Partitions pour formations orchestrales

Starting with the lively, contrapuntal Overture in ritornello form, Concertino for Strings demands only moderate technical facility. Movement II (Dirge) features cellos and basses in a pizzicato walki...

DANCE OF THE FURIES a été écrit à l'origine pour cordes avec des paires de hautbois, bassons et cors, plus trois trombones. Cet arrangement transpose les lignes essentielles des vents dans les parties...

Gerald Doan has skillfully arranged Bach's Fugue in G Minor, one of the monuments of music, for strings. This work will provide a challenge for all sections, but the time and effort will pay dividends...

A great change of pace for your students, Banana Slug Blues is a moderate swing style composition. Written out optional solos are provided for any instrument and an important walking bass line will fe...

Le grand compositeur norvégien avait un don pour les mélodies expansives et souvent obsédantes. Voici l'une de ses plus belles. Soigneusement arrangé pour tirer le meilleur parti des qualités expressi...

This composition opens in an archaic Slavic mood, and in the course of each of the variations the actual theme emerges in more and more recognizable fragments. The 'deceiving' Slavic mood (Volga Boats...

Prelude in C from J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is a beautiful arrangement that features the piano along with very simple string parts. There is an alternate violin 3 part provided for viola. Nel...

Espressivo is almost Romantic in its style and sound. Written in AABAA' form, this original work in G minor is quite playable technically with only minor challenges posed by its mild chromaticism. All...

Vaclav Nelhybel brings the flavor of his homeland's folk music to this four-movement suite for string orchestra. He utilizes a wide array of styles, dynamics, tempos and moods to great effect. The ori...

In this original work, Nelhybel provides six separate variations on this famous William Billings hymn. Using only the key of D major, the selection reinforces all the basic first year rhythmic reading...

Mr. Nelhybel said: 'The teaching element of this piece lies in the independence of all melodic lines, for it is this device that makes all instruments equally important.' The modal tonality gives the...

Nelhybel's variations for trumpet and strings provides a nice feature for your star trumpet player and a nice chance for your orchestra to learn the art of accompaniment.

First performance at the XIII Olympic Winter Games 1980, Lake Placid, New York, by the Crane Chorus and Orchestra, State University College, Potsdam, New York. Instrumentation: 2.2.2+BCl+CBCl.2+CBsn:...

Au Moyen Âge, un triptyque était un retable composé d'un grand panneau central et de deux panneaux latéraux qui, à certaines périodes de l'année ecclésiastique, pouvaient être repliés pour recouvrir l...

This one captures all the exuberance of an American square dance! Set out simply in phrases of 4 bars, this will be easy to learn and fun to perform.

There are rich harmonies and singable melodies to delight the young string student. Set in the keys of D and G major, this one sounds more difficult than it appears.

Alexander Luigini (1850-1906) était un violoniste, chef d'orchestre et compositeur italien né en France et y ayant passé la majeure partie de sa vie. Le Ballet égyptien (1875) est son œuvre la plus co...

Here's an exciting three-part work centering around "giants." Movement one is named for the Titans of Greek mythology. Movement two is called Panda Bear and movement three is T-Rex. Imaginative and fu...

La Gavotte et la Contredanse sont deux danses françaises animées du XVIIe siècle. Devenue populaire à la cour de Louis XIV, la gavotte était une danse gracieuse en mesure double avec des phrases de qu...

One of Bach's most famous melodies (actually written as a chorale by Johann Schop and embellished by J.S. Bach), this is a timeless classic with value on any program. The chorale melody is placed an o...

PERPETUAL MOTION est un morceau flashy, de type bis, composé pour un solo de violon par Carl Böhm, qui a vécu aux XIXe et XXe siècles. Cet arrangement présente toute la section du premier violon sur l...

G. B. Sammartini (1705-1775) was known as St. Martini of Milan to differentiate him from his brother Giuseppe who worked in England. This is characteristic writing for strings and an introduction to t...

Spirited Dance illustre l'exubérance des jeunes musiciens pour lesquels elle a été composée. Utilisant le mode lydien dans plusieurs transpositions, l'œuvre met en contraste des mètres changeants et d...

Trois des mélodies les plus appréciées de l'un des opéras les plus joués de tous les temps deviendront immédiatement les préférées des élèves. L'œuvre est habilement arrangée et adaptée tout en conser...

This one captures all the exuberance of an American square dance! Set out simply in phrases of 4 bars, this will be easy to learn and fun to perform.