Granados Sheet Music and Biography Enrique Granados was born on 27th July 1867 in Lleida, Spain. His father was a Spanish army captain originally from Havana. Enrique is well known for his solo piano works such as Danzas Espanolas No. 5 Andaluza and Valses Poeticos Op.10 No.1. Browse all of our Granados sheet music. He was also a leader… Read More »
Hello Music Scorers This week we have added five new sheet music arrangements on music-scores.com and they are not all Christmas songs! We have music scores from Bach, Beethoven and Elgar. Two of the pieces contain note names for those just starting out or need a little extra help. The Sussex Carol: On Christmas Night all Christians Sing,… Read More »
Gounod Sheet Music and Biography Charles-François Gounod was a French composer most famous for his operas, particularly Faust and Romeo et Juliette. We feature several pieces from Faust such as Danse Antique for violin or Waltz for flute. We also have many arrangements of his Ave Maria which was an elaboration of J.S.Bach‘s The Well Tempered Clavier. Life and… Read More »
…. this is a memory from 2018 Thank you very much to the Darien Adult Chamber Orchestra, Connecticut for sending us their performance of Reindeer Rampage – a piece composed by our very own Anne Christopherson ‘The group is made up of people who are new to their instruments, or who have returned after time away. Many joined the… Read More »
Gossec Sheet Music and Biography François Gossec was born in the Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) to a farmer on 17th January 1734. He helped shape French orchestral music though he was fairly unknown outside of France. Gossec began learning the violin and harpsichord when he was very young prior to becoming a choir boy in Antwerp at the… Read More »
Godowsky Sheet Music and Biography Leopold Godowsky was a well-known Polish-American virtuoso pianist and composer, known in the music world as the “Buddha of the Piano”. He was famous for his flair and ingenious techniques of paraphrasing piano pieces by other composers. We have Exaudet’s Minuet No.1 and Lisette No.2 from Airs of the 18th Century featured on our… Read More »
Gluck Sheet Music and Biography Christoph Gluck was born on 2nd July 1714 in Bavaria. He was one of the leading composers of the classical period, known for his transformation of the traditional Baroque operas. One of his most famous works Orfeo ed Euredice contains some lovely pieces such as Che Faro Senza Euridice and Dance of the… Read More »
Gibbons Sheet Music and Biography Orlando Gibbons was an English composer and one of the last masters of the English Madrigal School. On music-scores.com we have two arrangements of his most famous piece The Silver Swan. He came from a large family of musicians, including his father who was a city councilor and both his brothers; Edward and… Read More »
Hello Music-Scorers It’s a beautiful sunny morning. I awoke to a picturesque covering of frost and the window scraper came in very useful for the school run. This week Anne has been busy adding further arrangements of Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons, Op.37: December Noel, along with a couple of festive pieces by Adam and Elgar. Adam: O’Holy Night or… Read More »
Genée Sheet Music and Biography Richard Genée was born in Danzig, Poland on 17th February 1823. However, he lived much of his life in Austria. You can download his Insalata Italiana from our main site. His father was a theatre conductor who influenced his son’s career choice. Richard became a librettist, playwright, and composer instead of going into… Read More »