Willy Hautvast

Danse des Sauvages' (Dance of the Savages) is an excerpt from the ballet opera 'Les Indes Galantes' (The Courtly Indies). Rameau was one of the most important French composers (1683 - 1764). He wrote...

Hot Toddy is a so-called evergreen in the bigband repertoire. Composer Ralph Flanagan (1914 - 1995) himself was a successful bandleader in the United States of America. The piece was very popular and...

This march was composed for the 25th anniversary of the Dutch Air Force Band. In the airforce jargon 'Fly Past' means a group of aeroplanes flying over.

This march deserves to be better known, even if it does not match in popularity the Radetzky March by the same composer.

Adolf Scherzer was military bandmaster with the 7th Bavarian Infantry Regiment at Ingolstadt from 1849 to 1864. His Bayerischer Defilier Marsch (Bavarian Parade March), dating from the second half of...

Jerry Lordan (London, 1933) reached no less than five times the top 50 in the United Kingdom in the first half of 1960. However, his big success 'Apache', performed by 'The Shadows' (the group accompa...

The Italian composer Saverio Mercadante lived from 1795 up to 1870. Beside some 60(!) operas he wrote a number of concerti such as this Concerto for Horn, here in a skillfull arrangement for band by W...

The public love the xylophone, so for all you xylophonists out there, here is a fresh and fun new composition for those of you who want a piece that doesn't require a top level of technique.

(also available for piano and 3 horns 060925060)

The French composer Georges Bizet (Paris, 1838 - 1875) is not only famous because of his opera 'Carmen' and his stage music for 'L'Arlésienne'. His opera in three acts, 'Les Pêcheurs de Perles' (The P...