Molenaar Edition

This song allowed Norway to win the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest. As the title suggests, let it swing and go ahead!

The French composer and organist Michel Richard de Lalande (Paris, 1657 - Versailles, 1726), a contemporary of Jean-Baptiste Lully, was music teacher of the daughters of King Louis XIV and was appoint...

Jef Penders (Hoensbroek 1928) wird oft 'der spanische Limburger' genannt. Penders dirigierte manche Blasmusikorchester und Chöre und hat einen internationalen Ruf als Bearbeiter und Blasmusikkomponist...

Grandfather's Clock, presented à la Herb Alpert orJames Last, a useful addition to our Real Big Band Sound repertoire.

The huntsman goes on a holiday and takes it easy.There are no agitated horns, but there is a quiet hunting-motif instead. A few moments later the horns want to sound off again, but they can be coaxed...

Rookie stands for a new recruit. This small piece of entertainment music describes his first exercises and training.

This piece is in the form of a medley-overture, in this case the themes are taken from Dutch national and traditional songs. The introduction contains: The National Anthem (Wilhelmus), 'Wilt heden nu...

The German composer Wilhelm Koenen wrote this sparkling composition for bands who like to play the better kind of light music.The varying rhythmics are related to those of the modern musical. As the t...

Born in 1908, Leroy Anderson was a great American conductor, who also composed a great number of light symphonic pieces of music. This famous 'Sandpaper Ballet' remains as popular as his 'Typewriter'.

The idea for this came when I was reading a critic's review of an opera; the critic quoted an Italian saying: -Prima la Musica- the music comes first! Apologies to Verdi for the tune used in the trio...