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These four entertaining movements originated in the Thirties. They are an example of popular original compositions of high quality. The work was originally written for small orchestra. Norbert Studnit...

This work was originally written for brass band (see there). At the composer's request, his former pupil Marcel Wengler wrote an arrangement for Symphonie wind band, which is equal to the original in...

Cette oeuvre a été écrite pour les Journées musicales de Donaueschingen de 1926 et y a été créée avec la "Konzertmusik" de Paul Hindemith et le "Spiel" d'Ernst Toch pour orchestre d'harmonie. Il y a q...

Paul Hindemith's well-known second substantial original composition for wind band. It is in every way a supreme professional musical achievement and can perhaps be described as one of the best works i...

Paul Hindemith's well-known second substantial original composition for wind band. It is in every way a supreme professional musical achievement and can perhaps be described as one of the best works i...

Keith Wilson, who was from time to time a pupil of Hindemith's at Yale University, arranged the richly colou-red original score of Symphonic Metamorphosis for large wind band using the American combin...

L'une des oeuvres orchestrales les plus célèbres et les plus populaires de Stravinsky, dont la partition originale est particulièrement riche en explorant les différentes couleurs des instruments à ve...

Using thematic-motif material and Baroque concerto structures, Stephan Adam has created a contemporary work with new sounds without being avant-garde. The work is demanding, particularly as regards te...

Carl Orff wrote his little world-theatre Der Mond [The Moon], based on old fables, between 1936 and 1938. The score written for actors who sing, a narrator and large orchestra, also contains parts imp...

Carl Orff wrote his little world-theatre Der Mond [The Moon], based on old fables, between 1936 and 1938. The score written for actors who sing, a narrator and large orchestra, also contains parts imp...

Penderecki's opera 'Ubu Rex' contains a small wind band functioning as King Ubu's 'military band'. Therefore the idea to arrange parts of the opera for large concert orchestra readily presented itself...

This piece is a tribute to the famous Zarzuela 'La Tempranica' by Gerónimo Giménez and perfectly conveys the lively spirit of this popular Spanish operetta form with its increasing international popul...

This piece is a tribute to the famous Zarzuela 'La Tempranica' by Gerónimo Giménez and perfectly conveys the lively spirit of this popular Spanish operetta form with its increasing international popul...

Non seulement très jouable mais pleine d'esprit, c'est ainsi que l'on peut caractériser la musique du compositeur Bertold Hummel , décédé en 2002. C'est bien la raison pour laquelle elle fait partie d...

Non seulement très jouable mais pleine d'esprit, c'est ainsi que l'on peut caractériser la musique du compositeur Bertold Hummel, décédé en 2002. C'est bien la raison pour laquelle elle fait partie du...

Même aujourd'hui, lors de cérémonies d'enterrement ou de commémoration, la lente marche funèbre, le tombeau, continue à jouer son rôle. En règle générale, cette forme de musique fut composée pour des...

Même aujourd'hui, lors de cérémonies d'enterrement ou de commémoration, la lente marche funèbre, le tombeau, continue à jouer son rôle. En règle générale, cette forme de musique fut composée pour des...

Cette pièce n'exige pas un orchestre à vent de grande importance mais seulement un petit ensemble de bois et cuivres sans percussion. Penderecki a écrit cette Fanfare pour une fête patronale en Pologn...

Rolf Granderath has put together a sequence of the most spirited tunes and stirring Latin American rhythms from Heinz Geese's popular children's musical 'the boat trip to Rio' (ED 6585 / ED 6586) and...

Composed in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has be...

This work was written in memory of Claude T. Smith and the title is taken from Psalm 137: 'By the rivers of Babylon/ there they sat down and wept/ Upon the willows in the midst/ of it, we hung our har...

This work was written to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the city of Lawrence, Kansas, home to composer James Barnes for years. Like all Barnes scores, Jubilation Overture is a mode...

The river Scheldt is 400 kilometres long and flows through France, Belgium and The Netherlands. Its name means 'shallow.' It was used for navigation long before the Roman invasion, and during the Midd...

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