PUBLIC DOMAIN STRING ORCHESTRA MUSIC

SCORES AND PARTS

This site has a collection of PDF files of scores and parts for string orchestra music suitable for amateur orchestras and school orchestras. Unless indicated otherwise, the music is in the public domain, and the arrangers have made the parts and scores of these arrangements freely available for copying for non-commercial use and performance. Most of these pieces were performed by the Lincoln Homeschool Senior String Orchestra.

Pieces are listed alphabetically by composer, and then chronologically or by catalog number.

Please e-mail me when you find mistakes in the music or missing links.

Martin Gaskell

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” BWV 147

Violin 1	V1
Violin 2	V2
Viola	Va
‘Cello	Vc
Double Bass	CB
Harpsichord	Cont.
Trombone
Score

“Air” from Third Orchestral Suite, BWV 1068

Score	Score
Violin 1	V1
Violin 2	V2
Viola	Va
‘Cello	Vc
Double Bass	CB
Harpsichord	Cont

ARCANGELO CORELLI

Concerto Grosso in g minor,“Christmas Concerto”Op. 6, No. 8

Solo violin 1

Solo violin 2

Solo ‘cello

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

‘Cellos

Double Bass

Keyboard

Score

EDWARD ELGAR

Serenade for String Orchestra Op. 20 (composed 1892)

Movement	Score	1st violins	2nd violins	Viola	‘cello	Double bass
1	Score	V1	V2	Va	Vc	CB
2	Score	V1	V2	Va	Vc	CB
3	Score	V1	V2	Va	Vc	CB

MARTIN GASKELL

Romance for Strings (composed 1978) (Not public domain)

Violin 1	V1
Violin 2	V2
Viola	Va
‘Cello	Vc
Double bass	CB
Score	score
MP3 audio file	MP3

Alla Marcia from Pi Acres Suite (5th movement) Op. 3.14159 (composed c. 2000-2005) (Not public domain)

	1. Prelude	2. Allegrettto	3. Tempo di menuetto	4. Saraband	5. Alla Marcia
Violin 1	V1	V1	V1	V1	V1
Violin 2	V2	V2	V2	V2	V2
Viola	Va	Va	Va	Va	Va
‘Cello	Vc	Vc	Vc	Vc	Vc
Double bass	CB	CB	CB	CB	CB
Horn (optional)	---	---	---	---	Hn
Score	Score			Score
MP3 recording	MP3	MP3	MP3	MP3	MP3

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Hallelujah chorus from Messiah (composed 1741)

Violin 1	V1
Violin 2	V2
Viola	Va
‘Cello	Vc
Double Bass	CB
Trumpets
Timpani
Vocal score

GUSTAV HOLST

Brook Green Suite (composed 1933)

Movement	1st violins	2nd violins	Viola	‘cello	Double bass
1	V1	V2	Va	Vc	CB
2	V1	V2	Va	Vc	CB
3	V1	V2	Va	Vc	CB

FRANCESCO MANFREDINI

“Christmas” concerto in C major Op. 3, No. 12 (published 1718)

Solo violin 1	VnSolo1
Solo violin 2	VnSolo2
Violin 1	V1
Violin 2	V2
Viola	Va
‘Cello	Vc
Double Bass	CB
Continuo	cont
Score	Score

WOLFGANG AMADE MOZART

Eine kleine Nachtmusik (all four movements in each file) K 525

Violin 1	V1
Violin 2	V2
Viola	Va
‘Cello + double bass	Vc

PYOTR ILLYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Waltz from Serenade for Strings (2nd movement) Op. 48 (composed 1880)

Violin 1	V1
Violin 2	V2
Viola	Va
‘Cello	Vc
Double bass	CB

GIUSEPPE TORELLI

“Christmas” concerto in g minor Op. 8, No. 6 (published 1709)

Violin 1	V1
Violin 2	V2
Viola	Va
‘Cello	Vc
Double Bass	CB
Score

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Prelude on Rhosymedre (or “Lovely”) (composed 1920) (arr. Martin Gaskell)

Violin 1	V1
Violin 2	V2
Viola	Va
‘Cello	Vc
Double bass	CB
Score	Score

ANTONIO VIVALDI

Concerto in F major, “Autumn” from “The Four Seasons” Op. 8, No. 3 (= RV 293)

Movement	Solo violin	1st violins	2nd violins	Viola	‘cello	Double bass	Harpsichord
1	Solo	V1	V2	Va	Vc	CB
2	Solo	V1	V2	Va	Vc	CB
3	Solo	V1	V2	Va	Vc	CB

Concerto for 2 violins and ‘cello, Op. 3, No. 10

Solo violin 1	Vsolo1
Solo violin 2	Vsolo2
Solo ‘cello	Vcsolo
Violin 1	V1
Violin 2	V2
Viola	Va
‘Cellos	Vc
Double Bass	CB
Keyboard	cont
Score	score

Concerto in C major for two German flutes, harpsichord and strings. RV 533

Solo flute 1	F1
Solo flute 2	F2
Violin 1	V1
Violin 2	V2
Viola	Va
‘Cello	Vc(1)	Vc(2)	Vc(3)
Double bass	CB(1)	(tacet)	CB(3)
Harpsichord
Score

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