Willy Hautvast: Partituras fácil

It is not known which baroque composer wrote this piece, but it equals those similar pieces by Bach and Händel.

Also from an unknown composer, this romance has been adpated many times and became extremely popular. This is a pure romantic bestseller.

The composer tried to write Italian Bel Canto for band; this implies only very lyrical tunes. The work ends with the initial measures of the Italian national anthem.

Händel's instrumental music shares with Bach's organ music its suitability to being arranged for wind band. This menuet is no exception.

This four part suite consists of four contrasting paintings:a.Classical Prelude is a melody based on classical chords.b.Popular Dance, although using irregular music forms, provides rather easy listen...

During the seventies Jerry Leiber was a member of several popular groups such as The Coasters and The Drifters. He composed some film music, such as the hit song 'Jailhouse Rock' for Elvis Presley. Hi...

The opera 'Dido and Aeneas' by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) was written for a school performance at a girls boarding school. This piece is not very requiring. The aria 'Remember Me' is composed on a chro...

Lady singer Dame Vera Lewis-Welch, better known as Vera Lynn, (East Ham, London, 1918) performed with the bands of Joe Loss, Charlie Kunz and Ambrose. During the Second World War she inspired all Brit...

New World Melody is bases on the slow movement of the Symphony nr 9 'From the new World' by Dvorak. The magnificent cor anglais solo is also written for alto saxophone in thes arrangement. However, th...

In this song by Randy Crawford, the stress lies on the beautiful quiet sound and most of all on the fine musical rendition. The theme travels all through the band.

Here we have one of the most famous 'Arie antiche' (ancient aria's) from the 18th century, written in the style of Handel. For many years it has been attributed to Giuseppe Giordani, opera and sacred...

Zie ginds komt de stoomboot, Hoor de wind waait, O, kom er eens kijken, Sinterklaas kapoentje, Zie de maan schijnt, Sinterklaas is jarig, Daar wordt aan de deur geklopt, De zak van sinterklaas.

full score wind band or fanfare