Spartiti classica per banda

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) was a pupil of Michael Haydn. Before he was fifteen years old he had already composed an opera, a mass and piano music. He was subsequently director of the Prague Oper...

The popular third piano concerto is one the most well known piano concertos. Virtusosically written, strong and full of spirit. It was composed in 1803, and premiered in Vienna with Beethoven himself...

Roman Festivals is a symphonic poem composed in 1928, and the third orchestral work from Respighi's Roman Trilogy. Each of the four movements describes a scene from ancient Rome. The first movement, C...

By popular demand we have a favourite from Andre Rieu in the catalogue this year: The medley Carnival of Venice. Who doesn't know the Italian folksong O Cara Mama Mia, better known as Carnival of Veni...

Weill's famous "Dreigroschenoper", in which prevailing opera conventions are ridiculed. The first part is a "serious", almost baroque overture, followed by a ballad that is easy on the ears, and the f...

Inhalt: 1. Carmen (Bizet) 2. Turkish Rondo (Mozart) 3. Czardas (Monti) 4. Wilhelm Tell (Rossini) Bei der Planung nahezu aller Konzerte stellt sich in der Regel die Frage, welches Stück man als Zugabe...

The "Finale" to Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony ("with Organ") is a shimmering, sparkling explosion of color that stands out among the classical repertoire as one of its most exciting endings! Evan VanDoren...

Leo Delibes (1836-1891) wurde in Frankreich geboren und studierte ab seinem 11. Lebensjahr am Konservatorium von Paris, wo er Studien in Solfeggio, Orgel und Komposition absolvierte. Er komponierte ha...

The Nutcracker (1892) is one of the most favourite pieces ever written for ballet. A true showstopper!

Here's a delightful combination of opera's greatest hits that proves that opera can indeed be fun. Your audience will love it!

Written in a single summer month while World War II was still raging in 1944, Prokofiev's 'Symphony No. 5' would become not only one of the composer's most celebrated and performed works, it would sta...

Arranged for xylophone solo(s) and band, this exciting feature spotlights one or more keyboard percussionists in front of the band.

Il secondo movimento della magistrale e sovversiva Quinta Sinfonia di Shostakovich, scritto mentre la sua carriera di compositore nella Russia comunista era in bilico, potrebbe far pensare a un compos...

Imagine strolling along the trail through a bucolic countryside on a sunny spring day, whistling all the way. The Penny Whistle Song conjures that very mood, featuring a trio of flutes on the melody w...

This work was written by Leroy Anderson in 1951 and premiered by him when he recorded it for Decca. Interestingly, in 1956 the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps of Rockford, Illinois changed their...

Tchaikovsky composed his twelve character pieces for piano, The Seasons, while he was writing his popular ballet, Swan Lake. Each piece in The Seasons depicts a different month of the year in Russia....

Tchaikovsky composed his twelve character pieces for piano, The Seasons, while he was writing his popular ballet, Swan Lake. Each piece in The Seasons depicts a different month of the year in Russia....

Explorer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 11)

Elementi essenziali Livello esecutore (correlazione con il Libro 1, pag. 24).

Anche a questo livello facile, i musicisti possono sperimentare l'esecuzione di questo tema classico spesso attribuito a Henry Purcell. Maestoso e dal suono pieno, questo arrangiamento è molto facile...