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? We have eight arrangements of this popular piece which is based on a poem by the Scot Robbie Burns. Burns wrote the poem in… Read More »
Festive songs across the globe At music-scores.com we have a large selection of Christmas songs sheet music for you to download and play. Most of the carols and songs in our catalog have English lyrics so we thought we should talk about some of the music that originated in other countries. Hopefully there may be something here that… Read More »
Classical Sheet Music for Winter The weather here in the UK has remained unseasonably mild for the wintertime. Ordinarily we would have been wrapped up in hats, scarves and gloves whilst scraping the ice from our car windscreens. The local council workers would have been adding gritting salt to the paths and roads. Children would have been running… 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 »
Reindeer Rampage – An Original Composition We don’t often talk about our home grown music but with Christmas approaching now’s a good time to look at Anne’s Reindeer Rampage. Anne wrote this piece about Santa’s reindeer having some fun before their Christmas work begins. They want to sing some carols together but can’t agree which one. In the… 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 »
What is Thanksgiving Day? Thanksgiving is traditionally a time when people gather to give thanks for the harvest and other important historical events. The arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers in the United States is one example. Thanksgiving is celebrated in various countries and on different dates around the world including the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia and… Read More »
Op.50 Pavane by Fauré Gabriel Fauré composed Op. 50 Pavane for orchestra and chorus in 1887. Anne has recently arranged the simple but beautiful melody of Pavane as a Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon and Trombone. Fauré named this piece after a Spanish court dance that was popular in Europe during the Renaissance. Though originally… Read More »
Now the summer is over and autumn has arrived we turn our thoughts to Halloween music featured on our site. But first, what is Halloween? Also known as , also known as Hallowe’en, All Hallows Eve or All Saints Eve, we celebrate Halloween on 31st October. It’s possible that Halloween originated from the pagan festival of Samhain. The… Read More »
Gentle Music Following the sad news about the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II we thought we would share with you some some of our favourite pieces of gentle music for contemplation that you can find on our site. Holst. The Planets: 2 Venus Venus, the Bringer of Peace from the planet suite by Gustav Holst is a sensitive… Read More »