La "Danse des Sauvages" est un extrait de l'opéra-ballet "Les Indes Galantes" (The Courtly Indies). Rameau était l'un des plus importants compositeurs français (1683 - 1764). Il a écrit de nombreuses...
En 1970, le compositeur britannique Andrew Lloyd Webber (Londres, 1948) a connu un grand succès avec sa deuxième comédie musicale "Jesus Christ Super Star". Outre la chanson titre, Willy Hautvast a sé...
The 'Annen Polka' is e real gem of the typical Viennese music. It could hardly fail at any Strauß concert and is a regular feature at the annual New Year's Concert in Vienna.
L'Hymne à la joie est le final choral de la 9e Symphonie de Beethoven, composée en 1823, à partir d'un poème écrit en 1785 par Friedrich von Schiller. Pendant les Jeux olympiques de 1956, 1960 et 1964...
En 1970, le compositeur anglais Andrew Lloyd Webber (Londres, 1948) connaît un énorme succès avec sa deuxième comédie musicale 'Jesus Christ Super Star'. Outre le thème principal, Hautvast a sélection...
Regina Coeli is a scene from the opera Cavelleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni set in a church service on Easter morning. Well known and extremely passionate Italian opera music! Extremely skilfully a...
clarinet quartet / 3 Bb-Sib clarinets + Bb-Sib bass clarinet (recording with saxophones)
To the surprise of everybody the Heineken commercial featuring the men in the moon made its way to the top 20 of the National Hitparade (Satchmo's old success!!).
This overture has been inspired by the Italian opera and bel canto and this explains why it is extremely melodious. As there is no underlying story, the composition is meant as pure easy listening mus...
After 'Beauty and the Beast' theWalt Disney Studios produced another very successful cartoon late in 1993. 'Aladdin' was of course inspired by the famous fairy tale from the eternal evergreen collecti...
This part from Mendelssohn's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' is a nice piece full of atmosphere allowing a wind band to excel. Above all, the French horn section comes to the fore. The work is well suited f...
brass quartet / Trp 1 - Flug. 1 / Trp 2 - Flug. 2 / Horn F or Eb / Trb C or Bb BC/TC - Baritone C or Bb BC/TC
Cette chanson a permis à la Norvège de remporter le concours Eurovision de la chanson en 1985. Comme le titre le suggère, laissez-vous aller et allez-y !
Charles Émile Waldteufel (alias of Charles Émile Lévy) was born in Strasbourg on December 9, 1837 and died in Paris on February 12, 1915. He was French composer, music educator, and conductor. The wal...
'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...
G. Ruiz is not a famous composer though his song Amor, Amor has become a world famous tune of the typical latin american repertoire. Willy Hautvast wrote a fine arrangement for wind band of this popul...
Rudolf Friml studied composition with Antonin Dvoràk at the conservatory of music of his native town. He settled in the United States of America in 1906 after having spent already five years in the St...
The public love the xylophone, so for all you xylophonists out there, here is a fresh and fun new composition for those of you who want a piece that doesn't require a top level of technique.
This work 'Music from the Menu' has been commissioned by the S.O.M.N.O. and was composed in 1975. It wants to suggest a dinner menu in a musical way. All parts are in perfect harmony as are the differ...
Cette oeuvre a été commandée en 1975 par l'organisme néerlandais S.O.N.M.O. et le compositeur a tenté d'évoquer un menu musical. Toutes les parties s'accordent bien, exactement comme tous les mets d'u...
Some critics doubt whether Bach really composed this choral. Anyhow, it will always remain a favourite transcription piece.
It is not known which baroque composer wrote this piece, but it equals those similar pieces by Bach and Händel.
Also from an unknown composer, this romance has been adpated many times and became extremely popular. This is a pure romantic bestseller.
As the title indicates you have a theme that is being presented in various forms. However this is not an illustration of the usual 'theme and variations' scheme, but a set of continuous changes of the...
The composer tried to write Italian Bel Canto for band; this implies only very lyrical tunes. The work ends with the initial measures of the Italian national anthem.
Händel's instrumental music shares with Bach's organ music its suitability to being arranged for wind band. This menuet is no exception.
Elvis Presley, often known simply as Elvis and also called 'The King of Rock 'n' Roll' or simply 'The King', was an American singer, musician and actor. He remains a pop icon and is regarded as one th...
This four part suite consists of four contrasting paintings:a.Classical Prelude is a melody based on classical chords.b.Popular Dance, although using irregular music forms, provides rather easy listen...
An adagio is a slow piece of music, somewhat quicker as a largo, but a little bit slower than an Andante. A lot of composers have written adagios, but, no doubt, the most famous is the Adagio in G min...
This song allowed Norway to win the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest. As the title suggests, let it swing and go ahead!