Sheet Music for Flute

As a composer, Anton Bernhard Fürstenau confined himself to his own instrument. He created a wealth of pedagogical, soloistic and chamber music works of considerably higher quality than those composit...

It is not unusual to arrange arias from operas for instrumentation and it seems to have been common practice all over the centuries. For the issue presented here, the editor has chosen an unknown aria...

There are only a few original Beethoven pieces for and with flute. From the Bonn period we have a trio in G major for flute, bassoon and piano, a flute duet in G major and the manuscript of a sonata i...

Lidarti was born in Vienna in 1730. Biographical notes unanimously report that he originally devoted himself to philosophy, while his uncle reproached him of being an amateur in the musical domain. It...

As the originals were arranged for female voices, the canons by Johannes Brahms are - except for a few necessary transpositions - well suited for a transcription, all the more so since there are few r...

This is the well-known sonata which includes Alla Turca. Based on the original urtext of the sonata, only slight modifications were made to suit the flute. The piano part had to be reduced and adapted...

Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski(y) was born at the end of the 18th century. Following his musical education with the Berlin flutist August Schroeck among others, he became first flutist in Stettin. In 1916,...

Ciardi composed the 3 Soli opus 124-126 (opus 125/126 published as ZM 31590/ZM31600) for Joseph Wenzel Köhler, a flutist working in Modena and later to become his successor as professor in St. Petersb...

Ciardi composed the 3 Soli opus 124-126 (opus 125/126 published as ZM 31590/ZM31600) for Joseph Wenzel Köhler, a flutist working in Modena and later to become his successor as professor in St. Petersb...

Ciardi composed the 3 Soli opus 124-126 (opus 125/126 published as ZM 31590/ZM31600) for Joseph Wenzel Köhler, a flutist working in Modena and later to become his successor as professor in St. Petersb...

The two sonatas presented here were taken from a series whose original version is known as Duets for flutes, violins or flute and violin. It was published for the first time by Artaria in 1788, also b...

At the beginning of the 19th century, music at home was in full blossom and the guitar a very popular instrument. Contrary to the short, zither-like note of early pianos, the guitar had a singing, res...

In Russia, Ferdinand Büchner (1825-1912) won himself a reputation as an excellent soloist and teacher. Following the romantic tradition of virtuoso musicians who also worked as composers, Ferdinand Bü...

Louis François Phillipe Drouet was born in Amsterdam in 1792. He was appointed to the court of the Dutch king Ludwig Bonaparte at the age of 15. Some time after 1810 he came to the court of Emperor Na...

One has to bear in mind that Berbiguier was an outsider in France, as he preferred a powerful tone even in low flute registers. Thus, his tonal concept was quite different from the one favoured by oth...

Starting with his early years of apprenticeship at a town waits in Darmstadt, Georg Abraham Schneider, born in 1770, managed a steady career which eventually led him to Berlin where he was appointed m...

In 1876, Gabriel-Urbain Fauré's first violin sonata was published as op.13, a work modelled on the classical sonata form and featuring fiery and spirited melodies, rhythmical finesse and great verve....

The lack of good literature from the time of Viennese Classicism for four flutes is one of the reasons for writing the transcription presented here. The original of Divertimento KV 136 is arranged for...

If only for their intended use as chamber music, Fürstenau's flute trios (op.14, 22, 66 and 118) can by no means be labelled pieces of hollow virtuosity. In particular, the integration of fugues shows...

Two aspects of the quartets republished here for the first time are worth mentioning: they are the first compositions in the history of music which were actually composed for a flute quartet (despite...

With the Cavatine in E flat major by Théodore Dubois (1837-1924), Zimmermann provides all flutists, violin and horn players who wish to practice musical expression and interpretation with a charming p...

One of the few piano compositions written by Mozart during his time in Vienna is the Allegra KY 400, probably composed as the first movement of an entire sonata. Even this allegro has been handed down...

Following the Baroque tradition, this composition consists of four movements. It is homophonic in most parts and interspersed with effective imitations which add continuous drive to the whole piece an...

Wilhelm Popp (1828-1903). In addition to his work as an orchestra musician, Popp was one of the most creative composers of flute music. His 525 works include numerous compositions of average value, bu...

All three works presented here are lyrical, imaginative and capricious, even though each of the three composers presents unique solutions of his own. In a time when contemporary music is characterized...