Spartiti medio Musica concertante per concerti e concorsi

As he did before in the often played and commonly appreciated 'Lord Tullamore', in which he poetically depicted the landscape and the cultural elements of a small Irish village, in his composition 'Th...

In 2005 it was 400 years ago that the first volume of the world-famous novel 'El ingenioso hidalgo don Quichote de La Mancha', written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), was published. Don...

Trimbeka is a composition which owes its existence to the anniversary of music society 'de Vlecke' in Gorredijk. The name Gorredijk originates from 'goor' or 'gor', which means : bog. Along the marshy...

Bi-Millennial Celebration' has been composed to honour the 2000th anniversary of the founding of the city of Nijmegen. This work consists of three continuous movements. The first movement depicts the...

Gebaseerd op een gedicht van de Duitse dichter Carl Hauptmann (laat Romantiek) Carl Hauptmann had als kind een zeer zwakke gezondheid maar was zeer intelligent. Hij studeerde Filosofie, Psychologie en...

The Yiddish word 'Klezmer' has been derived from the Old Hebrew words 'Kley' (tool, instrument) and 'Zemer' (song, singing, making music). Klezmer is the traditional music of Jews from Eastern Europe....

Vroeger hebben in de omgeving van Augustinusga (deze streek heet in het Fries ¬?de W lden') kloosters gestaan. Het waren veilige plekken in een ruige omgeving. In de boeken van Theun de Vries, een bek...

E tangi ana cow, Hine e Hine... Do not cry, girl, do not cry... Every culture has its own melodies to comfort children to sleep. Jan Gerrit Adema made a beautiful arrangement of this lovely folk melo...

Racconti antichi Commissionato da Fanfare Ellona Ell (NL) in onore del suo centenario nel 2023 "Ancient Tales" è stato scritto dal compositore Kevin Houben in onore del 100° anniversario di Fanfare El...

Racconti antichi Commissionato da Fanfare Ellona Ell (NL) in onore del suo centenario nel 2023 "Ancient Tales" è stato scritto dal compositore Kevin Houben in onore del 100° anniversario di Fanfare El...

The so called first horn concerto in D KV 412 is actually incomplete, and comprises a number of different parts, which according to musicologists don't really fit well together at all. The original fi...

Jan van der Waart was one of the most popular television presenters in the 70s and 80s. Concert bands were always one of his favourite hobbies and he wrote a number of works which could be performed w...

The Italian composer Saverio Mercadante lived from 1795 up to 1870. Beside some 60(!) operas he wrote a number of concerti such as this Concerto for Horn, here in a skillfull arrangement for band by W...

Da giovane, Andrew Pearce aveva un bel ricordo di quando suonava la cornetta nella locale Youth Brass Band, dove ha sperimentato per la prima volta la potenza e la bellezza della musica per ottoni. Do...

Da giovane, Andrew Pearce aveva un bel ricordo di quando suonava la cornetta nella locale Youth Brass Band, dove ha sperimentato per la prima volta la potenza e la bellezza della musica per ottoni. Do...

Fanfare for Westenholte (2015) was written for Fanfare Orchestra Excelsior from Westenholte (NLD) currently under the direction of Marten van der Wal. The composition opens with a typical horn call co...