Partitions moyen chez Amstel Music

The Catskill Mountains is a beautifully preserved region in Upstate New York, flanked to the east by the Hudson River. From the moment my Johan de Meij and his wife settled in 2008 in Saugerties, a qu...

Erik Satie, born in Honfleur in Normandy (France) in 1866 is undoubtedly one of the most striking personalities in the history of French music. He composed in various, often quite divergent, styles. B...

For this exciting work Johan de Meij took his inspiration from Rembrandt's The Night Watch, Vermeer's Love Letter and Steen's Prinsjesdag. In the first movement the solo trombone keeps watch at night,...

Cloud Factory is an industrial piece, inspired by a huge steel plant in Holland. Following an opening section that recalls the sounds of the nearby North Sea, we hear the factory locomotives, the mach...

The Continental Overture was commissioned by the California Band Directors Association [CBDA] and was premiered on February 23rd 1997 at the 40th annual CBDA Conference in Bakersfield [CA] by the Cali...

Chicago, America's third largest city, is characterised by its modernskyline with dazzling architecture, fabulous restaurants and swingingjazz clubs. It is also, however, famous for its bitterly cold...

The Ceremonial Fanfare was originally written for orchestral brass and percussion, commissioned by The Orchestra Osaka Symphoniker from Osaka, Japan. The world première performance took place on April...

The Ceremonial Fanfare was originally written for orchestral brass and percussion, commissioned by The Orchestra Osaka Symphoniker from Osaka, Japan. The world première performance took place on April...

As the composer of music for well-known movies like Bridget Jones?sDiary, Sense and Sensibility and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Patrick Doyle had already made his name. With the song Non Nobi...

For countless years the legendary Kitty O'Shea's, a bar at the Hilton & Towers Hotel in Chicago, has been the favourite meeting place for participants of the annual Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic. It...

Dutch composer Anthony Fiumara wrote this delightful and sentimental medley of folk songs from Naples, the birthplace of his father Antonio, to whom the suite is dedicated.

Dutch composer Anthony Fiumara wrote this delightful and sentimental medley of folk songs from Naples, the birthplace of his father Antonio, to whom the suite is dedicated.

Encore une suite folklorique captivante qui repose sur des chansons irlandaises, voici la suite des œuvres à succès de De Meij, At Kitty O'Shea's et Songs from the Catskills.

Encore une suite folklorique captivante qui repose sur des chansons irlandaises, voici la suite des œuvres à succès de De Meij, At Kitty O'Shea's et Songs from the Catskills.

La '4e Symphonie' pour voix solo, chœur d'enfants et orchestre d'harmonie s'inspire de divers poèmes allemands du XIXe siècle. Les trois premiers mouvements contiennent des textes provenant de la...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) a composé la musique de la pièce de théâtre de William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream (Le Songe d'une Nuit d'Été) à deux moments différents. En 1826, à...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) a composé la musique de la pièce de théâtre de William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream (Le Songe d'une Nuit d'Été) à deux moments différents. En 1826, à...

Edgar was Giacomo Puccini's second opera but despite numerous changes and adaptations, it was never able to match the success enjoyed by his first opera Le Villi. Puccini himself was never completely...

Edgar was Giacomo Puccini's second opera but despite numerous changes and adaptations, it was never able to match the success enjoyed by his first opera Le Villi. Puccini himself was never completely...

Following the success of Madame Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed the opera La Fanciulla del West, a dramatic love story based on the Wild-Western play, The Girl of the Golden West. Thi...

Following the success of Madame Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed the opera La Fanciulla del West, a dramatic love story based on the Wild-Western play, The Girl of the Golden West. Thi...

Giacomo Puccini was commissioned to write a second opera after the resounding success of his first, Le Villi. However, the original four-act, grand opera Edgar, to a libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, re...

Giacomo Puccini was commissioned to write a second opera after the resounding success of his first, Le Villi. However, the original four-act, grand opera Edgar, to a libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, re...

Willis sind feenhafte Wesen. Wenn eine Frau unverheiratet an gebrochenem Herzen stirbt, zwingen sie den Herzensbrecher dazu, sich zu Tode zu tanzen. Diese Legende wählte Giacomo Puccini für seine erst...