The Score Library currently offers 89 scores or parts for 58 works. All are:
- Downloadable at no cost.
- In convenient, easy to print and view, PDF format.
- In the Public Domain, so they may be copied freely.
- Non-musical pages have been removed, to cut download size and printing cost.
These scores are not intended to replace the many valuable new editions or modern facsimile editions which are available, which usually offer much better quality. Rather, they are intended to offer the curious an accessible first look at many of Raff's scores. Brought together in one place for the first time, sources include IMSLP and the online digital collections of libraries.
If you don't find what you are looking for here, try looking amongst new editions or library copies below.
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Concertos | Download |
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| Ode au Printemps- Konzertstück for piano & orchestra | Score: 84 pages | ||
| Violin Concerto No.1 - reduction for violin and piano | Violin part: 14 pages |
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| Piano Concerto | Score: 141 pages | ||
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| Suite for Orchestra No.1 - orchestral score - arranged for piano four hands |
Score: 146 pages Score: 48 pages |
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| Italian Suite for Orchestra | Score: 105 pages | ||
| Aus Thüringen Suite for Orchestra | Score: 117 pages | ||
| Festival Overture | Score: 117 pages | ||
| Overture: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott | Score: 103 pages | ||
| Chamber works | |||
| Octet for strings | Violin I part: 12 pages Violin II part:11 pages Violin III part: 11 pages Violin IV part: 10 pages Viola I part:11 pages Viola II part:10 pages Cello I part:10 pages Cello II part:10 pages |
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Op.138 |
String Quartet No.5 | Violin I part: 14 pages Violin II part: 15 pages Viola part: 14 pages Cello part: 12 pages |
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| No.1 String Quartet No.6 Suite älterer form | Violin I part: 14 pages Violin II part: 14 pages Viola part: 14 pages Cello part: 13 pages |
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| No.2 String Quartet No.7 Die Schöne Müllerin | Score: 42 pages | ||
Op.192 |
No.3 String Quartet No.8 Suite in Canonform | Violin I part: 12 pages Violin II part: 12 pages Viola part: 11 pages Cello part: 10 pages |
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| Piano Trio No.1 | Score: 50 pages | ||
| Violin Sonata No.1 | Score: 50 pages | ||
| Violin Sonata No.2 | Score: 58 pages | ||
| Violin Sonata No.3 | Score: 35 pages | ||
| Violin Sonata No.4 Chromatische Sonate | Score: 21 pages | ||
| Violin Sonata No.5 | Score: 46 pages | ||
| Six Morceaux for Violin & Piano | Score: 52 pages | ||
| Cello Sonata | Score: 53 pages | ||
| Two Fantasy Pieces for Piano & Cello I. Begegnung II. Erinnerung |
Score: 14 pages Score: 13 pages |
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| Piano Music | |||
| Chaconne for two Pianos | Piano I part: 20 pages Piano II part: 16 pages |
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| Humoreske in Waltzerform for piano four hands | Score: 28 pages | ||
| Piano Suite No.1 | Score: 19 pages | ||
| Piano Suite No.2 | Score: 22 pages | ||
| Piano Suite No.3 | Score: 22 pages | ||
| Piano Suite No.4 | Score: 65 pages | ||
| Piano Suite No.6 | Score: 36 pages | ||
| Piano Suite No.7 III. Rigaudon | Score: 9 pages | ||
| Trois Morceaux II. Romance | Score: 4 pages | ||
| Quatre Galops-Caprices | Score: 21 pages | ||
| Variations | Score: 15 pages | ||
Op.27 |
Angelens letzter Tag im Kloster III An Ihn | Score: 2 pages | |
| Romanze | Score: 10 pages | ||
Suite de Morceaux pour petites mains |
Score: 2 pages Score: 6 pages Score: 5 pages |
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| La Polka de la Reine | Score: 8 pages | ||
| Trois Sonatilles No.1 in A minor | Score: 22 pages | ||
| Le Galop - Caprice Brillant | Score: 13 pages | ||
Op.111 |
Two Caprices I. Bolero | Score: 7 pages | |
Op.134 |
Vom Rhein I. Gruss an dan Rhein II. Kahnfahrt IV. Bursage |
Score: 9 pages Score: 10 pages Score: 10 pages |
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| Valse Brillante | Score: 11 pages | ||
| I. Cavatine: II. La Fileuse |
Score: 8 pages Score: 8 pages |
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| I. Idylle II. Valse Champêtre |
Score: 6 pages Score: 11 pages |
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| Thirty Progressive Etudes | Score: 66 pages | ||
| I. Im Schilf II. Berceause III. Novellette IV. Impromptu |
Score: 10 pages Score: 5 pages Score: 8 pages Score: 7 pages |
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| Capriccio | Score: 11 pages | ||
| Chamber Music arrangements of other composer's music | |||
| Three Duos for Piano and Violin on Wagner's Operas I. Der fliegende Holländer II. Tannhäuser III. Lohengrin |
Score: 19 pages Score: 25 pages Score: 17 pages |
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| Piano arrangements of other composer's music | |||
Op.18 |
Two Paraphrases II. Liszt's Du bist wie eine blume | Score: 3 pages | |
| Reminiscences of Mozart's Don Juan | Score: 10 pages | ||
| Two Violin Romance by Beethoven I. Andante | Score: 4 pages | ||
Op.61 |
No.1 Fantasy on motives from Wagner's Tannhäuser | Score: 13 pages | |
Op.121 |
Illustrations de L'Africaine II. Septuor & Finale | Score: 11 pages | |
| Selected pieces from Bach's Sonatas I. Chaconne | Score: 18 pages | ||
| Reminiscences of Die Meistersingers WoO.26 I: 9 pages II: 10 pages III: 8 pages IV: 8 pages |
Score: 10 pages Score: 5 pages Score: 8 pages Score: 7 pages |
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New and facsimile editions
There is an extensive
selection of Raff scores in new editions and modern facsimiles of original editions available from a number of publishers. For a full list see the New & Facsimile Editions page.
Original Editions
Most of Raff's music remains available only in the 19th. century original editions
- see the Guide to finding scores page.
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