...

Written in a grand film score style, this magnificent work opens with a dynamic fanfare featuring soaring brass and woodwind flourishes. Descriptive and evocative with every phrase, including a beauti...

Composed in the style of a grand and descriptive film score, The Last Centaur is a musical depiction of a centaur who is separated from his family by war, the ensuing adventures, and ultimate reunion...

Now in a newly engraved edition, from Haydn's masterpiece oratorio The Creation, this famous chorus celebrates the third day, with a four-part fugue on the text For the heavens and earth/He has clothe...

Samuel Barber was a prolific song composer, having written over 100 works for voice and piano, the majority of which still remain unpublished. Of the published songs, Barber's 'Sure on this Shining Ni...

Create a meditative moment in your concert with this reflective setting of the famous Praetorius chorale tune from Piae Cantiones. Performed by The Canticum Novum Singers - Harold Rosenbaum, conductor...

The final section of a larger work, this work opens with a solo voice and weaves a magical spell as the message of peace unfolds. Some fear the world, they hear the dissonance and say it always will b...

This 8-minute work, set entirely in Latin, recounts King David's grief at the death of his son Absalom. Opening with a fiery piano introduction, a solo tenor emerges from the echoing keyboard clusters...

Composer Dominick DiOrio has been call a forward-thinking young composer, ready to tackle anything and this exciting piece definitely falls under anything. Written for the virtuosic Houston Chamber Ch...

Most of us think that going viral is a 21st century phenomenon, made possible by the immediacy and ubiquity of the Internet. But Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, Walter Kittredge's haunting Civil War s...

This is no. 3 in the three movement work Nativity Suite, each movement published separately. In this setting of the traditional 16th century poem, the instruments express the sentiment that animates t...

California composer Dale Trumbore is quickly becoming one of America's leading young composers. Commissioned by Brandon Elliott and the Choral Arts Initiative, the music begins softly, with soft and e...

Incorporating the traditional melody that we all associate with this title, Jon Washburn has composed a new melody and overlays the word Peace spoken in 40 languages. Scored for double choir, there is...

This is a setting of an Irish Blessing but no THE Irish Blessing. This musical tapestry is one of unadorned a cappella mixed chorus, using soft dissonances and free-flowing counterpoint. Together in s...

A setting of a sonnet by Amy Lowell commissioned by the Smith College Chorus explores conflicting emotions one finds in a relationship. The broad and lyrical music evokes the passion of new love and t...

This traditional freedom song gained special significance during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and maintains its importance still. This setting, arranged for the Yale Glee Club, is strong and...

Setting the poetry of Israeli heroine and poet Hannah Senesh, this is a song of hope. Those who were lost in the death camps are stars whose light is with us long after their light life has been extin...

Written for and premiered by Nashirah: The Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia, this poem by Sima Faitelson is full of power, and loss and the pain that accompanies loss. This incredibly creative c...

Originally commissioned by Chorus America for Unison/ 2-part choirs, the powerful and socially conscience work is now available for SATB choirs. Merging a Christina Rossetti text with words from choir...