Partitions moyen pour Harmonie

1. FANFARE. A short introduction, featuring trumpets, horns and trombones.2. CHANT SERIEUX. This slow movement is characterised by a constant shifting of the five-to-the-bar time.3. SCHERZO CONCERTANT...

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...

Johann Strauß Jr. (1825-1899) will always be remembered and loved for his innumerable splendid waltzes. Besides a great number of marches, galops and polkas, he also composed sixteen operettas. 'The G...

This overture introducing Fibich's opera 'Sarka', was composed between 1896 and 1897 and is based on a famous Bohemian legend. Several Czech composers, such as Bedrich Smetana and Leos Janacek, have u...

The French composer Jules Massenet (1842-1912) was a pupil of Ambroise Thomas and was awarded a Grand Prix de Rome. He composed several successful operas such as 'Hérodiade' (1881) and 'Manon' (1884)....

Eric Swiggers (Deurne, 1968) is currently conductor of the symphonic band 'Harmonie St Caecilia' of Lieshout and the fanfare band 'De Notenkrakers' (The Nutcrackers) of Vorstenbosch. He has composed q...

'1. 238, Music for a Celebration' consists of a fine overture followed by a slow Arabian march. This solemn and monumental piece will captivate your audience!

This composition starts in a very majestic way by the complete band. Then we have a choral like part mainly performed by the woodwinds and completed by some snatches of fanfares by the brass instrumen...

Adolphe Adam always saw the bright side of life. He earned his living as a music critic and a composer, though he himself considered composing as mere pastime. He is still famous because of his ballet...

As the title suggests, the piece is heroic and olympic in feel. One might imagine an Olympic Games opening ceremony where the athletes assemble to compete on the world stage. The Heroes Rise Again is...