Peter Kleine Schaars: Partituras medio

The Brasilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote some very famous tunes, such as 'Wave'. Though complex in melody and harmony, the bossa nova's real innovation was the radical change of the rhythmic...

The immortal French song 'Les Feuilles Mortes' (Autumn Leaves) was composed by Joseph Kosma on a text by Jacques Prévert. Kosma worked with Berthold Brecht, Kurt Weil and Hans Eisler in Berlin before...

Antonio Carlos Jobim (1925-1994), undoubtedly one of the greater Brazilian composers, is especially known as a songwriter. He combined modern classical touches with a suave swing rendering individual...

Neben Kinofilmen produziert Disney auch verschiedene Fernsehsendungen, die in den Vereinigten Staaten in der speziellen Serie The Disney Afternoon ausgestrahlt werden. Alt und Jung kennen die bunten D...

Neben Kinofilmen produziert Disney auch verschiedene Fernsehsendungen, die in den Vereinigten Staaten in der speziellen Serie The Disney Afternoon ausgestrahlt werden. Alt und Jung kennen die bunten D...

At the beginning of the 1980s Alison Moyet was discovered by Vince Clarke, who - in search of greater independence - had left the successful band Depeche Mode. The soulful singing style of Moyet and t...

t the beginning of the 1980s Alison Moyet was discovered by Vince Clarke, who - in search of greater independence - had left the successful band Depeche Mode. The soulful singing style of Moyet and th...

She's Madonna was a 2007 hit single for world pop mega-star Robbie Williams. This up-beat single has a 1980?s electro/pop feel due to it being a colaboration with The Pet Shop Boys. A classic song fro...

She's Madonna was a 2007 hit single for world pop mega-star Robbie Williams. This up-beat single has a 1980's electro/pop feel due to it being a colaboration with The Pet Shop Boys. A classic song fro...

Candyman was the third worldwide hit from Cristina Aguilera?s albumBack to Basics. It's jazzy 1940s feel makes this an extremely catchy melody that works well in this arrangement for concert band. Thi...

Candyman was the third worldwide hit from Cristina Aguilera?s albumBack to Basics. It's jazzy 1940s feel makes this an extremely catchy melody that works well in this arrangement for concert band. Thi...

Melodia Blues, a swinging composition by Peter Kleine Schaars begins with a robust intro. Four bars follow, which can be repeated ad lib. to allow for an optional announcement (this is the so-called V...

Melodia Blues ist eine schwungvolle Komposition des holländischen Spezialisten für Unterhaltungsmusik Peter Kleine Schaars. Einer robusten Einführung folgen vier wiederholbare Takte, die Gelegenheit z...

Der Song Snow (Hey Oh) war die dritte Single-Auskopplung aus dem Album Stadium Arcadium der kalifornischen Rockband Red Hot Chili Peppers, das mit vier Grammys ausgezeichnet wurde. Für die sonst rockl...

Der Song Snow (Hey Oh) war die dritte Single-Auskopplung aus dem Album Stadium Arcadium der kalifornischen Rockband Red Hot Chili Peppers, das mit vier Grammys ausgezeichnet wurde. Für die sonst rockl...

The once extremely popular American group 'The Village People' released its first album 'San Francisco' in 1977. The next year two more albums came, 'Macho Man' and 'YMCA', followed in 1979 by 'Go Wes...

Dámaso Pérez Prado defined the mambo as 'merely an Afro-Cuban rhythm with a flavour of American swing'. In the 1950's he became also a star in the USA where he was considered as 'The Mambo King'.

The associated artists Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II played a prominent role in the history of the American musical. Their collaboration started in 1943 and resulted immediately in the big...

The Brasilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote some very famous tunes, such as 'Wave'. Though complex in melody and harmony, the bossa nova's real innovation was the radical change of the rhythmic...

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...

This is a brand new original arrangement of this famous Gershwin march with optional part for vocal soloist. George Gershwin (Brooklyn, 1898 - Hollywood, 1937) is not only the composer of 'Rhapsody in...

This rhapsody for solo quintet and band has been composed especially for bands of the honour's division boasting 2 oboes, one cor anglais and 2 bassoons. The classical dance forms played by the quinte...

Here is another fine arrangement by Peter Kleine Schaars (Deventer, 1962) in true big band style of the famous tune composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim. A dialogue between the expressive, classical flute...

If there is one single jazz tune known by old and young people alike all over the world, it is undoubtedly 'Oh when the saints go marching in'. It has been played and recorded in every imaginable way...