Wil van der Beek

This march is part of the operetta Babes in Toyland, composed by Victor Herbert in 1903. Toyland is a magical land where two children experience all sorts of adventures. This quick march in a pseudo m...

To create the musical material of this medley, the arranger drew upon the rich arsenal of Russian folk songs and dances. Familiar traditional tunes have been combined with less well-known, but certain...

George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) was an American composer, best known for his work crossing the genres of classical, jazz and light music. His work in the genres of musicals and films was extremely succe...

Der 'Walzerkönig' Johann Strauss (Sohn) hinterliess über 500 Werke, davon 165 Walzer, die er zu vollwertigen Konzertstücken ausarbeitete. Beim Komponieren von Wein, Weib und Gesang liess er sich von e...

Der 'Walzerkönig' Johann Strauss (Sohn) hinterliess über 500 Werke, davon 165 Walzer, die er zu vollwertigen Konzertstücken ausarbeitete. Beim Komponieren von Wein, Weib und Gesang liess er sich von e...

Il danese Hans Christian Lumbye, grande ammiratore della musica orchestrale viennese di Strauss e dei suoi contemporanei, divenne un compositore di successo di questo genere, guadagnandosi l'appellati...

Zwei typisch spanische Tänze in einer Bearbeitung von Wil van der Beek. Diese Quartette eignen sich gut für mässig fortgeschrittene Spieler und können auch in Vorspielen oder Wettbewerben eingesetzt w...

Vier skandinavische Volkslieder

Wil van der Beek bearbeitete für diese Ausgabe fünf alte Volkslieder für vier Klarinetten oder vier Saxophone. Die Lieder stammen aus Schweden, Russland, Japan, Indien und England.

When you say Scott Joplin, you say ragtime. The American pianist and composer Joplin (1868-1917) has written more than one hundred rags (including the famous 'Maple Leaf Rag' and 'The Entertainer') an...

Der Militärmarsch op. 51 Nr. 1 von Franz Schubert kommt weniger militärisch, sondern vielmehr leicht und tänzerisch einher und wurde vielleicht gerade deshalb sehr bekannt und beliebt. Wil van der Bee...

Tchaikovsky is best known for his purely instrumental compositions. However, we must not underestimate him as a composer of operas. Many of his operas such as ¬Pique Dame and Eugene Onegin are sti...

Rolf Lovland, der Gründe der Popgruppe Secret Garden ist einer der erfolgreichsten Songschreiber in der Welt der Popmusik. Mit der romantischen Melodie von Nocturne überzeugte seine Gruppe nicht nur M...

During his lifetime, Heinrich Schaffer (1808-1874) was a famous singer and singing teacher. With his compositions for male-voice choir, he was very influential in northern Germany. Nowadays, little is...

During his lifetime, Heinrich Schaffer (1808-1874) was a famous singer and singing teacher. With his compositions for male-voice choir, he was very influential in northern Germany. Nowadays, little is...

Vieni, dolce morte (BWV 478) è un brano sacro del compositore tedesco J.S. Bach, originariamente destinato a voce sola e basso continuo ("basso figurato"), ma frequentemente ascoltato anche in arrangi...

Alexander's Band is back in Dixieland, Anything is nice of it comes from Dixieland en I'll dance my way right back to Dixieland. Three characteristic dixieland everygreen, skilfully set for Molenaar's...

Alexander's Band is back in Dixieland, Anything is nice of it comes from Dixieland en I'll dance my way right back to Dixieland. Three characteristic dixieland everygreen, skilfully set for Molenaar's...

Der amerikanische Komponist und Pianist George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) komponierte neben ernster Musik auch viel Unterhaltungsmusik (man denke an sein "Klavierkonzert", "American in Paris" und "Porgy a...

Organist und Komponist Pietro Alessandro Yon (Turijn 1886-New York 1943) war von italienischer Herkunft. Er studierte in Mailand, Turin und Rom. Anfangs war er Organist in Rom; 1907 übersiedelte er in...

The Last Rose of Summer è uno dei più celebri canti tradizionali irlandesi. Nel 1847, il compositore tedesco Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883) include questa melodia nell'opera Martha. Il successo è im...

La famosa Barcarolle dall'opera I racconti di Hoffmann di Jacques Offenbach, apre il quarto atto dell'opera che si gira a Venezia, con una barcarola, canzone dei gondolieri veneziani dai ritmi molto o...

It is interesting to recall that Handel wrote Messiah, his most famous work whilst at the lowest point of his career, suffereing from fianantial hardship and depression. It was only composing that dis...