Partituren für Orchester

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) hatte ursprünglich beabsichtigt, mit Images pour orchestre eine Fortsetzung der ersten Serie von Images für Klavier solo zu schreiben. Um 1905 beschloss er jedoch, die Kompo...

Das mit fast einer Stunde längste Werk Ravels, das vollständige einaktige Ballett Daphnis et Chloe, wurde vom Komponisten als "symphonie choregraphique" (choreografische Symphonie) bezeichnet. Ravel b...

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) war als Komponist und Theaterdirigent tätig. Er gilt als "Vater" der Berliner Operette und ist vor allem für seine Operette Frau Luna bekannt, obwohl seine Berliner L...

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...

Written by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) in 1934, this set of variations for piano solo and orchestra on Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 for solo violin is much like a concerto, though it consists...

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...

Der bekannte, ebenfalls von J.S. Bach vertonte Hymnus NIMM VON UNS, HERR, DU TREUER GOTT wurde von Martin Moller während einer Pestzeit geschrieben und oft als Bitte gegen Gottes Zorn verwendet. Dietr...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) komponierte sein Konzert für Violoncello in h-Moll, op. 104/B. 191 im Jahr 1894. Es war das letzte Solokonzert, das der Komponist schrieb, und es war das letzte Werk, das er...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) komponierte zwei Serien von Slawischen Tänzen, die jeweils aus acht Nummern bestehen und im Abstand von acht Jahren entstanden sind. Die Idee dazu wurde dem Komponisten von...

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) komponierte zwei Serien von Slawischen Tänzen, die jeweils aus acht Nummern bestehen und im Abstand von acht Jahren entstanden sind. Die Idee dazu wurde dem Komponisten von...

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...

Die MAURERISCHE TRAUERMUSIK in c-Moll, K. 477/K. 479a von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) wurde im Jahr 1785 als Mitglied der Freimaurer komponiert. Es wurde während einer freimaurerischen Traue...