Claire J. Polin

The well-known Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) opera La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) tells the story of a young servant girl named Ninetta, who is sentenced to death for the theft of her employer'...

Premiering on May 22, 1813 at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice, L'italiana in Algeri by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) was a success, with subsequent performances in Vicenza, Milan, and Naples. It w...

Gioacchino Rossini's (1792-1868) last comic opera LE COMTE ORY, set in rural France at the time of the Crusades, tells the story of Count Ory, who attempts to seduce a Countess Adèle as she awaits the...

Gioacchino Rossini's (1792-1868) last comic opera LE COMTE ORY, set in rural France at the time of the Crusades, tells the story of Count Ory, who attempts to seduce a Countess Adèle as she awaits the...

WILLIAM TELL, Rossinis letzte Oper, wurde 1829 in Paris uraufgeführt und gilt bis heute als sein Meisterwerk. Dieses Finale der gefeierten Ouvertüre fasst das fesselnde Erlebnis von Rossinis Oper zusa...

Premiering on May 22, 1813 at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice, L'italiana in Algeri by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was a success, with subsequent performances in Vicenza, Milan, and Naples. It wa...

Harry Alshin brings us a well-orchestrated taste of Rossini's famous opera. Students will enjoy playing the themes they may have heard for years. The first violins get a real workout while supporting...

Harry Alshin brings us a well-orchestrated taste of Rossini's famous opera. Students will enjoy playing the themes they may have heard for years. The first violins get a real workout while supporting...

Harry Alshin brings us a well-orchestrated taste of Rossini's famous opera. Students will enjoy playing the themes they may have heard for years. The first violins get a real workout while supporting...

This vigorous, cheerful allegro, arranged by Kirk Moss, can open any concert in style. The piece is best-known for its signature trick in which Rossini instructs the strings to tap their bows on their...

This vigorous, cheerful allegro, arranged by Kirk Moss, can open any concert in style. The piece is best-known for its signature trick in which Rossini instructs the strings to tap their bows on their...

This vigorous, cheerful allegro, arranged by Kirk Moss, can open any concert in style. The piece is best-known for its signature trick in which Rossini instructs the strings to tap their bows on their...

Students will love playing this overture that has been popularized in recent commercials and movies. The signature Rossini crescendo is well represented, and the music features a humorous interplay be...

Here is an appealing string arrangement of Gioachino Rossini's famous work. Careful scoring and performance options make this Overture an entirely playable grade 3+ piece, yet appropriately challengin...

Students will recognize the two themes contained in this overture that has been popularized in commercials and movies. The exciting 'Rossini crescendo' is well represented, and themes feature a humoro...

Students will recognize the two themes contained in this overture that has been popularized in commercials and movies. The exciting 'Rossini crescendo' is well represented, and themes feature a humoro...

Version for A Cappella SSAA Choir. Text: Gerard Manley Hopkins

For Women's Voices A Cappella.

Samuel Barber's Let Down The Bars, O Death for Mixed Chorus A Cappella. Based on a poem by Emily Dickinson.