Molenaar Edition

The life of the Austrian empress Elisabeth (1837-1898) which started as a fairy tale but ended as a tragedy, inspired the librettist Michael Kunze and the composer Silvester Levay to write a musical b...

The songs composed by the American composer Stephen Foster have been 'evergreens' for over a hundred years now. In this selection we can hear successively: 'Jeannie with the light brown hair', 'Oh, Su...

To the surprise of everybody the Heineken commercial featuring the men in the moon made its way to the top 20 of the National Hitparade (Satchmo's old success!!).

Willy Hautvast also composed a similar international Christmas suite for symphonic band 'Merry Christmas' (1993) containing a.o. 'Joy to the World', 'O, Little Town of Bethle-hem', 'Away in a Manger',...

'Birds flying high, you know how I feel' as performed by Michael Bublé! A top arrangement!

The Lion Sleeps Tonight is based on the African melody 'Mbube', written in 1939. This melody can be heard in many various different forms all over Europe, for example in the popular musical 'The Lion...

By popular demand, there is now in The Best Of series for 5 part flexible setting, a selection of some of the best songs of Michael Jackson. Henk Ummels has selected and made a balanced and very playa...

Dieser populäre Song von Chris Martin und seiner Band Coldplay wurde kürzlich neues Leben mit einem Arrangement für Symphonieorchester eingehaucht. Diese Version gibt eine völlig neue Bedeutung an die...

This play-on-words title is a suite in 3 movements. Movement 1, called Pool Party has an element of funk before the more laid back and reflective Beach-side middle section. The final movement is a 60s...

A collection of 3 rocking pop tunes which guarantees your audience will be clapping along. A wind band will never have rocked this hard! All parts have the chance to let rip on these great songs with...

For the adventurous, emerging young groups, here is a fun piece with a 4 square disco beat! There's plenty to enjoy and a lot of fun to have in creating the Groove!

By means of its simplified rhythms 'Mas Que Nada' allows the starting musician to play some typical Brazilian music. Both performances by Black Eyed Peas and by Sergio Mendes have recently made this t...

This single from Ritchie Valens from 1958 is originally a Spanish song from Mexican folklore. Years later it was picked by Rolling Stone magazine as the only non-English song in their 500 Greatest Son...

Peter Laine has got a long and rich career with entertainment (and more serious) music. His experience, with a.o. the famous Swiss ensemble 'Hazy Osterwald Sextett' and several bands and radio orchest...

When I Fall in Love is a popular song, composed by Victor Young with text by Edward Hyman. The song was first used in the film 'One Minute to Zero' (1952). Since then it has become a standard, and has...

Composed in three movements: overture, ballad and func disco beat for solo Tuba and band. Lots of audience appeal but not too difficult, Weekend in the City is sure to be one of your soloist, performe...

During the past few years, Andrew Pearce enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with Phillip Cobb, principal trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra, composing such works as The Maestro and Interlude for h...

A setting of the popular traditional Scottish air, with short solo spots for most of the band's principals. The melody gradually broadens into a chorale that disappears into the ocean mist - over the...