Usher Abell

The composer of this piece is unknown to the arranger but the piece is full of character and well worth adapting for brass quintet featuring the two trumpet players. This work may be better suited for...

This is easily the most famous and often-recorded fugue. It has become standard with organists all around the world. Now this terrific piece by Bach is available for a double reed ensemble consisting...

This is the most famous movement from the Orchestral Suite No. 3. The beautiful melody flows throughout the ensemble, giving everyone something interesting to do. This terrific piece by Bach has been...

This is among the most popular and often-used pieces at weddings and recitals. The simple accompaniment combined with the famous flowing melody makes Ave Maria a great choice to feature the English ho...

This was originally a soprano solo with strings. The solo line has been entwined such that all players get a turn with the melody while the other parts are in a supporting role. The scales and arpeggi...

This folk song is particularly notable for its use in a number of well known folk-song arrangements, one by the English composer Benjamin Britten.

Fun, fun, fun! A great closer to a concert. Everyone gets a section of melody and all parts are rhythmically interesting without being too difficult. Optional clapping, metre changes and other interes...

This piece reflects the title accurately: chaotic, extreme contrasts and loud.  Although it presents several challenges, it is a piece designed to capture the interest of both young musicians and list...

Samuel Scheidt is best known in the brass world for his Canzon Bergamasca and Galliard Battaglia played by brass quintets all over the world. This new edition, for woodwind ensemble, includes revised...

This work (originally for lute or mandolin) is great for a clarinet to take center stage. The solo part is not too difficult yet interesting for players to perform and the audience to listen to. This...

The Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi is truly a magnificent work. The Laudamus Te is a vocal duet arranged here for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets with duetting flutes and the clarinets accompanying. This duet is...

This beautiful melody is one of the pieces from the two music books which Bach wrote for his beloved second wife, Anna Magdalena. This incredibly popular work has been arranged for 2 flutes and 2 clar...

Similar to the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, this is one of the most often performed and arranged works by Bach. It has been adapted here for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets. Each part has the flowing techni...

This is a famous Joplin rag which has been arranged for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets. The flutes and clarinets alternate melodic sections and even the 2nd clarinet gets a section of melody. This is a fun...

A ricercare is defined as an elaborate contrapuntal instrumental composition in a fugal or canonic style. This particular selection for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets fits that description exactly. The musi...

This beautiful Scottish folk song opens with an unaccompanied soloist. The melody then flows through the ensemble. The arrangement climaxes to a full ensemble rendition before it fades away, ending ho...

This peaceful Austrian carol is beautiful in its simplicity and elegance. Melody is found in all voices. Often performed by choirs, this is a favorite with audiences all over the world. Besides a grea...

Also called The Ryans and the Pittmans, this popular Newfoundland folk song has been sung and danced to on the East Coast of Canada since the early 1900s. The lyrics tell of a sailor, named Bob Pittma...

This famous Irish folk melody is the 'Groves of Blarney'. It has been performed by many vocal soloists from the United Kingdom and around the world.

This is an excellent character piece originally written for piano. It is full of interest, colour and energy with melody found in all parts from the flute to the bassoon. This short work would make an...

This piece (originally for cello and strings) has become a standard in the solo bassoon literature. The solo part has been altered slightly and the string parts have found their way into the other win...

The Holly and the Ivy is a traditional English Christmas carol. Holly and ivy have been important as English Christmas decorations for church use since at least the fifteenth century. This piece is fl...

This piece was written in the thirteenth Century by an unknown composer. It was set as a single melodic line as many Gregorian chants were constructed. Lush, modern harmonies have been added to make i...

This addition to the Eighth Note Publications library is a set of volumes containing some of the most famous classical pieces which have been arranged for various solo instruments with keyboard accomp...

This addition to the Eighth Note Publications library is a set of volumes containing some of the most famous classical pieces which have been arranged for various solo instruments with keyboard accomp...