Saint-Saens' masterpiece was originally composed in 1872 as a song for voice and piano. It transformed and expanded into the familiar tone poem two years later for symphonic orchestra featuring a solo violin with the top E-string tuned down a half-step and a prominent part for xylophone. This newly engraved and edited study score is based on the first edition score and parts and produced in a convenient, easy-to-read size for fireside reading on Halloween nights."

Bartok originally set this series of folk tunes for piano in 1915. Two years later, he scored them for small orchestra. This is a newly engraved and corrected edition of the deservedly popular orchestral showpiece, available for the first time at a reasonable price for musicians, students and fans of Bartoks highly individual style.

Holsts popular suite was named for the St. Pauls Girls School of Hammersmith, London - where he was the music director from 1904 until his death thirty years later. Composed in 1912 as a token of gratitude for the installation of a sound-proof teaching studio. Holst composed this and nearly all subsequent works in this studio. Now available in a newly-engraved, easy-to-read score edited by Richard Sargeant.

Dedicated to James Causley Windram, Holsts second suite inspired by English folk music was composed in 1911. The folk tunes quoted include "Glorishears", "Swansea Town", "Claudy Banks", "Ill Love My Love", "The Dargason" and "Greensleeves". Based upon the composers manuscript and the first edition of 1922, this new edition by Richard Sargeant - beautifully engraved at an affordable price in a convenient size - will be much appreciated by bands and wind ensembles, students, and admirers of Holsts unique music worldwide.

Haydn's "Grosse Te Deum" was probably composed in 1800 for a performance given at Eisenstadt in the fall of that year. Scored with a full orchestral accompaniment, it was first published in 1802 by Breitkopf und Hartel. The score here is a newly engraved vocal score edited by Richard W. Sargeant - in a format specially designed for maximum readability for choruses.

Haydn's "Grosse Te Deum" was probably composed in 1800 for a performance given at Eisenstadt in the fall of that year. Scored with a full orchestral accompaniment, it was first published in 1802 by Breitkopf und Hartel. The item offered here is a newly edited and engraved study score perpared by Richard W. Sargeant Jr., who also provides a realized organ continuo - in easy-to-read format for use as either a study score or a performance score.

For the "Credo in E minor, RV 591," Vivaldi borrowed some material composed for his own "Magnificat," which places it later - probably after 1727. This completely choral work has much in common stylistically with the very famous "Gloria" (RV 589) and with his earlier psalm setting "In exitu Israel" (RV 604). This is a newly-engraved and researched edition prepared by Richard W. Sargeant produced in an ideal format for use by choruses.

Started in 1867 and first conceived of as an oratorio, Camille Saint-Saens completed his most famous opera in 1877 with the encouragement of Franz Liszt. It was Liszt who arranged to have the opera staged in Weimar. The story focuses around Dalila and her seduction of Samson to learn the secret of his strength. She is portrayed as a manipulative women bent on revenge. The Bacchanale, known more as a concert piece, is in act 3 and depicts the Priests of the temple in a wild savage dance after the capture of Samson. This new beautifully engraved score by Richard W. Sargeant, Jr. of one of...