The Frenchman Josquin des Près was one of the most revered composers of the Renaissance and his style serves as a bridge between Medieval and Renaissance musical practice. Josquin spent the bulk of hi...
This piece is a delightful four movement work that combines very English sounding melodies and harmonies within a framework of buoyant, baroque-style dance movements. This unusual late 19th century wo...
Gottschalk is considered by many to be one of the most important American composers of the 19th century. This arrangement is one of Gottschalk's most popular Caribbean-influenced piano pieces scored f...
These three madrigals written by opera composer Monteverdi come from his 4th book of 5-voice madrigals in 1603. Their expressiveness results in large part from the same flexibility of melodic line and...
This piece exhibits Brahms' great lyric gift as well as his characteristically flexible treatment of rhythm and harmony. Scored for 3 C flutes, alto & bass, this arrangement places much emphasis on th...
This arrangement of three popular madrigals (I. Ah Could My Eyes Behold Thee II. O Lady Fair III. I Know a Young Maiden) by the Renaissance Italian composer Orlando di Lasso is a delightful addition t...
This concerto grosso features solo parts for flute 1 and 2, which can also be doubled. This arrangement is scored for 4 C flutes, alto & bass flute, with alternate parts provided for the alto & bass f...
Handel's Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 3 is somewhat more mysterious in origin than the other six in the original set first published in 1734 since no original manuscripts have survived. The particular...
Mozart composed four divertimenti in Salzburg in 1772 between journeys to Italy. The term divertimento implies one-on-a-part chamber music. Scored for 3 C flutes, one alto and one bass (bass doubling...
English composer Edward Elgar's premise for his Variation on an Original Theme was to musically characterize a dozen of his friends and associates. Each variation is designated by the initials or pseu...
