Manfred Schneider: Partituras medio

Here you have a swinging 'up-tempo' Boogie, the predecessor of rock and roll. The Boogie Woogie is a dance that was introduced in Europe by the American soldiers in the forties. This is an ideal piece...

This optimistic message is the title of a popular song from the famous Monty Python film Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979). Monty Python's Flying Circus was the name of a very popular British televi...

Manfred Schneider (1953), musician with the German Army Band Heeresmusikkorps 300 in Koblenz, got a good reputation with wind bands in Europe with his overture 'Upside Down', 'Song of Freedom', 'Rock...

The Brasilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote some very famous tunes such as Desafinado (1959). It was this song that first mentioned the term bossa nova. Though complex in melody and harmony, the...

The German police television series in which actor Horst Tappart plays the role of 'Inspector Derrick' is still extremely popular in numerous European countries, even after 23 years. There have 280 ep...