Le Couppey Sheet Music and Biography Not a great deal is known about the life of French composer Felix Le Couppey. He was born in Paris on 14th April 1811 and when he was old enough he went to the Paris Conservatoire. We have his Op.24, No.08 Study in Bb, and Op.07, No.20 Study in C featured on… Read More »
Hall Sheet Music and Biography Robert Browne Hall or R.B. Hall as he was known as an American composer of marches, brass band music and he was a cornet virtuoso. R.B. has sixty-two marches to his name and we have several arrangements of his Death or Glory march on our main site. Life and Career R.B. was born… Read More »
Leoncavallo Sheet Music and Biography Ruggero Leoncavallo was an Italian composer of opera and a librettist for most of his operas. He was considered by some to be the best librettist of his time after Arrigo Boito. Try out our Ruggero Leoncavallo sheet music Mattinata for voice and guitar. His ultimate fame lies in his opera ‘Pagliacci’, despite… Read More »
Strauss Senior Sheet Music and Biography Johann Strauss was an Austrian Romantic composer famous for the Viennese waltz. Despite his resistance, his sons also became famous musicians. His most famous piece is the ‘Radetzky March‘, we have various arrangements on music-scores.com. It was written to commemorate the Field Marshall Radetsky’s victory at the Battle of Custoza. Early Life… Read More »
Jelly Roll Morton Sheet Music and Biography Born in New Orleans on 20th October 1890, Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe became known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton. He achieved fame as a ragtime jazz pianist and composer. Try out his jazz foxtrot Jelly Roll Blues and his laid-back New Orleans Blues. Career Jelly Roll started his career in 1914 whilst… Read More »
Johnson Sheet Music and Biography Charles Leslie Johnson was born in Kansas City, Kansas on 3rd December 1876. He was a prolific composer of ragtime music. Try out our arrangements of Johnson’s Dill Pickles Rag. By the age of six, he was playing the piano (belonging to his neighbour). Just a few years later he was studying classical… Read More »
Hume Sheet Music and Biography Tobias Hume was a Scottish composer born around 1579. No one knows much about his life. Even his year of birth is based on his entry into the London Charterhouse (a home for “distressed” gentlemen and the admittance age was at least fifty years old). We feature Harke, Harke: No.10 from Musicall Humors… Read More »
Joplin Sheet Music and Biography At the turn of the twentieth century, Scott Joplin was known as the ‘King of Ragtime’. He went on to write over one hundred ragtime pieces. Try out popular pieces like Elite Syncopations, The Cascades and The Entertainer or browse all of our Joplin sheet music. Life and Career Joplin was born in… Read More »
Hook Sheet Music and Biography James Hook was born in Norwich, England in 1746. He displayed an extraordinary musical talent early in life being able to play the harpsichord at the age of four and he was playing concerts in public at the age of six!! We have his Guida di Musica No.4 Minuet featured on our main… Read More »
Holst Sheet Music and Biography Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer and trombone player. Holst sheet music featured on our site include the Christmas favorite In the Bleak Midwinter as well as movements from The Planets. Life and Career Gustav was born on 21st September 1874 in Cheltenham, England. He descended from a family of professional musicians… Read More »