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The American singer and actress Diana Ross was soloist with the popular female group 'The Supremes' from 1964 to 1969. With the song 'You keep me hanging on' the group was number one in the hitparade...

In the series Real Big Band Sound this is a new hit with some optional solo's for skilled instrumentalists. A fine swinging boogie-woogie with possible improvisations that will please young and less y...

Japanese sounds, pentatonic scales, throbbing drums and (for Western wind orchestras something quite new), glissandi on the double-reed instruments. The fact that Molenaar's Editions for wind-orchestr...

The composer thinks his 'Overture for an Imaginary Play' (1987) does not need any comment at all.

Here is a new and original swingmarch composed by Jef Penders for the anniversary of the manager of a paper mill.

We can assume that Bach wrote this work, full of lively rythms and moving melodies, in a lighthearted and jubilant mood. Though originally composed for the organ, this composition has been arranged fo...

Henry Mancini studied composition, piano and conducting at the famous Julliard School of Music. He started his musical career as a pianist and arranger with the Tex Beneke Band before working as arran...

The American singer Bill Haley (1925-1981) was one of the pioneers of rock'n roll music, especially with his great 1955 hit Rock around the Clock that was to be heard in the popular movie 'Blackboard...

This rhapsody is based on popular folktunes and dances such as 'Annie Laurie', 'Gina Body', 'Meet a Baby', 'Hundred Pipers' and 'Auld Lang Syne'. Henk van Lijnschooten is second to none to picture the...

This rather obscure work for chamber-orchestra by Elgar is a real gem in a musical sense. This work was among the favourite ones of the founder of our firm Pieter Jan Molenaar. As a tribute to him we...

The Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg is still popular because of his theatre music for Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' and his Piano Concerto opus 16. The suite 'Fra Holbergs Tid' (Holberg Suite) opus 40 was origi...

This symphony has a wonderful 2nd movement which lends itself excellently for performance by windband.In Holland this movement serves as a signature tune for a very popular tv-programme, 'Het Capitool...

Anlässlich eines Musikfestes des Bundes Deutscher Blasmusikverbände in Freiburg im '86 war der Komponist im Schwarzwald zu Gast. Eine seiner Kompositionen wurde auf diesem Festival prämiiert. Er wohnt...

The number 2000 - to begin with - stands for the magic year, that is drawing near so swiftly. Another fact represented by this number is that this overture makes the two thousandth work published by M...

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While studying at Harvard University he conducted the university symphonic band. In 1936 he was engaged as arranger with the famous 'Bo...

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A couple of years ago Piet Daalhuisen and Marcel Peeters combined their talents to write the most successful band selection 'With a smile to the Classics'. Here is another work resulting from their co...

Der französiche Komponist Roger Roger ist schon bekannt wegen seiner Suite 'Music from the four Winds' (erst in den Vereinigten Staaten, später bei Molenaar verlegt). In der dreiteiligen Suite 'Americ...