New and featured works and instruments

Adagio fur eine Walze in eine kleine Orgel K616 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2 x Trebles, Tenor & Bass Recorders.

Score 13 pp. Parts 3-4 pp.

Sublime Mozart at his Best! This magnificent work is carefully arranged for trebles, tenor and bass recorder. Although a slow speed, there is plently of opportunity to show off an agile technique with long passages of 32nd notes.

1. Adagio K616

Easy Music of Monteverdi's Time. 9 Pieces for 2 soprano recorders and continuo

2 x Descant or Tenor recorders and Basso Continuo.

Score 23 pp. Parts 8 pp.

Nine Recorder Duos from the Early Seventeenth Century. This volume includes separate parts for recorders, bass and keyboard. Editorial notes are included.

1. Adriano Banchieri, "Sonata Sopra L'aria Musicale Del Gran Duca"
2. Biagio Marini, "Sonata per Doi Flautini"
3. Biagio Marini, "Corrente, La Martia"
4. Brando, "Il Barizone"
5. Salamone Rossi, "Sonata Undecima, Detta la Scatola"
6. Giovanni Battista Riccio, "Canzona, La Rubina"
7. Giovanni Battista Buonamente, "Gagliarda Undecima"
8. Tarquinio Merula, "Sinfonia"
9. Antonio Brunelli, ”Ballo

Sonata No. 11 a 4 by Marco Uccellini

2 x Violins, 2 x Celli & Basso Continuo.

Score 12 pp. Parts 2 pp.

Baroque Sonata. Includes substantial notes in English, German and French.

1. Sonata No. 11 a 4

Heartaches by Al Hoffman

2 x Treble, Tenor & Bass Recorders.

Score 3 pp. Parts 1 pp.

Contemporary Compositions. Features biographies of both the composer and lyricist. Includes notes about the work and lyrics.

1. Heartaches

Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries by Bruce Henderson

2 x Treble, Tenor & Bass Recorders.

Score 4 pp. Parts 2 pp.

Contemporary Work in Jazz Style. Includes introductory notes by the composer and lyrics.

1. Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries

Briston Celebration 2008 by Eileen Silcocks

Sop, 2 x Descant, 2 x Treble, 2 x Tenor, Bass, Great Bass, Contra Bass.

Score 8 pp. Parts 1 pp.

Commemorative Piece. Includes introductory notes by the composer.

1. Bristol Celebration 2008

Three Bird Songs by Colin Hand

Soprano Vioce, Descant & Sopranino Recorders, Piano.

Score 16 pp.

Three Contemporary Bird Songs for Soprano (voice) and Recorder. Features simultaneous multi instrument (descant & sopranino) performance.

1. Moderato
2. The Darkling Thrush
3. Proud Songsters

Sinfonietta by John Hawkes

Recorder Orchestra, Sop, 2 x Descant, 2 x Treble, 2 x Tenor, 2 x Bass, 2 x Contra Bass.

Score 38 pp. Parts 6-8 pp.

Contemporary Sinfonia.

1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante
3. Allegro Molto
4. Theme & Variations

Chaconne, "l'Amour Medecin" by J B Lully

Descant, Descant/Treble, Tenor/Treble, Tenor, F Bass or Treble/Descant, Tenor/Treble, F Bass/Tenor,.

Score 9 pp. Parts 2 pp.

Two Baroque Quintet Arrangements.

1. Chaconne, "l'Amour Medecin"
2. Chaconne, ”l‘Amour Medecin

Covent Garden Trios by George Frederick Handel

Descant, Treble & Bass.

Score 24 pp. Parts 11 pp.

15 Baroque Dance Movement arranged as trios.

1. Gavotte
2. Gavotte
3. Musette
4. Musette
5. Ballo
6. Coro
7. Air
8. Air
9. Gig
10. Rondeau
11. Air
12. Gavotte
13. Air
14. Tamburino
15. Air

Contemporary recorder sheet music published by Orpheus Music

Orpheus Music publishes contemporary recorder music featuring such composers as Diana Blom, Nigel Butterley, Zana Clarke, Justo Diaz, Lance Eccles, Ross Edwards, Malcolm Tattersall and Benjamin Thorn.


We represent over 60 composers, including many young composers, with more than 230 works that provide a wide range of styles and genres for one to ten recorder players. We also have a useful Recorder Composing Guide and Glossary of Unusual Recorder Techniques for those interested in writing for the recorder.


Orpheus Music Publications are also available from our distributors in Germany, UK, and USA.


Orpheus Music String Series

Orpheus Music will launch a NEW String Series August 2009.
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Sheet music from publishers around the world for recorder and early instruments

Allspice Music retails sheet music from a carefully selected group of publishers. It provides the full range of music from around the world and across the ages.


Allspice offers everything you ever wanted and pieces you never even knew existed, including: solo, ensemble, chamber, renaissance, baroque, classical, contemporary, and more.


Whatever you want, whether it be a piece for an exam, the HSC or something special for your ensemble, we can order it in for you if we don't already have it in stock.