Molenaar Edition

Grandfather's Clock, presented à la Herb Alpert orJames Last, a useful addition to our Real Big Band Sound repertoire.

Here is a new and original swingmarch composed by Jef Penders for the anniversary of the manager of a paper mill.

Henry Mancini studied composition, piano and conducting at the famous Julliard School of Music. He started his musical career as a pianist and arranger with the Tex Beneke Band before working as arran...

This selection of Dutch hits that made it on the worldrepertoirelist was commissioned by CONAMUS,the Dutch organisation for promotion of Dutch Entertainment Music, compiled by Kees Vlak and published...

The huntsman goes on a holiday and takes it easy.There are no agitated horns, but there is a quiet hunting-motif instead. A few moments later the horns want to sound off again, but they can be coaxed...

Rookie stands for a new recruit. This small piece of entertainment music describes his first exercises and training.

Jef Penders wrote this wonderful ballad for flügelhorn in jazz-style on a well-known pianomelody by Edward Grieg.

The German composer Wilhelm Koenen wrote this sparkling composition for bands who like to play the better kind of light music.The varying rhythmics are related to those of the modern musical. As the t...

Born in 1908, Leroy Anderson was a great American conductor, who also composed a great number of light symphonic pieces of music. This famous 'Sandpaper Ballet' remains as popular as his 'Typewriter'.

The idea for this came when I was reading a critic's review of an opera; the critic quoted an Italian saying: -Prima la Musica- the music comes first! Apologies to Verdi for the tune used in the trio...

The Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg is still popular because of his theatre music for Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' and his Piano Concerto opus 16. The suite 'Fra Holbergs Tid' (Holberg Suite) opus 40 was origi...

A straightforward trumpetsolo.