SKU: A0.1046404

An arrangement of one of Puccini’s greatest arias for Violin & Piano. Great piece to improve trumpeter’s player’s bell canto style of playing. Take a listen to Conrad Gozzo’s playing on the Tutti Trumpet CD for a fine example! Quando me'n vo', also known as Musetta's Waltz, is a soprano aria, a waltz in act two of Puccini's 1896 opera La bohème. It is sung by Musetta, in the presence of her bohemian friends, hoping to reclaim the attention of her occasional boyfriend Marcello. This scene takes place at the Café Momus [fr]. Shortly after Mimì, Rodolfo, and their friends have taken seats for a drink, Marcello's former girlfriend, Musetta, shows up with her current patron, the elderly Alcindoro. They quarrel for a bit, then the episode begins as Musetta initiates her move on Marcello. She grabs the spotlight, musically speaking, for a short self-promoting aria (Quando me'n vo'). It is a song directed at the people in the café as much as at the audience in the theater. Popular renditions of the melody were produced during the 1950s, including an American Top 40 hit by Sammy Kaye (You) and a version by Della Reese (Don't You Know?), which reached number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. You will find more Italian arias and Neapolitan songs in my Sibelius & ArrangeMe stores.

SKU: A0.549923

A classic selection of epic proportions. Score: 75 pages, Solo part: 16 pages, 924 measures. Duration: 34:30

Pictures at an Exhibition (Картинки � вы�тавки) by Modest Petrovi� Musorgskij, 1874 (Моде�т Петрович Му�орг�кий)

Promenade 1  Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto    page 1

1. GNOMUS (The Gnome)  Sempre vivo page 4

Promenade 2  Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza page 10

 2. IL VECCHIO CASTELLO (The Old Castle) Andante molto cantabile e con dolore page 12

 Promenade 3 Moderato non tanto, pesamente page 18

 3. TUILLERIES Dispute d'enfants après jeux (Children's Quarrel after Games) Allegretto non troppo, capriccioso page 19                                                                             

 4. BYDLO (Cattle) Sempre moderato pesante  page 22

Promenade 4 Tranquillo page 26

5.  Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks Балет невылупивших�� птенцов Scherzino  page 27

6. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle  Еврей в меховой шапке. Cандомир  Andante page 30

Promenade 5  Allegro giusto, nel modo russico, poco sostenuto page 36 

7. LIMOGES. LE MARCHÉ. (La grande nouvelle) The Market (The Great News) Allegretto vivo, sempre scherzando   page 39 

8. CATACOMBAE (Sepulchrum romanum) (Roman Tomb) Париж�кие катакомбы  Largo page 46

   CON MORTUIS IN LINGUA MORTUA (With the Dead in a Dead Language) Andante non troppo, con lamento page 47

9. The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba Yaga) Избушка Бабы-Яги на курьих ожках. Ча�ы в ру��ком �тиле Allegro con brio, feroce page 50

10. The Bogatyr Gates (In the Capital in Kiev) Проект город�ких ворот в Киеве. Главный фа�ад  The Great Gates of Kiev Allegro alla breve Maestoso con grandezza page 63

Mussorgsky is known for his ability to evoke vivid pictures through his music. He creates soundscapes that transport listeners to other places and times. Through the use of complex harmonies and shifting tonalities, Mussorgsky creates sonic paintings that are as diverse and varied as any works of art in a museum. He takes listeners on a journey through different landscapes and environments, ranging from pastoral settings to the depths of the underworld. In his famous suite, Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky gives each movement a title that references a painting, sculpture, or architectural feature from an art museum. The suite is composed in such a way that it captures the moods and emotions evoked by the artworks. From the bright and energetic Promenade to the somber and mysterious Catacombs, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition paints a vivid sonic landscape that brings the listener into the art museum.

SKU: A0.1003516

This piece is a simple piece. I came up with the name to because I listened to how the music sounded and found an appropriate name for it.

SKU: A0.873037

I suffer terribly from insomnia. I usually get up and read a book, play a computer game, or can exorcise my thoughts with pen and paper, after which I find myself in dreamland pretty quickly. Either that or I wind up endlessly pacing around my studio, our cats watching me with some amusement.

Thus it was with T​he Insomnia Waltz​. Half of a reasonably good tune was running laps in my brain in the wee small hours. I got up, wrote it in my manuscript book, immediately went back to bed and fell asleep. In the morning, I read through the fragments of melody, put them together, and ended up with this frustratingly meandering stopstart of a piece for violin and piano.

SKU: A0.697453

Quando Me'n Vo', also known as Musetta's Waltz, a soprano aria from Puccini's opera La bohème, is arranged here for early intermediate violin with easy piano accompaniment. This lovely waltz is not only fun to play, but an audience favorite as well. A separate sheet for the violin is included with the score.

SKU: A0.758603

Facilitated arrangement for duo in the first 3 years of study.

SKU: A0.1217886

Three brief piano pieces written by Puccini, remarkable as the rest of his compositional output was almost exclusively operatic. The most famous of the three, the short waltz written in 1894, went on to become the basis for the aria Quando m'en vo' or Musetta's Waltz from La Bohème. The tango, possibly inspired by one of Puccini's trips to the US, displays jazz-influenced harmonies and some experimentation with polytonality. The album leaf, written near the end of Puccini's life, is a short, melodically mercurial work, with references to both jazz and operatic writing.