Sheet Music Downloads from G. Schirmer

Written as part of the 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert of the Minnesota Chapter of the ACDA - to the music teachers that have inspired us, this text is expansive and can be used in any setting in whi...

With lyricism and sonority, this is the perfect concert closer or graduation song, easily-learned and yet full and lush with immaculate craftsmanship.

This musical setting of a contemporary text by J. Philip Newell celebrates self-awareness and openness to God's message. With subtle shifts in tonality and wide swings in dynamics, harmonic complexity...

This heartfelt Mexican folksong features altos for much of the melody, a strumming piano accompaniment (or harp), glistening women's glissandi and a soaring soprano solo descant. In Spanish.

This music is restless and unbridled, like a child who fusses and pouts when not wanting to be restrained. And it is optimistic like a child is naïve, until the final warning words of the work.

With long sections of aleatoric sounds, a viola scordatura and a text filled with duality of imagery, this is an anthem for the advanced and adventurous choir. The viola (or cello) is not an accompani...

The spirit of exuberance should be the guiding inspiration for the choir and the instrumentalists when performing this excerpt from Whitman's famous A Song of Joys. Here the cello expresses Whitman's...

This setting of the poignant and evocative Christina Rossetti poem Dream Land paints dark and brooding images of shadows, stars, and sunless rivers. The center point of the poem is the sad singing of...

This English folk song, also commonly sung throughout the American Revolutionary War, tells the unfortunate eternal story of soldiers going off to war, leaving loved ones at home. René Clausen artfull...

A powerful text by Whitley Rives using strong metaphorical images of life and after life requires imagination and creative thinking by the singers. The 12/8 meter propels the music forward to a thrill...

This 3rd movement in the three movement work The Gentlest Lady by Doug Brandt speaks of hopes that all mothers hope for but the mother of the baby Jesus will never experience. This is strong powerful...

This is a bold reimagining of Hildegard's chant, both tune and text. Actively quoting the source material, DiOrio's setting takes Hildegard's music as a launching point from which to imagine new sonic...

This is the classic G. Schirmer edition of Mozart's famous work, now newly engraved. Available separately, the VoiceTrax CD features part-predominant tracks to assist your singers in individual practi...

Acclaimed American composer Wallingford Riegger, wrote Dance Rhythms in 1954 originally for orchestra, but then adapted it himself for band. Noted for its light-hearted mood and energy, it is an impre...

Composed in 1942, Barber's Second Essay is a masterwork of concentrated musical drama with a richness of texture comprised of highly charged and succinctly organized musical modules. The opening theme...

From Samuel Barber's acclaimed First Symphony, here is a masterful adaptation for band of the stunningly beautiful lyric movement. While carefully preserving Barber's original intent, Richard has crea...

From Samuel Barber's acclaimed First Symphony, here is a masterful adaptation for band of the stunningly beautiful lyric movement. While carefully preserving Barber's original intent, Richard has crea...

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...

Although considered to be a small work in Shostakovich's catalog, The Fire of Eternal Glory was one of his best known works in the USSR. A recording of the piece, originally written for the war memori...

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...