Flute Meets Opera!

Overture from The Thieving Magpie

Sheet Music for Flute and Piano

 Intermediate Edition

 

 

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A True Masterpiece

41 Pages

There are a total of 41 pages in this edition – the flute part is 7 pages, the piano part is 15 pages, the score is 19 pages.

This intermediate version contains 267 bars of the original composition, in the same key.  

The playing time is five and a half minutes.

 

 

What you get:

1. Three separate parts of the complete edition as a PDF download  – one part each for the flute and piano,  and a third containing the score (both instruments on the page. This can be useful if either the flutist or  the pianist needs to see what the other is doing);

2. A recording of the whole piece so you can hear how it should sound;

3. A backing track with just the piano, at full tempo,  so you can practise at home.

Click the button to hear

the piano  backing.

Fresh Arrangements of Popular Classics

 

Index of Free Sheet Music for the Flute

Click on a title to see the sheet music for that piece.

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	Title	Composer
	Advance Australia Fair	Peter Dodds McCormack
	Air From Water Music	George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
	A Little Night Music  – Basic Edition	Wolfgang Mozart
	Amazing Grace – Key of C	John Newton
	Amazing Grace – Key of F	John Newton
	Bouree	Johann Sebastian Bach
	Brahms Lullaby	Johannes Brahms
	Bridal March	Richard Wagner
	Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies – Basic Edition	Pyotir Tchaikovsky
	El Condor Pasa	Traditional (Peruvian folk melody)
	For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow	Anonymous
	Frere Jacques	Traditional / French folk melody
	Fur Elise – Key of A minor	Ludwig van Beethoven
	Fur Elise – Key of C minor	Ludwig van Beethoven
	Fur Elise – Key of D minor	Ludwig van Beethoven
	Give My Regards to Broadway	George M. Cohan
	Glorious Things of Thee are Spoke	Joseph Haydn
	Go Tell Aunt Nancy	Traditional
	God Save the King	Traditional
	Habanera	Georges Bizet
	Hahvah Nageelah	Abraham Zevi Idelsohn
	Hanukkah Song	Unknown
	Happy Birthday	Mildred J. Hill
	Harem Dance	Unknown
	Hello My Baby	Joseph E. Howard and Harry Von Tilzer
	Here Comes The Bride	Richard Wagner
	Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush	Unknown
	He’s Got The Whole World in His Hands	Traditional
	Hey Diddle Diddle	Unknown
	Hickory Dickory Dock	Unknown
	Home On The Range	Daniel E. Kelley
	Hot Cross Buns – Key of C	Unknown
	Hot Cross Buns – Key of D	Unknown
	Humoreske	Antonín Dvořák
	Hush Little Baby	Unknown
	I’m A Little Teapot	Unknown
	I’ve Been Workin on the Railroad	Unknown
	If You’re Happy And You Know It	Unknown
	In The Hall of The Mountain King	Edvard Grieg
	Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring	Johann Sebastian Bach
	Jingle Bells – Key of C	James Lord Pierpont
	Jingle Bells – Key of F	James Lord Pierpont
	Kumbaya	Anonymous
	Lil Liza Jane	Traditional / American folk song
	Little Bo Peep	Traditional / English nursery rhyme
	Loch Lomond	Traditional Scottish folk song
	London Bridge	Traditional / English nursery rhyme
	Looby Loo	Traditional / Scottish folk dance
	Love Me Tender	Traditional
	Lucerne To Weggis	Traditional Swiss folk song
	March of the Toy Soldiers – Basic Edition	Pyotir Tchaikovsky
	Mary Ann – Key of C	Traditional / Jamaican folk song
	Mary Ann – Key of F	Traditional / Jamaican folk song
	Mary Had A Little Lamb	Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879)
	Merrily	Anonymous
	The Mexican Hat Dance	Traditional
	Michael Finnegan	Michael Finnegan
	Michael Row The Boat Ashore	Traditional spiritual
	Military March	Franz Schubert
	Minka	Traditional Russian Folk Song
	Minuet From Water Music	George Frideric Handel
	Morning Has Broken	Traditional / Gaelic melody
	Mr Eddy Had A Teddy	Traditional / American children’s song
	My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean	Traditional / Scottish folk song
	My Country ‘Tis of Thee	Samuel Francis Smith
	Theme from New World Symphony	Antonin Dvorak
	Oats, Peas, Beans	Traditional / American folk song
	Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?	Traditional / English nursery rhyme
	Oh, Susanna	Stephen Foster
	Old King Cole	Traditional / English nursery rhyme
	Old Macdonald Had A Farm	Traditional / American children’s song
	Onward Christian Soldiers	Arthur Sullivan
	Overture from The Thieving Magpie –  Basic Edition	Giaccomo Rossini
	Pick A Bale o’ Cotton	Traditional
	Plaisir D ‘Amour	Jean-Paul-Égide Martini
	Polly Put The Kettle On	Traditional
	Polly Wolly Doodle	Unknown
	Portsmouth	Traditional
	Praise God	Traditional
	Red River Valley	Traditional
	Reveille Key – Key of C	Traditional
	Reveille Key – Key of B flat	Traditional
	Romance From A Little Night Music	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Roses From The South	Johann Strauss II
	Rondo alla Turca – Basic Edition	Wolfgang Mozart
	Row Row Row Your Boat	Traditional
	Rondo alla Turca – Basic Edition	Wolfgang Mozart
	Rondo from Pathetique Sonata – 3rd Movement – Basic Edition	Ludwig van Beethoven
	Sailors’ Hornpipe	Traditional
	Sakura	Traditional
	Scarborough Fair	Traditional
	Scotland The Brave	Traditional
	Shave And A Haircut	Traditional
	She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain	Traditional
	Skip To My Lou – Key of G	Traditional
	Skip To My Lou – Key of F	Traditional
	Sleeping Beauty Waltz	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
	Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Key of A flat	Harold Arlen
	Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Key of G	Harold Arlen
	Sonata in A for Flute and Piano – K331F – Basic Edition	Wolfgang Mozart
	Swan Lake Theme – Basic Edition	Pyotir Tchaikovsky
	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	Traditional
	Symphony No. 40	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay	Henry J. Sayers
	Takeda	Traditional
	The British Grenadiers	Unknown
	The Can-Can	Jacques Offenbach
	The Cuckoo – Key of F	Unknown
	The Cuckoo – Key of G	Unknown
	The Entertainer – Basic Edition	Scott Joplin
	The Galway Piper	Traditional Irish
	The Huntsman’s Chorus	Carl Maria von Weber
	The Itsy Bitsy Spider	Unknown
	The Liberty Bell	John Philip Sousa
	The Mexican Hat Dance	Unknown
	The Star Spangled Banner – Key of B flat	John Stafford Smith
	The Star Spangled Banner – Key of C	John Stafford Smith
	The Star Spangled Banner – Key of F	John Stafford Smith
	The Volga Boatman – Key of A minor	Unknown
	The Volga Boatman – Key of E minor	Unknown
	The Wild Colonial Boy	Traditional Irish-Australian folk tune
	The Wild Horseman	Robert Schumann
	Theme from Romeo & Juliet	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
	There’s A Hole in the Bucket	Unknown (German folk song)
	This Old Man	Traditional children’s song
	Toreadors’ March	Georges Bizet
	Trumpet Voluntary No. 1	Jeremiah Clarke
	Trumpet Voluntary No. 2	Henry Purcell
	Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star – Key of G	Unknown (Traditional)
	Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star – Key of F	Unknown (Traditional)
	Voices of Spring – Basic Edition	Johann Strauss
	Waltz in C#m – Basic Edition	Frederic Chopin
	Waltzing Matilda	Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson
	What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor?	Unknown (Traditional)
	When Johnny Comes Marching Home	Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore
	When the Saints Go Marchin’ In – Key of C	Unknown (Traditional)
	When the Saints Go Marchin’ In – Key of G	Unknown (Traditional)
	When the Saints Go Marchin’ In – Key of F	Unknown (Traditional)
	Yankee Doodle – Key of C	Unknown (Traditional)
	Yankee Doodle – Key of F	Unknown (Traditional)
	Yankee Doodle – Key of G	Unknown (Traditional)

Flute players can now perform
one of Beethoven’s remarkable
piano masterpieces.

Rondo from Pathetique Sonata
 Beethoven Opus 13 – 3rd Movement

Intermediate Edition

Sheet Music for the Flute

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how this piece sounds.

While the “Pathétique” Sonata was originally written for solo piano, it is common for musicians to arrange or transcribe works for other instruments.

Adapting a piano piece for the flute can be challenging, as the flute has a very different range and timbre from the piano. 

Despite these challenges, this flute adaptation of the third movement of the “Pathétique” Sonata is a thrilling and rewarding piece to perform and hear, showcasing the flute’s agility, expressiveness, and power.

This arrangement maintains much of the original character and structure of the piece, but with some notable changes to accommodate the different timbre and range of the flute. For example, the flute mostly takes on the role of the original piano’s right hand, playing the main theme and other virtuosic passages, while the left hand harmonies are often transferred to the right hand of the piano.

Overall, the third movement of the “Pathétique” sonata is a thrilling and dynamic piece of music that showcases Beethoven’s mastery of the piano and his ability to create music that is both emotionally powerful and technically challenging. It has become one of Beethoven’s most beloved and frequently performed works, and remains a staple of the piano repertoire to this day.

As you learn to play this piece, you will be helping to elevate it to the status of staple of the flute repertoire also.

12 Pages

There are a total of 12 pages in this edition, the flute part is 2 pages, the piano part is 4 pages, the score is 6 pages.

This intermediate edition contains the first 61 bars of the original composition, in the same key. 

The playing time is about 1 minute and 27 seconds, give or take, depending on how fast you can play.

The flute has about 80% of the melody; the piano provides rhythm and harmonic accompaniment all the way through, with the melody given to it about 20% of the time.

Low B Foot Joint advisable.

It will sound best if you play it on a flute with a low B foot joint, as the last note is a low B.

If your flute only goes down to low C, you can play a low D instead of the B. 

This note will still harmonise with the piano chord, but won’t be quite as dramatic as the Low B.

What you get:

1. Three separate parts of the complete edition as a PDF download  – one part each for the flute and piano,  and a third containing the score (both instruments on the page. This can be useful if either the flutist or  the pianist needs to see what the other is doing):

2. A recording of the whole piece so you can hear how it should sound;

3. A backing track with just the piano, at full tempo,  so you can practise at home;

Click the button to hear

the piano  backing.

4. A backing track at 80% tempo, so you can practise the more difficult passages at a slower speed;

5. A backing track at 65% tempo, so you can practise the really difficult passages at a slower speed, for example bars 110-120.

Want more of this piece?

The Complete Edition contains all
213 bars of the original composition,
includes piano accompaniment,
and runs to 38 pages.

Too much to pay,
even for a masterpiece?

The free Basic Edition contains the first theme
for the flute only, up to bar 61.

The timeless brilliance of one of

Beethoven’s piano masterpieces

is now available for the flute.

Rondo from Pathetique Sonata

 Beethoven Opus 13 – 3rd Movement

 Sheet Music for Flute & Piano

Complete Edition

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how this piece sounds.

Beethoven’s 8th Sonata in C minor, Op. 13, also known as the “Pathétique,” is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most famous and beloved compositions.

The sonata was composed in 1798 and dedicated to Beethoven’s friend and patron, Prince Karl von Lichnowsky.

The third movement of the “Pathétique” sonata is marked “Rondo: Allegro” and is written in sonata-rondo form. It begins with a lively and energetic theme in C minor, which is then contrasted by a more lyrical and introspective second theme in E-flat major.

The movement features virtuosic passages, particularly in triplets, rapid runs, and sudden dynamic changes that create a sense of drama and tension. Beethoven’s use of the pedal on the piano also creates a rich and full sound that fills the room.

One of the most notable features of the third movement of the “Pathétique” sonata is its use of silence. Beethoven inserts moments of complete silence throughout the piece, creating a sense of anticipation and tension that is released when the music resumes.

38 Pages

There are  a total of 38 pages in this edition; the flute part is 7 pages, the piano part is 13 pages, the score is 18 pages.

This complete edition contains all 213 bars of the original composition, in the same key.

The playing time is about 5 minutes and 12 seconds, give or take, depending on how fast you can play.

The flute has about 80% of the melody; the piano provides rhythm and harmonic accompaniment all the way through, with the melody given to it about 20% of the time.

Low B Foot Joint advisable.

It will sound best if you play it on a flute with a low B foot joint, as there are a few low Bs in the piece.

If your flute only goes down to low C, you can play a low D instead of the B.  This note will harmonize with the chord that the piano is playing.

This is a great piece for advanced players.

It presents an exquisite interplay between the two instruments, creating an enchanting atmosphere that will captivate both you and your audience alike.

Each note and dynamic marking has been faithfully transcribed, ensuring both an authentic and enhanced rendition of Beethoven’s original composition.

What you get:

1. Three separate parts of the complete edition as a PDF download  – one part each for the flute and piano,  and a third containing the score (both instruments on the page. This can be useful if either the flutist or  the pianist needs to see what the other is doing):

2. A recording of the whole piece so you can hear how it should sound;

3. A backing track with just the piano, at full tempo,  so you can practise at home;

Click the button to hear

the piano  backing.

 

4. A backing track at 80% tempo, so you can practise the more difficult passages at a slower speed;

5. A backing track at 65% tempo, so you can practise the really difficult passages at a slower speed, for example bars 110-120.