Willy Hautvast: Partituras medio

Elvis Presley, often known simply as Elvis and also called 'The King of Rock 'n' Roll' or simply 'The King', was an American singer, musician and actor. He remains a pop icon and is regarded as one th...

Bach's organ music is extremely well suited to be arranged for wind band; this Adagio from the Prelude, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564 is a splendid illustration of this statement.

An adagio is a slow piece of music, somewhat quicker as a largo, but a little bit slower than an Andante. A lot of composers have written adagios, but, no doubt, the most famous is the Adagio in G min...

The German composer Max Bruch was born in 1838 and died in 1920. Shortly after his arrival in Britain in 1880, where he had been appointed musical director of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, he co...

'1492 Conquest of Paradise' is a historical movie picture made by Ridley Scott in 1992, exactly 500 years after the discovery of the American continent. This film music composed by Vangelis became wor...

Josef Strauß, the second son of Johann Strauß Senior, worked for some time as an architect and engineer before he started conducting to replace his elder brother Johann Junior who had become seriously...

Casta Diva is possibly the most famous aria by Bellini. This is Norma's prayer to the moon goddess, and shows Bellini's high craftsmanship with melodies. The most famous version of this aria, was sung...

The complete title of this Irish tune is : 'Believe me if all those endearing young charms'. The character of this song is rather nostalgic, but yet it is popular all over the world as it has been sun...

This swinging piece used to be very popular in the sixties. It is a composition in which you can recognise the typical big band sound.