Edwin F. Kalmus

LA BOHÈME (The Bohemian), one of the most beloved and commercially-successful operas, is based on the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger. With a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe G...

Sergej Prokofjew (1891-1953) komponierte 1919 die Ouvertüre über jüdische Themen (oder Ouvertüre über hebräische Themen) op. 34 für die ungewöhnliche Besetzung Klarinette, Streichquartett und Klavier....

Ursprünglich für Klavier komponiert, ist diese Orchestrierung aus Leconas berühmter Andalucia Suite von Morton Gould ein absoluter Publikumsliebling! Besetzung: 2(1. dPicc).2.2.2: 4Sax(AATB): 2.3.2.1:...

Die Jokey-Polka, op. 278, von Josef Strauss (1827-1870) wurde 1870 ursprünglich für Klavier geschrieben. Diese Bearbeitung der schnellen Polka für Orchester wurde vom österreichischen Komponisten, Arr...

Ludwig Minkus (1826-1917) war ein jüdisch-österreichischer Komponist von Ballettmusik, der die meiste Zeit seiner Karriere als offizieller Komponist von Ballettmusik für die kaiserlichen Theater in St...

The rondo third movement of Niccolò Paganini's VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 owes its nickname La Clochette or La Campanella (Little Bell) to the little bell which plays before each recurrence of the rondo th...

Premiering on May 22, 1813, at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice, L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was a success, with subsequent performances in Vi...

Manon Lescaut, the third opera and first notable success of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), took shape between 1889 and 1892. Five different writers worked on its libretto. The Teatro Regio in Turin saw...

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...

Following a disastrous concert tour of Germany in 1885-86, Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) withdrew to a small Austrian village, where he composed THE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS (LE CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX)...

The song cycle LES NUITS D'ETE (SUMMER NIGHTS) is a setting of six poems by composer Hector Berlioz' (1803-1869) neighbor and friend, Théophile Gautier. The text deals in themes of love in all its fac...

Das Zusammenspiel der Talente von Michel Legrand und Mike Lewis ist von eindringlicher und intimer Schönheit und wird eine erstaunliche Wirkung auf das Publikum haben.

The BALLADE in A minor, Op. 33 is an early composition by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912). Written only a year after completing his education at the Royal College of Music, this one-movement work...

Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) was written betweem 1876 and 1880 and is the final work composed by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), who died four months before the premiere, a fear that O...

Marie-Alphonse Nicholas Joseph Jongen was born in Liège, Belgium in December, 1873, and died in 1953. He is one of the most renowned composers in modern Belgium for his neo-classical construction and...

Expertly arranged string quartet from our Kalmus Edition.

This collection contains violin, viola, and cello parts for three of Boccherini's string quintets: C major, E-flat Major, and D Major (Bird Sanctuary). KALMUS EDITIONS are primarily reprints of Urtext...

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) komponierte seine Zwei nordischen Weisen op. 63 im Jahr 1895. Der erste Satz, eine zuweilen melancholische und warme Orchestrierung namens I folketonestil (Im Volksstil), basi...

Written in 1887 by notable Leider composer Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), Italian Serenade was originally written for string quartet and named simply Serenade in G Major. In his ongoing attempt to set the wor...

Czech composer and folklorist Leos Janácek's (1854-1928) IDYLL for string orchestra is his second surviving large-scale instrumental work, written by the then 24-year-old composer in the summer 1878 a...

Concerto Grosso Nr. 1 war das erste von zwei Concerti grossi des schweizerisch-amerikanischen Komponisten Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), der das Stück als Antwort auf die Behauptung seiner Schüler schrieb,...

A second volume including all twelve violin duets from Mazas' Opus 70. Separate parts are included for each violinist.

A Violin solo with Piano Accompaniment composed by Niccolò Paganini.

(Prelude in C Minor, Cantilene Religieuse in C * Marcietta in F * Interlude in E-Flat * Priere in D * Postlude-Cantique in E-Flat * Marche Sortie in G)