Mitropa Music

Nostradamus è probabilmente il profeta più noto degli ultimi 1000 anni. Visse all'epoca dell'Inquisizione e le sue predizioni e terapie mediche lo portarono ad affrontare l'ira della Chiesa, costringe...

Il 19 settembre 1991 è stato ritrovato il cadavere mummificato di un uomo sul ghiacciaio del Similaun, nelle Alpi Venoste. Il ghiacciaio ha svelato un uomo primitivo dopo 5.300 anni, con tutti i suoi...

Am 19. September 1991 wurde in den Ötztaler Alpen die mumifizierte Leiche eines Mannes gefunden. Der Gletscher hatte nach ca. 5300 Jahren einen frühzeitlichen Menschen freigegeben, dessen gut erhalten...

Gilbert Tinner ha scelto di arrangiare uno dei più grandi successi dei Tijuana Brass: A Taste of Honey. Questo moderno arrangiamento incanta per la sua strumentazione colorita e i suoi passaggi scinti...

With Caucasian Sketches Franco Cesarini completes the series of piecesbased on dances in the Caucasian style which started with his CossackFolk Dances. The charming, melancholy dances and songs bring...

The Black River Overture was commissioned by the music society Pfarrkapelle Schwarzenbach, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. Schwarzenbach literally means 'black brook' - hence the title of the...

Franco Cesarini has used four anonymous renaissance pieces as the basis for this four-movement composition, and, by exploiting the many colours of the brass band, he has recreated the atmosphere of th...

According to a famous statement by Herder, folk songs represent the archives of a nation's knowledge, the expression of its heart and the image that reflects its history and identity. Suite Marchigian...

In the monumental overture to the opera La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Gioachino Rossini employs themes from the opera itself in order to prepare the audience for the material to come. The overt...

Bulgarian folk music has a long tradition and numerous typical characteristics, such as particular dissonances and complex, irregular rhythms. In Bulgarian Dances (Part II) (which can be performed tog...

Arizona is written in a typical three-part overture form. The composition is not strictly descriptive as such, but rather conveys moods and emotions, inspired by impressions of the American desert sta...

On 11 March 1879 in the Austrian town of Neumarkt am Wallersee a huge fire broke out in a brewery, setting fire to at least 60 other houses within one hour. Due to poor equipment and a lack of water,...

Festival Bells is a fast-paced and demanding opening work. The uplifting mood of the piece describes the anticipation of a festival in Austria. Within the middle section, the Upper Austrian anthem is...

This work is based on the story of Dionysos, the god of wine. It depicts village life in the valley of Mount Olympus. A fight disturbs cheerful dancing at the wine festival and the music becomes incre...

The commission of the Pentaphonia Brass Quintet and the Haize Berriak Sakanako Musika Ekartea Concert Band from the Spanish Basque country was to write a piece for brass quintet and concert band. The...

All the Best è un brano per banda particolarmente influenzato dalla musica pop, genere musicale che Otto M. Schwarz aveva già esplorato in Fire & Ice, Last Call e Funky Brass. Anche qui, il compositor...

Come suggerisce il titolo, Music for Happiness del compositore austriaco Gerald Oswald vuole trasmettere un messaggio: fare musica dà una gioia immensa! Suonare assieme ad altri musicisti dona leggere...

Questo gioioso brano, un classico del periodo natalizio, fu scritto dall'americano Leroy Anderson, che si racconta, lo compose nel torrido luglio del 1948. Mitchell Parish scrisse i testi nel 1950. Da...

Stop the Cavalry è una canzone che parla di un soldato britannico al fronte che scrive una lettera immaginaria a "Mr Churchill", pregandolo di rimandare a casa l'esercito perché preferirebbe trascorre...

American author Mark Twain spent seven years writing Huckleberry Finn - the book Hemingway claimed is the basis for all American fiction. The story of Huck's and Jim's quest for freedom on a raft on t...

The programmatic composition Of Castles and Legends is basedon the German legend of the white maiden who lived in the smallcity of Volkmarsen. It tells the tale of invading evil knights whokidnap a be...

Mit Fancy Vienna schuf Doss eine überzeugende Komposition für Solo- Trompete und Klavier im Jazz-Stil. Das von der österreichischen Hauptstadt Wien inspirierte Werk gibt es ebenfalls mit Blasorchester...

This work marks yet another addition to Otto M. Schwarz's catalogue of solo repertoire and will be especially welcome due to the rarity of solos for flugel horn! Groovy accents create an exciting cont...

Who doesn't know the famous introduction 'To boldly go where no man has gone before' at the beginning of each Star Trek sequel? Many generations grew up with Star Trek - one of the most iconic Sci-Fi...

Who doesn't know the famous introduction 'To boldly go where no man has gone before' at the beginning of each Star Trek sequel? Many generations grew up with Star Trek - one of the most iconic Sci-Fi...