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In the wake of Georges Bizet's untimely death in 1875, his longtime friend Ernest Guiraud (1837-1892) arranged two orchestral suites taken from the French master's final work, the opera Carmen. The...

Christmas Day, H.109: Study ScoreAuthor: Gustav HolstPublisher: Serenissima MusicPublication Date: Aug 05, 2022Number of Pages: 30 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1608742628ISBN-13:...

Composed around 1815 and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Crusell's second concerto is one which takes full advantage of the two prominent registers of the instrument, which the minor-key...

Dance of the Hours (Danza della ore) was composed for a ballet in the Act III finale to the 1876 opera La Gioconda. The scenario was a simple one: the depiction of the hours of the day using solo and...

Enescu composed this work for chamber winds in 1906 for a Paris ensemble known as the Soci??moderne d'instruments ?vent, who gave its premiere on June 12 of that year. The work was published a year...

Composed for a special July 4th, 1879 orchestral concert conducted by the famed bandmaster and conductor Patrick Gilmore, the 'Festival Overture on the American National Air' was not Dudley Buck's...

Composed while working on The Planets, Holst wrote this suite for the Japanese dance Michio Ito in 1916. Ito supplied the Japanese melodies for all numbers save the "Marionette Dance" and possibly...

This sinfonia (or overture) was the last thing composed for the Rossini's opera La Gazza ladra (known in English as The Thieving Magpie). Rossini, famous for being able to compose very quickly, was...

Originally composed in 1910 as a piano duet for Mimi and Jean Godebski, aged 6 and 7, to whom the worm was dedicated. The suite of five pieces was given its premiere in the original piano duet...

Holst composed the Moorside Suite for the BBC and the National Brass Band Festival Committee for the final of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain at Crystal Palace in 1928. He was...

Handel's Coronation Anthems were composed from September to October of 1727, only four years in his post as composer of music for the Chapel Royal. The occasion was the coronation of the new king,...

Tomaso Albinoni's Oboe Concerto in D minor has long been regarded as one of the finest concertos composed for the instrument. It was published in Amsterdam in 1722, the second of the 12 Concerti a...

Considered by many to by Holst's most beautiful choral work, Ode to Death was composed as a tribute to friends who died in World War I. Using the poetry of Walt Whitman, who he considered a mystic...

This new orchestration by Clark McAlister is based on the final nine items in Bartók's 1915 piano suite Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz.71. Scored for a Mozart-sized orchestra, it is a most attractive...

Composed between April and June 29, 1896 while on holiday in Italy, the Poème was written in response to a request by the violinist Eugène Ysaÿe for a concerto. Initially entitled Le Chant de l'amour...

Sargeant's unique orchestration of Brahms' popular set of sixteen waltzes is a welcome addition to the symphonic repertoire. Brahms composed the original piano duet version in 1865 and arranged them...

Symphony No.1, Cg 527: Study ScoreAuthor: Charles GounodPublisher: Serenissima MusicPublication Date: Aug 25, 2022Number of Pages: 70 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

This early symphony is thought to have been composed in 1770 during Mozart's first visit to Milan. The date of the first performance remains unknown but a Milan venue during the period of the visit...

Handel's Coronation Anthems were composed from September to October of 1727, only four years in his post as composer of music for the Chapel Royal. The occasion was the coronation of the new king,...

Author: Joseph HaydnPublisher: Serenissima MusicPublication Date: Aug 25, 2022Number of Pages: 82 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1608742776ISBN-13: 9781608742776