Traditional Music For New Year’s Eve Celebrations Now the Christmas long weekend is over and we look towards the New Year Celebrations, what better piece of music to talk about but Auld Lang Syne? This piece also features in our blog post about New Year’s Music and Traditions. We have eight arrangements of this popular piece which is… Read More »
O Holy Night by Adolphe Charles Adam You may have a particular favourite Christmas carol or Christmas song, whether it’s some of the traditional classics that we have at music-scores or Bing Crosby, Shakin’ Steven’s or even Mariah Carey! The team here are all agreed that Adam’s O Holy Night is right at the top of our list.… Read More »
Carol of the Bells Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovich wrote this amazing piece in 1916. Read more about Leontovich on his biography page. We he have over fifty arrangements of this delightful song on our website. The Ukrainian word for “bountiful” gives this song its original name, “Shchedryk”. The song is based on a traditional folk chant and… Read More »
Martini Sheet Music and Biography Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (born 31 August 1741) was a composer of classical music. Although, known as a French composer he was actually born in Bavaria, Germany. Sometimes he was known as Martini Il Tedesco or Giovanni Martini. This is not to be confused with Giovanni Battista Martini (especially when referring to Plaisir d’Armour). We have a small… Read More »
Vladimir Rebikov Biography Vladimir Rebikov (born on 31 May 1866 (OS 19 May)) was a late-Romantic, twentieth-century Russian composer and pianist. His most famous piece within Russia is ‘The Christmas Tree’, which he wrote in 1901. We have arrangements of Rebikov sheet music such as ‘Shepherd Playing His Pipe‘ on music-scores.com. Life and Career Rebikov studied piano with… Read More »
Pryor Sheet Music and Biography Arthur Willard Pryor (born 22 September 1869*) was an American trombonist, bandleader/ conductor, and composer. His best-known compositions are ‘On Jersey Shore’, Queen Titania, and ‘The Whistler and His Dog’. He composed around three hundred works including novelties, marches, tone poems, and three light operas (Jinga Boo, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and On the… Read More »
Praetorious Sheet Music and Biography Michael Praetorius (born Michael Schultheiss c.28 September 1571) was a German composer, music theorist and organist. On music-scores we have an arrangement of Praetorius sheet music – Madrigale for a brass quartet. Life and Career Praetorius studied theology at the University of Frankfurt an der Oder before taking the position of organist of… Read More »
Pierné Sheet Music and Biography Gabriel Pierné (born Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné on 16 August 1863) was a French composer, organist, and conductor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. We have Pierné sheet music for Viennoise Suite de Valses et Cortege Blues on our site. Early Life and Career Pierné showed talent from an early age probably… Read More »
Pezel Sheet Music and Biography Johann Christoph Pezel (born 5th Dec 1639) was a German composer, violinist and trumpeter. On music-scores.com we have a small selection of Pezel sheet music for 2 trumpets and 2 trombones including Sonata No. 10. Pezel also identified himself using a variety of other names including Petzold, Petzel, Petzoldt, Bezel, Bezeld, Bezelius, and… Read More »
Pernambuco Sheet Music and Biography Joao Pernambuco (born 2 Nov 1883) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He wrote a combination of waltzes, choros, and toadas (melodies), composing over one hundred pieces. His compositions include Luar do Sertão, Magoado and Pó de Mico. However, his choro Sons de Carilhôes (Sound of Bells) is known and played by guitarists around the world. We… Read More »