Molenaar Edition

Pick up the Pieces is an instrumental work from 1974 by the Scottish band, Average White Band. They had several hits in the seventies with their funk, soul and disco songs. This piece appeared in the...

This popular trombone solo from the beginning of the previous century still makes an impression at every concert. This is due to the use of the glissandi effect, unique to the trombone by use of the s...

Cornet Duo

As part of the series 'Das Wunsch Konzert zum neuen Jahr' Allmend wrote this polka in the traditional Viennese style.

Joseph Strauß (Vienna 1827-1870), the second son of Johann Strauß Senior, was active as an engineer and an architect before getting in the wake of his illustrious father and brother. The Feuerfest Pol...

Tambourkorps.

Composed by George Gershwin in 1935, a soprano aria, Summertime as part of his folk opera Porgy and Bess is one of the most popular jazz standards of all time. This nice arrangement by Naoya Wada pres...

Here is an opportunity for the musician who wants to improvise on a simple blues scheme. For improvisations the Pentablues-scale or the Blues-scale might prove useful. Thes two scales fit the chords u...

Equally varied, certainly as to the countries of origin, is the wind band suite (eventually with mixed choir) 'An International Christmas' (1979) in which Kees Vlak used Italian and Czech carols.

Kees Vlak composed the 'Christmas Time' suite for band in which he used German, Hungarian and Dutch Christmas carols.

Also extremely popular is the song 'Adeste Fidelis' (Come you faithful), originally a 18th century Portuguese Christmas carol, arranged for band by Jef Penders.

In France there has been for many centuries a very old and rich tradition of Christmas carols. One of those immortal carols undoubtedly is the 'Can-tique de Noël', also known as 'Minuit Chrétien', com...