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The Italian composer Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870) was highly estimated by his contemporaries, even Liszt and Rossini praised him much. He wrote over 60 operas and was one of the 19th century operaco...

Michel Carros is the pen name chosen by a well-known Dutch wind band music composer to sign some compositions in the lighter vein. Among those compositions is this short but joyful piece 'The Happy Mi...

England boasts an enormous treasure of folksongs, many of those being preserved and listed thanks to the efforts of Cecil Sharp (1859-1924). The composers Ralph Vaughan-Williams and Percy Grainger wer...

In everyday life in Great Britain 'tea-time' plays a rather important role and this is what Jackson tried to suggest in this original wind band composition. Jackson was born in 1957 and graduated from...

1. La belle Françoise.This song tells the story of the beautiful Françoise, who is visited by her lover on the eve of his departure. She helps him prepare for his voyage and they talk for the last tim...

Pietro Mascagni (Livorno 1863 - Rome 1945) got famous overnight when his first opera 'Cavalleria Rusticana' was premiered in 1890. Of his later operas only 'L'Amico Fritz' and 'Iris' got some success....

An attractive and solemn composition. A real intermezzo !!

'1492 Conquest of Paradise' is a historical movie picture made by Ridley Scott in 1992, exactly 500 years after the discovery of the American continent. This film music composed by Vangelis became wor...

Strade silenziose e desolate in una notte grigia e fredda. Due persone sole si incontrano e inizia una storia d'amore. Questo era ciò che vedevo nella mia immaginazione mentre arrangiavo questo famoso...

The American composer John Tatgenhorst (East Liverpool, Ohio, 1938) started composing works for school bands. Among his numerous band compositions the overture 'Tanglewood' was very successsful. The w...

While the mountains are still covered with a thick snow cloth and many passroads are still closed, the fruitblossoms next to the fjords are in full bloom and the days are growing longer and warmer. Th...