Wil van der Beek: Intermediate Sheet Music

An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube Waltz) has had more success as a concert waltz than in the original choral version: since its victorious performance at the World Exhibition in Paris (1867...

George Gershwin, born Jacob Gershowitz (New York, September 26, 1898 - Hollywood, July 11, 1937), was an American composer, pianist, conductor and painter. He is considered one of the greatest America...

George Gershwin, born Jacob Gershowitz (New York, September 26, 1898 - Hollywood, July 11, 1937), was an American composer, pianist, conductor and painter. He is considered one of the greatest America...

Russian composer Alexandre Glazunov composed this work in 1900 originally as a solo work for cello and piano but also for cello and orchestra. It is an occasional work for a fellow teacher (Alexandre...

George Gershwin, born Jacob Gershowitz (New York, September 26, 1898 - Hollywood, July 11, 1937), was an American composer, pianist, conductor and painter. He is considered one of the greatest America...

George Gershwin, born Jacob Gershowitz (New York, September 26, 1898 - Hollywood, July 11, 1937), was an American composer, pianist, conductor and painter. He is considered one of the greatest America...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was an Austrian-American composer who was recognized as an exceptional musical talent at a young age. The son of the influential music critic Julius Korngold, he gr...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was an Austrian-American composer who was recognized as an exceptional musical talent at a young age. The son of the influential music critic Julius Korngold, he gr...

Weill's famous "Dreigroschenoper", in which prevailing opera conventions are ridiculed. The first part is a "serious", almost baroque overture, followed by a ballad that is easy on the ears, and the f...

Although he was born in Split, Croatia, of Belgian descent, Franz von Suppé's nationality is defined less by his actual descendents than by the country and city where he lived and worked and had the g...

1. Emerald Isle, in this part, the musical spotlight focuses in on the green island of Ireland and its great wealth of traditional folk music. The piece opens with the air 'My Lodging Is on the Cold G...

Vilém Blodek (1834-1874) was a Czech composer and contemporary of Bedřich Smetana, with whom he often collaborated. Deeply influenced by the folk music of his time, he lent his works a natural, melodi...

Vilém Blodek (1834-1874) was a Czech composer and contemporary of Bedřich Smetana, with whom he often collaborated. Deeply influenced by the folk music of his time, he lent his works a natural, melodi...

Vier skandinavische Volkslieder

When you say Scott Joplin, you say ragtime. The American pianist and composer Joplin (1868-1917) has written more than one hundred rags (including the famous 'Maple Leaf Rag' and 'The Entertainer') an...

Russian composer Alexandre Glazunov composed this work in 1900 originally as a solo work for cello and piano but also for cello and orchestra. It is an occasional work for a fellow teacher (Alexandre...

Julius Fučík (1872 - 1916) was a famous Czech composer and conductor. He studied bassoon, violin, percussion, and later composition with Antonín Dvořák. For a long time he played in military bands as...

Julius Fučík (1872 - 1916) was a famous Czech composer and conductor. He studied bassoon, violin, percussion, and later composition with Antonín Dvořák. For a long time he played in military bands as...

François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834) is considered as the one of themost important representatives of the French opéra-comique. His styleis characterised by natural, unembellished melody lines, strai...

Neben dem Zigeunerbaron und Eine Nacht in Venedig ist Die Fledermaus eine der bekanntesten Operetten von Johann Strauss (Sohn). Dieses Werk, das 1874 uraufgeführt wurde, ist ein Paradebeispiel für die...

This overture introducing Fibich's opera 'Sarka', was composed between 1896 and 1897 and is based on a famous Bohemian legend. Several Czech composers, such as Bedrich Smetana and Leos Janacek, have u...

The Overture to The Land of Smiles by Franz Léhar (1870-1948) In the overture to the operetta 'The Land of Smiles', the outstanding orchestrator, Léhar, has artfully forged some of the now world famou...

Jacques Offenbach was born in 1819 in Cologne, Germany, but as a child he moved to Paris where he received a thorough musical education. In his operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, Offenbach parodies t...

Gioacchino Rossini was a musical prodigy, composing his first opera when he was eighteen years old. At the age of 37, after having written 39 operas in all, he almost completely stopped composing and...