Mitropa Music

Firefighters takes you on an exciting journey aboard a fire engine on an emergency call in the early hours of the morning. As the siren blares, the furious tempo and crunching dissonances bring the dr...

Firefighters ist ein Auftragswerk der österreichischen Blasmusikjugend, mit dem Ziel, gerade in den niedrigsten Schwierigkeitsstufen neue Werke zu schaffen. Dem Komponisten ist es sehr wichtig, neben...

Storia Montana is an easy work which takes the audience on a scenic tour though the Austrian mountains. The journey begins on a dark drizzly morning, gradually reaching its musical climax with the fin...

The Latin word Momentum has come to mean many different things in our language: a short period of time, a force, or a speed of movement. In our current times of around-the-clock high speed and energy,...

Pirates Overture is an overture for all those young 'pirates' out there, who will undoubtedly rock the boat with their tidal waves of music!During the introduction a mysterious pirate ship appears on...

A Little Suite of Horror is an easy suite for beginner bands, consisting of five contrasting movements. With this piece it is also possible to pick and choose only a few movements to showcase at a con...

Five well-known Christmas carols or folk-songs from the Alps are the basis for this Christmas fantasy: Andachtsjodler, Aber heidschi, bumbeidschi, Es ist für uns eine Zeit angekommen, Auf dem Berge da...

Gilbert Tinner composed the three-movement Opening Music specifically with incomplete and smaller ensembles in mind. Fanfares ring out as the main theme makes its first appearance, accompanied by maje...

Swiss Mountain Song is based on a popular traditional song from Switzerland's Berner Land. The melody was composed by organist, Ferdinand Fürchtegott Huber (1791 - 1863), whilst the text is taken from...

Swiss Mountain Song is based on a popular traditional song from Switzerland's Berner Land. The melody was composed by organist, Ferdinand Fürchtegott Huber (1791 - 1863), whilst the text is taken from...

Ihr Hirten erwacht ist eines der beliebtesten deutschsprachigen Weihnachtslieder. Die genaue Herkunft der besinnlichen Volksweise ist unbekannt, erstmals ist das Lied in einem Liederbuch von 1852 bele...

Gerald Oswald's new composition, The Knight's Castle, takes listeners on a journey to the middle ages and introduces its inhabitants. After hearing the majestic introduction, a knight is seen riding t...

The composer dedicated Goodnight to his two youngest daughters, Teresa and Sarah, creating another addition to his series of children's pieces, which includes Powerplay and Romantic Ballad. The intima...

The composer dedicated Goodnight to his two youngest daughters, Teresa and Sarah, creating another addition to his series of children's pieces, which includes Powerplay and Romantic Ballad. The intima...

Sunset Serenade is a tribute by the composer to a music colleague, whose life was unexpectedly cut short. In spite of the sad circumstances of its creation, the music reflects overwhelmingly happy mem...

Sunset Serenade is a tribute by the composer to a music colleague, whose life was unexpectedly cut short. In spite of the sad circumstances of its creation, the music reflects overwhelmingly happy mem...

Mark Jeanbourquin wrote Musicavenir, or 'Music of the Future', on leaving the eponymous music school whose concert band he had conducted for some years. For every farewell there's a new beginning, and...

In this work, the composer Gerald Oswald tells of the song and dance of the medicine man Buffalo. His songs and the sound of the drums are heard far off on the prairie. This ceremony serves to give th...

Thomas Doss created a beautiful and sensitive arrangement of this famous religious work by Anton Bruckner (1824-1896).

The Holly and the Ivy is one of the oldest and most popular of all English Christmas carols. The text refers to Mary and Jesus, but equally to the pre-Christian tradition of celebrating the winter sol...

The town of Schwenningen at the source of the Neckar inspired Wolfgang Wössner to compose this march song. In the trio he employed Friedrich Silcher's well-known folk song Am Neckar. The march is comp...

As the title suggests, the Austrian composer Gerald Oswald's work Music for Happiness aims above all to convey a message: the great joy in making music together. Music making is joyful and relaxing, a...

Kein schöner Land is surely one of the best-known of all German folk songs. The song recounts the story of a group of friends who spend a happy evening singing. The arrangement by Gerald Oswald begins...

Seine Erfahrungen mit jungen Dirigenten und Jugendorchestern inspirierte Thomas Doss zu dieser Suite. In jedem der vier Teile schuf er eine andere, frei interpretierbare 'Klangwelt': eine 'Ouvertüre',...

What do the American Joseph Kittinger and the Austrian Felix Baumgartner have in common? They both jumped from over 30km high with a parachute. While Kittinger's attempt on 16 August 1960 was from a h...