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American Fiddle Fanfare Orchestra sheet music cover American Fiddle Fanfare Orchestra sheet music cover
American Fiddle Fanfare American Fiddle Fanfare
Gary Gackstatter - C Alan / McClaren Productions

This Americana-themed fanfare gives every section of the orchestra an opportunity to shine - complete with foot stomps, instrument slaps, pizzicato, and rosin-smoking fiddle passages.

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MEMedium Easy
$48.00
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$12.00
American Fiddle Medley Orchestra sheet music cover American Fiddle Medley Orchestra sheet music cover
American Fiddle Medley American Fiddle Medley
arr. Bob Phillips - Alfred Music Publishing
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Bring out the cowboy hats and bandanas for this fantastic arrangement of everyone's favorite fiddle tunes!  Perfect for young players or as a quick play-down finale for older players, this medley will soon... view details
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American Fiddle Triptych Orchestra sheet music cover American Fiddle Triptych Orchestra sheet music cover
American Fiddle Triptych American Fiddle Triptych
Traditional/arr. Tim McCarrick - Highland/Etling Publishing
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This medley of three fantastic folk fiddle tunes, set in a totally authentic style, will delight players and audiences. Arkansas Traveler; Fire on the Mountain and Devil's Dream are

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MEMedium Easy
$48.00
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$7.00
Ashokan Farewell Orchestra sheet music cover Ashokan Farewell Orchestra sheet music cover
Ashokan Farewell Ashokan Farewell (from "The Civil War")
Jay Ungar/arr. Calvin Custer - Alfred Publishing Belwin Division
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The simple, memorable theme from the acclaimed PBS series makes excellent concert fare. Calvin Custer's realistic treatment includes the easy violin solo, piano and percussion. This is technically quite easy,... view details
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MEMedium Easy
$54.00
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$10.00
Big Rock Candy Mountain Orchestra sheet music cover Big Rock Candy Mountain Orchestra sheet music cover
Big Rock Candy Mountain Big Rock Candy Mountain
Traditional/arr. Jeffrey Frizzi - Kendor Music Publishing

This arrangement of the bluegrass classic in the key of D major is sure to be a hit with students and audiences alike, and is a perfect selection for concert or contest. Double stops and fun rhythms are

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Billy Tell Overture Orchestra sheet music cover Billy Tell Overture Orchestra sheet music cover
Billy Tell Overture Billy Tell Overture
Gioacchino Rossini/arr. Richard Meyer - Alfred Music Publishing
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This bluegrass "fiddle" version of Rossini's famous overture will get your audiences' toes tappin' and your violinists' fingers flyin'. The entire violin section is featured in this fun, virtuosic-sounding... view details
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MMedium
$46.00
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Blackberry Blossom Orchestra sheet music cover Blackberry Blossom Orchestra sheet music cover
Blackberry Blossom Blackberry Blossom
Gary Gackstatter - C Alan / McClaren Productions
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Feature your top player on this famous American tune! The first time through, the soloist takes the lead accompanied by some pizzicato and the occasional foot stomp. The second time through, first violins

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Blue-Fire Fiddler Orchestra sheet music cover Blue-Fire Fiddler Orchestra sheet music cover
Blue-Fire Fiddler Blue-Fire Fiddler
Soon Hee Newbold - FJH Music Company Inc
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This kickin' fiddle tune is energetic, exciting and fun. The fast and furious fiddling sounds much harder than it really is. Riffs, finger patterns and bowings are very idiomatic and lend themselves to fast

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MEMedium Easy
$60.00
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$5.00
Bluegrass Fiddle Frenzy Orchestra sheet music cover Bluegrass Fiddle Frenzy Orchestra sheet music cover
Bluegrass Fiddle Frenzy Bluegrass Fiddle Frenzy
Bill Monroe/arr. Phillips - Alfred Music Publishing
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In celebration of Bill Monroe's 100th birthday, perform this high energy, true blue arrangement of Scotland and Big Mon, two of Monroe's standards. Scotland evokes memories of the Scottish... view details
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$49.00
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$7.00
Cabbage Countdown Orchestra sheet music cover Cabbage Countdown Orchestra sheet music cover
Cabbage Countdown Cabbage Countdown (Variations on Boil Them Cabbage Down)
Bob Phillips - Alfred Music Publishing

Here's a fun set of variations on the American fiddle tune, Bile Them Cabbage Down. You'll entertain your audience and teach your orchestra a few things along the way. Solid first-year rhythm patterns... view details
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$46.00
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$8.00
Celtic Dreaming and Dance Orchestra sheet music cover Celtic Dreaming and Dance Orchestra sheet music cover
Celtic Dreaming and Dance Celtic Dreaming and Dance
Stephen Chin - Everything String

This moving piece is filled to the brim with poignant and ravishing melodies. The haunting main theme comes back in various guises and returns with great effect towards the end of the piece. Everybody will

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Celtic Roots Orchestra sheet music cover Celtic Roots Orchestra sheet music cover
Celtic Roots Celtic Roots
Traditional/arr. Kenneth Baird - Hal Leonard Corporation

Get ready to jig with this medley of two old Irish folk songs. Father O'Flynn's and The Gobby O are bright and jaunty and sure to get toes a-tappin'.

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Celtic Suite Orchestra sheet music cover Celtic Suite Orchestra sheet music cover
Celtic Suite Celtic Suite
Traditional/arr. Kathy L. Fishburn - Wingert-Jones Publications
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Two beautiful folk melodies in the graceful style of Celtic music. Including Bonnie Doon and The Minstrel Boy, contrasts between the movements make this an interesting concert and festival

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Chumbara Chumbara
Traditional/arr. Deborah Baker Monday - Wingert-Jones Publications
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This traditional folksong from Quebec is remarkably similar to the famous Can-Can. Played at a lively tempo, this tune takes all your players up and down the D scale, gives each section a chance to... view details
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EEasy
$45.00
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$6.00
Cripple Creek Orchestra sheet music cover Cripple Creek Orchestra sheet music cover
Cripple Creek Cripple Creek
Traditional/arr. Edmund Siennicki - Alfred Music Publishing
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This very easy arrangement of the classic fiddle tune is an ideal performance piece for your beginning strings, featuring some left-hand pizzicato, double notes and some clever voicings.  It's educational, and... view details
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VEVery Easy
$42.00
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$8.00
Danny Boy Orchestra sheet music cover Danny Boy Orchestra sheet music cover
Danny Boy Danny Boy
Traditional/arr. Harry Alshin - Alfred Music Publishing
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Lovely, interweaving countermelodies create a rich inner texture in this beautiful arrangement of the timeless love song. Sensibly placed in the key of D Major, this beautiful arrangement will have lasting... view details
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MEMedium Easy
$49.00
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$9.00
Daughter of the Stars Orchestra sheet music cover Daughter of the Stars Orchestra sheet music cover
Daughter of the Stars Daughter of the Stars
Heather Niemi Savage - Heather Savage

Showcase your orchestra's musicianship with this lyrical and lush work.  Inspired by the American folk tune Shenandoah, the arrival of the melody in the middle of the piece may be played as a

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MMedium
$35.00
Emerald Melodies Orchestra sheet music cover Emerald Melodies Orchestra sheet music cover
Emerald Melodies Emerald Melodies
arr. Samuel Gelfer - Carl Fischer LLC

With a blend of Celtic and American fiddle tunes, this tuneful medley begins with Star of the County Down in a moderate 3/4 and intensifies with two Irish jigs, Another Jig Will Do

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Fiddlin' with the Classics Orchestra sheet music cover Fiddlin' with the Classics Orchestra sheet music cover
Fiddlin' with the Classics Fiddlin' with the Classics
Various/arr. Deborah Baker Monday - FJH Music Company Inc
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Where will you find Lil' Liza Jane next to George Frideric Handel? In this classy clutch of classics commingled with fiddle favorites! Beloved themes from Mozart and Beethoven are layered and... view details
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Fiddling A-Round Orchestra sheet music cover Fiddling A-Round Orchestra sheet music cover
Fiddling A-Round Fiddling A-Round
John Caponegro - Kendor Music Publishing

Featuring simple fiddle-style figures, this winning original in G opens with pyramid entrances by each section and a tutti presentation of the main theme before the canonic portion begins. When the rounds

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VEVery Easy
$52.00
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$6.00
Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance Orchestra sheet music cover Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance Orchestra sheet music cover
Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance
Percy Fletcher - Boosey & Hawkes, Inc
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A long-time favorite for festival and contest, Percy Fletcher's two-movement suite has been a choice teaching piece for school orchestras.  In true English folk style, the first movement has multiple sections... view details
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MEMedium Easy
$65.00
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$18.95
Gaelic Trilogy Orchestra sheet music cover Gaelic Trilogy Orchestra sheet music cover
Gaelic Trilogy Gaelic Trilogy
Traditional/arr. Jim Palmer - Highland/Etling Publishing
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Gaelic Trilogy provides the string orchestra with an opportunity to perform three Irish fiddle tunes: Fair-Haired Mary; Neil Gow's Lament and Stray Away Child. All sections,

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MMedium
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$9.00
Ghost Ship Orchestra sheet music cover Ghost Ship Orchestra sheet music cover
Ghost Ship Ghost Ship
Michael Story - Alfred Publishing Belwin Division

Engage the imagination to build expressive playing as the orchestra enacts this old story of a lost ship. Combining original material as well as the sea chantey Spanish Ladies, this piece will be a... view details
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EEasy
$49.00
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$6.00