Spartiti medio di Molenaar Edition

Henry Mancini studied composition, piano and conducting at the famous Julliard School of Music. He started his musical career as a pianist and arranger with the Tex Beneke Band before working as arran...

The American singer Bill Haley (1925-1981) was one of the pioneers of rock'n roll music, especially with his great 1955 hit Rock around the Clock that was to be heard in the popular movie 'Blackboard...

This rhapsody is based on popular folktunes and dances such as 'Annie Laurie', 'Gina Body', 'Meet a Baby', 'Hundred Pipers' and 'Auld Lang Syne'. Henk van Lijnschooten is second to none to picture the...

This rather obscure work for chamber-orchestra by Elgar is a real gem in a musical sense. This work was among the favourite ones of the founder of our firm Pieter Jan Molenaar. As a tribute to him we...

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...

This symphony has a wonderful 2nd movement which lends itself excellently for performance by windband.In Holland this movement serves as a signature tune for a very popular tv-programme, 'Het Capitool...

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...

The number 2000 - to begin with - stands for the magic year, that is drawing near so swiftly. Another fact represented by this number is that this overture makes the two thousandth work published by M...

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While studying at Harvard University he conducted the university symphonic band. In 1936 he was engaged as arranger with the famous 'Bo...

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

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...

Der französiche Komponist Roger Roger ist schon bekannt wegen seiner Suite 'Music from the four Winds' (erst in den Vereinigten Staaten, später bei Molenaar verlegt). In der dreiteiligen Suite 'Americ...

The beaches of Rio de Janeiro are almost as famous all over the world as the Brasilian music with its typical characteristics. The mixture of different races resulted not only in beautiful music but a...

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 symphonic masterpiece has been arranged for wind band by Piet Stalmeier as result of a commission by the famous conductor Heinz Friesen.

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...

In his three hours lasting box-office hit 'Les Uns et les Autres' the French filmmaker Claude Lelouch describes the joys and sorrows, important events and everyday incidents of the lives of a number o...

With 'Listening to Paris' we had discovered the talent of Mickey Nicolas, assistant conductor at and arranger for the famous Paris Cabaret 'Le Lido'. Here is a new composition for medium grade bands w...

This concert march was originally written for the piano in 1960. In the meantime, his friend Désiré Dondeyne whom Serge Lancen had met as fellow-pupil at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de...

In 1867 Richard Wagner completed his only comic opera 'Die Meistersänger von Nürnberg' (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) for which he himself had written the libretto, based on the 'Nuremberg Chronicle...