Partitions pour orchestre

Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985) has been described as the first Swedish modernist composer. Influenced by Sibelius in his early years, he later absorbed the work of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Hindemith...

While his Symphony No. 9 is better known, Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) Symphony No. 7 is argued by many to be his best symphonic work. Inspired in part by his friend Johannes Brahms' new Symphony No....

The first of a few works that Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) wrote for wind band, ORIENT AND OCCIDENT, subtitled "grand march," better resembles a tone poem. Inspired by the world travels he undertoo...

Carl Emil Paul Lincke (1866-1946) a été compositeur et chef d'orchestre de théâtre. Considéré comme le "père" de l'opérette berlinoise, il est surtout connu pour son opérette Frau Luna, bien que son B...

Carmen-Quadrille nach Motiven der gleichnamigen Oper von G. Bizet (Carmen quadrille based on motifs from the opera of the same name by G. Bizet), Op. 134, was written by Eduard "Edi" Strauss (1835-191...

The piano trio version of La muse et le poète, Op. 132 was written by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) in 1910 during a vacation to North Africa, and that version premiered at Queen's Hall on June 7, 1...

Écrite par Sergueï Rachmaninov (1873-1943) en 1934, cette série de variations pour piano solo et orchestre sur le Caprice n° 24 pour violon solo de Niccolò Paganini s'apparente à un concerto, bien qu'...

Count d'Ogny commissioned Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) to write three symphonies for the Concert de la Loge Olympique, which was then recognized as one of the finest orchestras in Europe. He complet...

Popularly known as the “New World Symphony,” Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) Symphony No. 9 in E minor was composed in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America. A m...

The Chandos Anthems, HWV 246-256, are a collection of eleven anthems composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) when he was composer in residence at Cannons, the court of James Brydges, newly the...

Le célèbre hymne NIMM VON UNS, HERR, DU TREUER GOTT, également mis en musique par J.S. Bach, a été écrit par Martin Moller pendant une période de peste et a souvent été utilisé comme un plaidoyer cont...

Songs and Dances of Death (Pesni i plyaski smerti), composed in the mid-1870s, is widely considered the finest song cycle by Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881). The composer selected four poems penned by h...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) a composé son Concerto pour violoncelle en si mineur, Op. 104/B. 191 en 1894. Il s'agit du dernier concerto pour violoncelle solo que le compositeur ait écrit, et de la dern...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) a composé deux séries de Danses slaves, chacune composée de huit numéros et espacée de huit ans. L'idée a été suggérée au compositeur par l'éditeur N. Simrock, à la suite de...

An der Schönen Blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314, written by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) is one of the most popular works in classical music, and remains well-known in popular cul...

Two series of Slavonic Dances, each of them consisting of eight numbers and separated by eight years, were composed by Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904). The idea was suggested to the composer by the publish...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) a composé deux séries de Danses slaves, chacune composée de huit numéros et espacée de huit ans. L'idée a été suggérée au compositeur par l'éditeur N. Simrock, à la suite de...

George Butterworth (1885-1916), an English composer whose life was cut short at the Battle of the Somme, wrote two song cycles based on A SHROPSHIRE LAD, a collection of 63 poems by A.E. Housman. Conc...

La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in 1791 after he had almost finished Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Commissioned to celebrate...

Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impressario) is a comic singspiel written by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) as "a parody on the vanity of singers," who argue over status and pay. Described by Mozart as "comedy w...

The Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24, is a work for solo piano written by Johannes Brahms in 1861. It consists of a set of twenty-five variations and a concluding fugue, all based on...

The text to the well-known Christmas carol O Little Town of Bethlehem comes from an 1868 text written by Episcopal priest Phillips Brooks. It is popular in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, a...

The key to George Frideric Handel's (1685-1759) genius lies in his operas and oratorios. Handel's output of vocal compositions has established his greatness far more than the few organ concerti, sonat...

La MAURERISCHE TRAUERMUSIK (MUSIQUE FUNÉRAIRE MASONIQUE) en do mineur, K. 477/K. 479a de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) a été composée en 1785 en tant que membre de la franc-maçonnerie. Elle a...

Montage was composed by Donald O. Johnston (b. 1929) in 1989. Divided into two sections, an Introduction presents the materials that are to be developed in the Fugue that follows. Instrumentation: 2.2...