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The Cake Walk is, just like the Quickstep, the Schottisch, the 'Rag and the Quadrille, a popular American dance from the second half of the last century. Both the rhythmic and the melodic structure of...

The title Libertango is a portmanteau of Libertad - Spanish for liberty - and Tango, marking Piazolla's break in the mid 1970s from Classical Tango to Tango Nuevo; the composer revolutionised tango by...

The composition 'Nuova Vita' describes the emotions and feelings that come with the breath of new life. The concert work is written in the A-B-A form. Initially with restless, rhythmic elements; but f...

No other place is as filled with myths and secrets as the royal Neuschwanstein Castle: Every year, thousands of visitors from all over the world undertake a pilgrimage to Germany to visit King Ludwig...

No other place is as filled with myths and secrets as the royal Neuschwanstein Castle: Every year, thousands of visitors from all over the world undertake a pilgrimage to Germany to visit King Ludwig...

Johan Wichers, den man gerne den Marschkönig nennt, wurde 1905 Trompeter im Blasorchester von Nordhorn. Obwohl er keine professionelle musikalische Ausbildung genossen hatte, wurde er zu einem berühmt...

The French song Comme d'Habitude was composed by the French singer Claude François, shortly after the star had broken his relation with singer France Gall. The song was arranged by David Whitaker in 1...

The piece Romantic Mood is a ballad for solo horn. After an orchestral introduction, the soloist plays a beautiful and dreamy theme. The second theme follows accompanied by the woodwinds, which is the...

This very original composition was inspired by the polyrhythmic dances from Slovakia and the style of Bela Bartok. Though there are no real technical difficulties, the work demands a lot of concentrat...

This concerto is in the first place intended for the beginning fluteplayer who is already somewhat familiar with the elementary qualities of a soloist.The first part is written in the tradition of the...

In The Escape Andreas Ludwig Schulte describes the fictive situation of a man in long-standing captivity. He is badly treated and his longing for his family becomes bigger from day to day. Finally, th...

Here we have another splendid pleasing suite by Ennio Salvere. It consists of the following three parts : 'Of Guilds and Bagpipes', 'Of Sailors and Fishermen' and 'Of Singers and Dancers'. With this c...

Again a new edition in the Creative Compositions © series. This piece was revolutionary in its time in 1972, because it was the first time a 5/4 bar had been used.. It is a real program piece with a f...

Serge Lancen (Paris 1922) undoubtedly belongs to the top of contemporary European wind music composers. His MANHATTAN SYMPHONY (1962), CAP KENNEDY (1970), SYMPHONIE DE L'EAU (1986) and MISSA SOLEMNIS...

Arranger Peter Kleine Schaars selected in random order some of the finest tunes from Morricone's soundtrack, such as the main theme Nuovo Cinema Paradiso and First Youth, Cinema on Fire, From American...

Ton van Grevenbroek wrote several arrangements of the very popular hits by the Alan Parsons Project, for wind band combined with a pop group (2 guitars and bass guitar) and piano. Just like 'Old and W...

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Hot Toddy is a so-called evergreen in the bigband repertoire. Composer Ralph Flanagan (1914 - 1995) himself was a successful bandleader in the United States of America. The piece was very popular and...

Chan Chan' is a son composition by Cuban bandleader Compay Segundo, revolving around two central characters, 'Juanita' and 'Chan Chan'. The song was one of Compay's last compositions and was written i...

La composición Voice of the Vikings describe la historia de los vikingos, un pueblo nórdico que planeaba conquistar el mundo en sus barcos artísticamente tallados. Y, por supuesto, también eran famoso...