Waldteufel Sheet Music Émile Waldteufel was a French composer born on 9 December 1837. Famous for writing over three hundred dances, over half of which were waltzes. A few of his most famous being The Skaters, Estudiantina, and Dolores. You can view Émile Waldteufel sheet music of The Skaters on music-scores.com. Family Émile was born into a musical family, his… Read More »

Sullivan Sheet Music Sir Arthur Sullivan (born 13 May 1842) was an English composer. He is famous for his unique partnership composing operettas with Sir W.S. Gilbert including the Pirates of Penzance. We have a selection of arrangements of A Policemans Lot from the Pirates of Penzance on music-scores.com. Education Arthur’s father was an Irish musician who became… Read More »

Introduction Ángel Villoldo was an Argentinian composer, lyricist and performer who was born in the south of Buenos Aires. He contributed to changing the global perception of the Tango. Career & Works Villoldo was a man of many talents who did various jobs to earn a living including circus clown, typographer, and cuarteador (leading horses along tricky pathways… Read More »

Introduction Tomas Luis de Victoria was a composer, organist, singer and Catholic priest, devoting himself to sacred music. Known to many as one of the best composers of the sixteenth century. His works include 44 motets, 21 masses, along with hymns, psalm setting, four offices of the dead, many Magnificats and music for Holy Week. Requiem was his… Read More »

Introduction Francesco Maria Veracini (born 1 February 1690) was an Italian composer and violinist best known for his sonatas. Quite surprisingly though, half of his output was vocal. He was one of the leading violinists of his time in the eighteenth century. Early Life Veracini was born in Florence. His father was an undertaker and pharmacist, however, the… Read More »

Introduction Franz von Vecsey was a classical Hungarian virtuoso violinist and composer, born at the end of the nineteenth century. Early Life & Career He came from a musical background his uncle being a famous violinist and his father his initial teacher. At the age of eight, Jeno Hubay took over his studies. Vecsey was recognised as a… Read More »

Telemann Sheet Music Georg Philipp Telemann was born on March 14th 1681 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was a composer of the late Baroque period writing church compositions, sacred and secular music. You can see our sheet music collection of Telemann’s pieces on the site. He was one of the most prolific major composers, writing in excess of three… Read More »

Introduction Hugo Wolf was an Austrian composer famous for his Lieder or “art songs”. His inspiration came from Richard Wagner. Early years At the age of four, his father taught him piano and violin. He studied music and music theory at primary school. However, he didn’t have any interest in other subjects and was dismissed from his first… Read More »