Spartiti classica per banda

The Gypsy Chorus (Coro di Zingari) 'Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie' is the opening of the second act of he opera Il Trovatore. It is dawn at a gypsy encampment in Biscay, the gypsies prepare for the...

Although Franz Lehár became most known for his contribution to the operetta repertoire, he also composed a lot of marches. One of these is 'Piave induló' (Piave Marsch, Marche form the 106th Regiment)...

The 'Hungarian Dances' (Ungarische Tänze), evoking directly the warm blood of Hungarian gypsy music, consist of 21 dances, originally composed for piano four hands. Perhaps less familiar than the famo...

The Toy Symphony, (Kinder-Sinfonie) was also published as Sinfonia Berchtolsgadensis because it was written for instruments that were manufactured in the toy industry of Berchtensgaden that flourished...

Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) is a Christmas carol composed by French composer Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the poem "Minuit, Chrétiens" (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877), a wine merc...

Ecce sacerdos magnus (Ecco un grande sacerdote), WAB 13, è un mottetto sacro del 1885 del compositore austriaco Anton Bruckner. Si tratta di un'ambientazione musicale dell'omonima antifona. L'opera è...

As a composer, Johann Strauss Sr. is probably less well known than his son Johann Strauss Jr., but his 'Radeztky March' is still one of the most popular pieces in classical music. Besides this march h...

In 1869 Johann Strauss composed the polka francaise 'Im Krapfenwald'l' ('In Krapfen's Woods'). It was originally titled 'Im Pawlowsk Walde' when first performed in Pavlovsk (Russia). Reportedly, sever...

L'opera più nota di Kurt Weill (1900-1950) è "Die Dreigroschenoper" ("Threepenny Opera") (1928), una rielaborazione de "L'opera del mendicante" di John Gay, scritta in collaborazione con Bertolt Brech...

Francesco Antonio Rosetti (1750 - 1792) was a German-Czech composer and a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart. Rosetti wrote over 400 compositions, primarily instrumental music including many symphonies...

The Cavatina 'Quel guarda il cavaliere' is sung in the first act of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale by the young Norina .She comments on a novel she is reading, but also dwells on her skills as a charm...

The Austrian composer Carl Zeller (1842-1898) did contribute a great part to the glory of the Golden Era of the Viennese operetta in which Johann Strauss jr., Franz von Suppe and Karl Millöcker were t...

Il compositore spagnolo Pedro Iturralde (*1929) deve essere considerato sia il pioniere che il capostipite della musica jazz spagnola. Pequena Czarda (piccola danza) è un piccolo pezzo virtuoso per sa...

Giuseppe Verdi's romantic opera Il Trovatore lives by its streams of memorable melodies. One of those is the 'Miserere' which is placed in the fourth and final act. A chorus of monks begins chanting a...

Johannes Brahms composed the Alt-Rhapsodie in September of 1869 as a wedding gift to the daughter of his close friend and confidant, Clara Schumann. The Alt-Rhapsodie is set to several verses of a poe...

Chaminade's Concertino for Flute in D major, Op. 107 was composed in 1902 for flute and orchestra and was later arranged for flute and piano. Scholarship indicates that the Concertino was commissioned...

Absolutely the most famous 'Canzone Napoletana' is 'O Sole Mio' composed by the Italian singer and songwriter Eduardo di Capua (1865-1917) in 1898. The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro. Though...

Johann Strauss wrote the 'Russische Marsch-Fantasie' (Russian March Fantasy) for a tour to Russia in 1872. Because the tour was cancelled, the successful first performance of the march was held in Vie...

Saint-Saëns ha anche contribuito in modo massiccio alla letteratura concertante francese. Scrisse cinque concerti per pianoforte, tre concerti per violino, due concerti per violoncello e circa venti o...

Experience a captivating masterpiece of French elegance, lively spirit, and virtuosic brilliance with "Scaramouche"! In this first-class edition published by the renowned Baton Music, the alto saxopho...

Nowadays, Carmen is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment because of the misunderstanding of the very realistic plot. C...

Ombra mai fù is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by Georg Friederich Handel. The opera itself was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere. In the 19...

Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928) has been inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style and along with Dvorák and Smetana, he is considered one of...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. In 1929 the German...

Giuseppe Giordani (1751-1798) was an Italian composer, mainly of opera. Giordani is mostly know for his popular aria 'Caro mio ben'. This song is even nowadays sung by many great singers, as well male...