Molenaar Edition

Michel Carros wrote a fine swinging arrangement of some famous Christmas Songs. In fact he presents some Christmas evergreens in different dance rhythms. The party starts with the German carol O Tanne...

This work breathes the cosy atmosphere of a coffee-party. This is why it will be very suited for Coffee-concerts. The solo part may be performed by tapping with a tea-spoon against a (preferably) porc...

'Music makes friends' is the motto of the PURMERADE, the four-yearly international youth band festival, taking place again in 1994. The composition is based on seven variations on a German lovesong an...

This overture is based on the popsong AURA LEE immortalized by Frank Sinatra's version. Here is complete new arrangement consisting of a chorallike introduction followed by a more swinging second part...

Manfred Schneider (1953), is since 1972 a member of the German Military Band Heeresmusikkorps 300) based at Koblenz. After his overture 'Upside Down' and the rhythmical study 'Rock and Go' Molenaar Ed...

European Folk Rhapsody contains folk melodies from England (Early One Morning), France (Passing through Lorraine), Holland (When Duke Jan came sailing), Switzerland (Vreneli) and Austria (Sleep Little...

The composer enjoys travelling around Europe by train. Trains have been his hobby since boyhood days - the days of steam engines. He saw a little train climbing the Col de la Croix Haute between Greno...

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...

During the seventies Jerry Leiber was a member of several popular groups such as The Coasters and The Drifters. He composed some film music, such as the hit song 'Jailhouse Rock' for Elvis Presley. Hi...

After 'Beauty and the Beast' theWalt Disney Studios produced another very successful cartoon late in 1993. 'Aladdin' was of course inspired by the famous fairy tale from the eternal evergreen collecti...

This concised symphony is completely based on internationally known religious songs. Once more Huggens shows he is fascinated by choral music. The style of the arrangements is strictly classical with...

Phil Butter is a most experienced Dutch wind band music arranger. He wrote this composition as a piece of symphonic jazz in the Leroy Anderson style. However, this work has the advantage that it can b...

The German composer Manfred Schneider (Kestert am Rhein, 1953) played French horn in the Military Band of the German Army at Koblenz. He added several fine compositions to the contemporary original wi...