Molenaar Edition

A typical closing piece which has to be played very broadly and legato. However, it can also be played at any solemn occasion

Here is a splendid arrangement of a selection of the most famous hits by this true artist: 'You are the sunshine of my life', 'Isn't she lovely', 'I just called', and the unforgettable 'Sir Duke'.

This composition is based on a rhythmical cell - sixteenth /eight dotted - that is less familiar to beginning bands. From now onwards, your musicians will no longer have difficulties with this musical...

Willy Hautvast made a fine arrangement for symphonic band of this hit from the late sixties Little Green Bag by Bouwens and Visser. A quite simple, but funny piece to which you can add the original vo...

Peter Kleine Schaars wrote this 'children's song in pop style' for his youngest daughter. The theme is to be heard at least one time in all instrumental groups and the complete full orchestration prov...

The life of the Austrian empress Elisabeth (1837-1898) which started as a fairy tale but ended as a tragedy, inspired the librettist Michael Kunze and the composer Silvester Levay to write a musical b...

Eric Swiggers (Deurne, 1968) studied wind band conducting with Jan Cober and composition with Kees Schoonenbeek at the Brabant Conservatory of Music in Tilburg. He also studied the saxophone with Jean...

In 2001 Eric Swiggers (Deurne, 1968) won the first prize of the composition contest organised by the city of Hilvarenbeek with his 'Suite for Saxophone Quartet, Piano and Percussion'. He also writes c...

The American composer Abe Holzman (New-York, 1874 - East Orange, New Jersey, 1939) worked the greater part of his life as composer and arranger for several music publishing firms. His famous march 'Bl...

It was the Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) who was at the origin of the so-called symphonic tango in the forties. Those tangos were performed by large orchestras and thus broke with t...

Here we have one of the most famous 'Arie antiche' (ancient aria's) from the 18th century, written in the style of Handel. For many years it has been attributed to Giuseppe Giordani, opera and sacred...

This little modern suite by Ennio Salvere is an easy but most pleasant concert piece for youth band. The three parts 'Give me some Funk', 'Give me some Blues' and 'Give me some Soul' allow young music...

Here is another fine piece by Ennio Salvere written on purpose for beginning bands or youth bands. The four movements contrast strongly, but each part appeals to both musicians and listeners. First we...

Besides 'Happy Hour' and 'Adventure Games', Ennio Salvere wrote this excellent suite for youth band. The first movement 'Good Friends' is a light sounding parade march; the second movement 'Lonely Bir...