Partitions difficile chez G. Schirmer

This piece was concieved at La Citadelle la Ferriere in Haiti, a huge, half-ruined fortress high on a remote mountaintop and reachable only on horseback. It was a combination of the strange yet beauti...

The Fanfare Sonata, one of the rather too few works for solo trumpet, takes its name from the fanfare-like gestures which are the basis of much of its melodic and rhythmic material. In the opening Mod...

This Trumpet Concerto was commissioned by the Ford Foundation for Gerard Schwarz. It is a unique work; a delightful palette of succulent and colourful scoring for both soloist and orchestra. The piece...

Andre Previn's Tango Song and Dance is a set of three lighthearted virtuosic pieces written for violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. The work was premiered August 2001 by Anne-Sophie Mutter with the composer...

Inspired by the concept of the serenading lover. In two colorful sections. Advanced Level.

David Diamond was part of the 'new generation' of American composers who emerged in the 1930s. This Sonata has quickly established itself in the American violin sonata repertory and has received sever...

Violin Sonata was commissioned by the Carnegie Hall in New York as part of its centennial celebrations in 1991, and first performed on 3rd February of that year by Michelle Makarski and Brent McMunn....

This version of Nocturne was adapted and condensed from an earlier work for Violin, Soprano, and 4-channel tape.

First peformed by the Philadelphia Orchestra with Elmar Oliveira as soloist.

For Violin and Piano. Although my Violin sonata is an abstract piece, its main dramatic conflict can be described as the struggle between restraint and uncontrolled rage. The piece is based on a singl...

For Violin and Piano. Premiered 27 September 2008 by Sayaka Shoji, Violin and Itamar Golan, Piano.

For Piano and Violin. Composed for Hilary Hahn, Avner Dorman 's inspiration for Memory Games is the classic 1980's memory game 'Simon. ' The original game has four colored buttons, each with a distinc...

Commisioned by the San Francisco Symphony in 1981 to celebrate the inaugural season of the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, Harmonium sets the texts of John Donne (Negative Love) and Emily Dickinson (B...

Written for the Spanish virtuoso Pablo Casals, this Concerto is more a recomposition of an early work by Matthias Georg Monn than a transcription from Keyboard to Cello.

Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Music! This landmark, five-movement string symphony was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in honor of the 100th anniversary of Symphony Hall in that ci...

The Concerto for Orchestra consists of four separate ensembles using four distinct styles of music. This work exploits the small scale tactics of the string quartets in a much larger and timbrally and...

Carter's Variations for Orchestra is an astonishing work from 1956. There are ten variations, many of them of clearly identifiable character, some in tricky in-between places, each of them displaying...

This edition is the Full Score for Full Orchestra.

First performance in 1990 with Stephen Hough, Piano and Daniel Barenboim, Conductor.

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 In E Flat K. 482 was composed in December 1785, and is a truly stunning work which explores the sonorities of the instrument. From Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics...

Paul Creston's Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra is here arranged for two pianos. Two copies provided.

For Percussion duo (not the concerto of the same title). What determines the special character of a piece of music written for percussion instruments is the very choice of sets of instruments. In Udac...

Concerto for Percussion duo and Orchestra (1st movement only) - Piano reduction (solo parts and Piano part). The title Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! refers to three substances that are extremely appealing...

For Percussion Quartet. Consumed was commissioned by the Millikin University Percussion Ensemble. This is the 2014 revision.

A short (45 min) operatic work by Kurt Weill written primarily for amateur groups to perform - it is adaptable to several combinations of singers and instruments. Drawing on material from folk songs,...