Molenaar spartiti per banda

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...

The Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg is still popular because of his theatre music for Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' and his Piano Concerto opus 16. The suite 'Fra Holbergs Tid' (Holberg Suite) opus 40 was origi...

Horovitz schrieb dieses wunderschöne Werk für symphonisches Blasorchester im Auftrag der Shell Harmonie Amsterdam. Horovitz verwendet einen von seinem vorhergehendem 'Bacchus on Blue Ridge' abweichend...

Anlässlich eines Musikfestes des Bundes Deutscher Blasmusikverbände in Freiburg im '86 war der Komponist im Schwarzwald zu Gast. Eine seiner Kompositionen wurde auf diesem Festival prämiiert. Er wohnt...

An old Spanish dance accompanied by foot stamping provided for Sousa and for Sarasate, who arranged it as a showpiece for his own violin virtuosity. I saw its possibilities as a glittering showpiece f...

1) 'Jour de Fête.* A quiet sunday atmosphere on the Avenue Foch, a residental area for the well-to-do in Paris. It begins with full-soun­ding chords, with a wealth of added tones. It seems as if many...

I needed a new tune at trotting tempo to accompany a display at the 'Horse of the Year Show' for which my band plays every year. I couln't find one but managed to think of this one which fitted nicely...

With this 'Air', the third part of his cantata about People going to church on Whitsuntide, the Dutch composer Pieter Goemans (Istambul, 1925) proves his talents as a composer go far beyond songs for...

Von Fremden Ländern und Menschen/Kuriose Geschichte/Musche Mann/Wichtige Begebenheit/Träumerei/Am Kamin/Der Dichter spricht

The work opens with a theme in a folksong character: an introduc-tion in minor. Timpani and the low winds symbolise the Hungarian character and the never-ending struggle of the people of Hungary. Afte...

A couple of years ago Piet Daalhuisen and Marcel Peeters combined their talents to write the most successful band selection 'With a smile to the Classics'. Here is another work resulting from their co...

Since the Soviet Union no longer seems to be that far away from our Western World, we are eager to know Russian music better. Of course, we do prefer the music by Russian composers (such as Salnikov's...

Le spiagge di Rio de Janeiro sono famose in tutto il mondo quasi quanto la musica brasiliana con le sue caratteristiche tipiche. La mescolanza di razze diverse ha portato non solo a una bella musica,...

The Canadian composer Legrady, born in Hungary, wrote this fine suite with three famous mediterrenean holiday resorts in mind.He was successively inspired by the Monte Carlo Casino, the Greek isle of...

This suite in five parts by the famous Russian wind music composer Salnikov is remarkable for its brilliant composition technique and its superb inspiration. Original Russian themes have been linked i...