How is nature and the interaction of humans with their environment expressed in music? Discover sheet music of compositions about nature and the environment for your instrument as well as for choirs, school groups, orchestras and ensembles!
Shimmering heat, balmy evenings, thunderstorms… Summer has many faces, tones moods, and sounds. In this Stretta Journal article about the sounds of summer, Holger Slowik presents his selection of summer music favourites.
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The forest has undergone an amazing transformation: from a place of a multitude of dangers, to a preservation area of untouched nature. It serves as a seismograph for the general state of the environment. But what role does the forest play in music? Do hunting horns and birdsong really emanate from the forest? Holger Slowik from the #StrettaJournal spoke to musicologist Georg Högl, an expert on the forest in music.
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As nature awakens from hibernation, floral scents fill the air. Fresh leaves give the world a green hue, and gardens and meadows start exploding with colour... Can all of this be captured in music? Stretta editro David Rauh went looking for anwsers, guided by his own personal Spring Music-Highlights.
read moreA growing number of musicians (such as the Orchester des Wandels) and composers are taking action to draw attention to the threat of man-made climate change. The Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi made a particularly powerful statement by recording his "Elegy for the Arctic" right there, in the middle of the melting ice.
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Extra Elements (including "Elegy for the Arctic")
"The Last Party" by Johannes Berauer
"Last Door of Light" by Peter Maxwell Davies
Sheet music of the most popular compositions that describe the beauty of the earth and creation: From Mahler to Rutter, here you will find a selection of works that do justice to this great task.
"Das Lied von der Erde" by Gustav Mahler
"Planet Earth" by Johan de Mej
"The Creation" by Joseph Haydn
"For the Beauty of the Earth" by John Rutter
"Frozen Planet, The Blue Planet, Planet Earth" by George Fenton
"La création du monde" by Darius Milhaud
"Earth Song" by Michael Jackson
"What A Wonderful World" by Bob Thiele
"Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell
"Heaven Is A Place On Earth" with Belinda Carlisle
"When You Gonna Learn" by Jamiroquai
"Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil
How about a musical walk in the forest? You can find more related music on the page Music on the Forest.
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"A Different Forest" by Hauschka
"Waldszenen" op. 82 by Schumann
"Im Walde" op. 50 by David Popper
Der Sonne und Sonnenaufgängen sind besonders eindrucksvolle Musikstücke gewidmet. Die Morgenstimmung von Grieg und die Helios-Ouvertüre von Carl Nielsen zeigen gut, wie Musik zur Beschreibung von Natur eingesetzt werden kann.
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Helios Overture by Carl Nielsen
Solnedgang (Sunset) by Grieg
Morgenstemning (Morning Mood by Edvard Grieg (Arrangement for flute, clarinet & piano)
The sun will rise with these pop songs! We have put together a selection of sheet music for the sunniest pop songs.
"Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles
"Walking On Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves
"Cover Me In Sunshine" by Pink & her daughter Willow Sage Hart.
inlcuding "Sonne" by Rammstein
"Good Day Sunshine" by The Beatles
"Another Day of Sun" off "La La Land"
A selection of the most impressive classical works depicting wind and storms:
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"An Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss
"Der Sturm" (The Storm) by Joseph Haydn
"L'Orage" (The Storm) op. 76 by Pjotr Tschaikowsky
In pop songs, wind is usually a metaphorical theme. Here is a selection of the most popular songs with wind.
"She's Like The Wind" off "Dirty Dancing"
"Wind of Change" by The Scorpions
"Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan
"Candle in the Wind" by Elton John
"The Wind" by Cat Stevens
"Colors of the Wind" off "Pocahontas"
How is rain portrayed in music? Listen to Chopin's Raindrop Prelude and compare it with other works that deal with rain. The beginning of 'Thunderstorm and Tempest' from the Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss, linked above, is also particularly striking.
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Prelude in D flat major "Raindrop" by Frédéric Chopin
"Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu beschreiben" op. 70 (Fourteen Ways to describe the rain) by Hanns Eisler
"The Welcome Arrival Of Rain" by Judith Weir
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"Sinfonia Antartica" by Vaughan Williams
"Winterreise" by Franz Schubert
Musical portrayal of an avalanche in "La Wally" by Alfredo Catalani
Compositions about the seasons are among the most popular works describing nature throughout the periods. You can find the most important scores here.
"The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi
"The Seasons" by Joseph Haydn
"The Seasons" by Pjotr Tchaikovsky
"Primavera Porteña" off "Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas" by Astor Piazzolla
Die vier Jahreszeiten von Hermann Schroeder
4 Jahreszeiten-Musicals by Wolfgang Hering
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