Molenaar Edition

Summer in the City is a song recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful, written by John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian and Steve Boone. It appeared on their album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful, and reached number one...

This very original composition was inspired by the polyrhythmic dances from Slovakia and the style of Bela Bartok. Though there are no real technical difficulties, the work demands a lot of concentrat...

A beautiful four part suite for youth band. I. Adventure Game: a cheerful march with a strong rhythmical percussion beat; II. Free Again;: an attractive slow introduced by a beautiful trumpet sol; III...

Leroy Anderson(Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1908 - Woodbury, Connecticut, 1975) was the son of Swedish immigrants. He studied music and foreign languages at the famous Harvard University before starting...

Wilhelmus / Neerlands Volkslied / Limburgs Volkslied / Friesche Volkslied

Hugo Alfven was a Swedish violinist (pupil of César Thomson in Brussels), conductor and composer who was musical director at the Uppsala University for thirty years. He composed five symphonies, chora...

The fact that composer, Meindert Boekel is an emotional person is rather clear when listening to this composition. He wrote this work after a period in his private life when things had not gone well....

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) è nato a Cambridge, nel Massachusetts. Durante gli studi all'Università di Harvard ha diretto la banda sinfonica dell'università. Nel 1936 fu assunto come arrangiatore dalla...

A Sinfonietta is a 'small symphony', so it is a composition that does not boast the length of a real symphony (although this could be the case) and so allows the composer to take some liberties. In th...

This suggestive novelty describes the somewhat jerky behaviour of the 'lazy robots' performing a kind of clumsy and yet comic dance.

The Salsa is a mixture of jazz, rock and Afro-Cuban music that was born in the seventies in New York. This musical genre, based on Caribbean rhythmical patterns, gives way to a lot of improvisation. T...

'Caruso (1986) has been performed by many international artists and is much loved by the general public. Huge stars such as Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban have had great commercial...

This composition tells the ancient Japanese legend of Amaterasu, goddess of the Sun. Amaterasu, the sun goddess had a very glamorous and dazzling ppearance. When her brother Susanoo the storm god come...

Il poema sinfonico "L'isola della luce" illustra leggende e luoghi dell'isola di Minorca. In "Cova d'enXoroi" l'ascoltatore può ascoltare la leggenda di un moro soprannominato Xoroi, che dopo un attac...

The master arranger Alfred Reed orchestrated this classic musical from 1956. Includes the songs: . Met: With a little bit of luck, On the street where you live, Wouldn't it be lovely, Get me to the ch...

This Mass has been dedicated to His Holyness Pope John Paul II, to witness Lancens deep and respectful admiration for the Holy Father. The work was composed in 1986 and written for two solo voices: a...