Schott Harmonie Serie

This is a new aspect of Leslie Searle's creativity; it is a march in the best English tradition. The first part is characterized by motifs referring to military signals, the melody of the Trio has a c...

This work was written for the Donaueschingen Musiktage of 1926 and given its first performance there together with Paul Hindemith's 'Konzertmusik' and Ernst Toch's 'Spiel' for wind band. Until a few y...

Bertold Hummel's Symphonic Overture was initially part of the Orgeon Symphony. It was then revised as a work in its own right and given the title Symphonic Overture. This work, which lasts about eight...

Bertold Hummel's Symphonic Overture was initially part of the Orgeon Symphony. It was then revised as a work in its own right and given the title Symphonic Overture. This work, which lasts about eight...

Ernst Toch was one of the most important contemporary composers of the late Twenties and Thirties. He was active in Berlin and, after 1933, in Los Angeles. As well as being a composer he was mainly a...

Handel's Oralorio Saul, composed in 1739, contains a series of instrumental movements which provide commentary on the action. Composers have often written works in the form of suites from these moveme...

Handel's Oralorio Saul, composed in 1739, contains a series of instrumental movements which provide commentary on the action. Composers have often written works in the form of suites from these moveme...

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...

This is a stirring, skilful transfer of pop-style music for youth wind band. The original composition can he performed by smaller bands: the larger score is for additional Instruments. Leslie Searle c...

Dis & Co. has different musical themes to 'Chips in a bag', but there are also similarities so that it could be played as an alternative or an extension.

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...

Hermann Regner took up a suggestion of Carl Orffs in his preface to Klavierübung in the Orff Schulwerk, where he wrote: The melodies, which are close to nursery rhymes, folk songs and dancing songs, s...

Hermann Regner took up a suggestion of Carl Orffs in his preface to Klavierübung in the Orff Schulwerk, where he wrote: The melodies, which are close to nursery rhymes, folk songs and dancing songs, s...

The Ragtimes & Habaneras were commissioned by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, one of the most famous Brass Bands in Great Britain. Individual scenes and short pieces of incidental music in typical Amer...

This late work in the composer's exquisite, occasionally austere sonority with the movements Intrada, Adagietto, Scherzo and Finale (Präludium and Fughetta) last approximately 15 minutes. A fascinatin...

Since their first publication Willy Schneider's original compositions based on Swabian folk dances have had a strong influence on form and style. This high quality, genuine folk music, free of all pop...

Ceremonious suite based on well-known Gerrnan Christmas carols making modern use of old composition techniques. The pieces are easy and written in a practical way. They are suitable for brass ensemble...

This is a ceremonious, sonorous work for wind band with four solo fanfares (valve fanfares) or solo trumpets. The accompanying part can also be reduced and played by a brass ensemble. It is easy to pl...

Norbert Studnitzky has made a new arrangement in a contemporary style of this popular waltz and song traditionally sung whilst rocking to and from in time to the music with linked arms and so it can n...

Norbert Studnitzky has made a new arrangement in a contemporary style of this popular waltz and song traditionally sung whilst rocking to and from in time to the music with linked arms and so it can n...

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...

Paul Hindemith a composé Symphonic Metamorphosis lors de son exil américain (1940-1953). L'œuvre, d'une facture puissante, laisse paraître l'identification du compositeur à l'idéal de sa nouvelle patr...

This piece and is characterized by rhythmically terse motifs in contrast to tonally delicate sections. The composer's distinctive language, rich in dissonances, is combined through precise formal sequ...

This piece and is characterized by rhythmically terse motifs in contrast to tonally delicate sections. The composer's distinctive language, rich in dissonances, is combined through precise formal sequ...

This is a stirring, skilful transfer of pop-style music for youth wind band. The original composition can he performed by smaller bands: the larger score is for additional Instruments. Leslie Searle c...