REPRINT SERIES  Kurt Weill’s “Tango Habanera” (often titled “Youkali”) originated in 1934 as an instrumental interlude for the stage play Marie Galante. The piece is cast as a true tango‑habanera, reflecting...

Arthur Bliss’s “3 Jubilant and 3 Solemn Fanfares” for full military band is a work that bridges celebratory and reflective moods, making it particularly suited to ceremonial occasions. Composed during the mid-20th century, the...

REPRINT SERIES George Enescu's Chamber Symphony, Op. 33 in E Major, composed in 1954, stands as one of the Romanian composer’s late masterpieces, encapsulating his unique fusion of lyrical expressiveness and complex polyphonic textures. Written...

Igor Stravinsky composed his Mass between 1944 and 1948. This 19-minute setting of the Roman Catholic Mass exhibits the austere, Neoclassic, anti-Romantic aesthetic that characterizes his work from about 1923 to 1951. The Mass also represents one of only...

REPRINT SERIES  I.     Introduction II.     AllegroIII.     AndanteIV.     Allegro assai, con slancio

While Sibelius’ composed music for many plays to great effect, with the brief melodramas Ett ensamt skidspår (A Lonely Ski Trail) and Grevinnans konterfej (The Countess’ Portrait) he also demonstrated his skill in writing for drama on a...

Poulenc's cantata Le Bal Masqué (for Baritone or Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Orchestra) is written to texts by the poet Max Jacob, whose work can be seen as closely approaching surrealism; it dates from 1932. The instrumentation is strongly...

8 miniatures: I. Andantino = 76 II. Vivace = 126 (orig. No.7) attacca III. Lento = 63 (orig. No.6) IV. Allegretto = 126 (orig. No.3) V. Moderato alla breve = 84-88 (orig. No.5) VI. Tempo di Marcia [no marks] (orig. No.2) VII. Larghetto = 68-69 (orig. No...

REPRINT SERIES About half of Praeludium was composed in Paris, the remainder having been worked out during one of Stravinsky's trips to the United States in early 1937. With a work as concise and polished as this one, however, it is difficult to discern...

The Interlude for oboe and strings was composed during the mid 1930s, originally for string quartet; later Finzi created an expanded instrumentation for string orchestra as an alternative. It is a 13-minute work of considerable substance,...