Schott Harmonie Serie

This piece requires a smaller woodwind-brass ensemble without percussion. Penderecki composed the Fanfare for a parish fair in Poland. This short effective piece will be a pleasure to rehearse and per...

The Ragtimes & Habaneras were commissioned by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, one of the most famous Brass Bands in Great Britain. Individual scenes and short pieces of incidental music in typical Amer...

Penderecki wrote this piece for the brass section of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. A very idiomatic composition in Penderecki's characteristic style it contrasts solos for horn and for trumpet wi...

The tripartite work harks back to musical practice from the pre-Baroque period when wind ensembles performed compact, brief pieces in churches, on town squares and from towers. The three movements Int...

With regard to its sound-world, this is a work of tempered modernity, written for several groups of players in which the composer makes use of typical horn motifs. The Intrade is technically demanding...

With regard to its sound-world, this is a work of tempered modernity, written for several groups of players in which the composer makes use of typical horn motifs. The Intrade is technically demanding...

The title of this piece refers to the place of the world premiere, Bad Säckingen, where the members of the European Trumpet Guild gathered in November 2000. Bertold Hummel was commissioned to compose...

The title of the piece refers to the place of its premiere, Bad Säckingen. It was there that the members of the European Trumpet Guild gathered in November 2000. Bertold Hummel was asked to compose a...

Ernst Toch was one of the most important contemporary composers of the late Twenties and Thirties. He was active in Berlin and after 1933, in Los Angeles. As well as being a composer he was mainly a t...

Paul Hindemith's well-known second substantial original composition for wind band. It is in every way a supreme professional musical achievement and can perhaps be described as one of the best works i...

Los 'Carmina Burana' constituyen la obra coral más famosa y popular del siglo XX. Johan Krance ha elegido 12 piezas especialmente adecuadas de las 25 de la partitura original y las ha arreglado para b...

This is a new edition of the well-known popular character piece. Its technical and musical demands should not be under-estimated!

This is a new edition of the well-known popular character piece. Its technical and musical demands should not be under-estimated!

Gottfried Sonntag, a in military musician in Bayreuth, created a (concert) march from some of the central musical motifs of the 'Ring'. In those days this was a frequent way of making music from stage...

Since their first publication Willy Schneider's original compositions based on Swabian folk dances have had a strong influence on form and style. This high quality, genuine folk music, free of all pop...

This is a ceremonious, sonorous work for wind band with four solo fanfares (valve fanfares) or solo trumpets. The accompanying part can also be reduced and played by a brass ensemble. It is easy to pl...

This is a new aspect of Leslie Searle's creativity; it is a march in the best English tradition. The first part is characterized by motifs referring to military signals, the melody of the Trio has a c...

This work was written for the Donaueschingen Musiktage of 1926 and given its first performance there together with Paul Hindemith's 'Konzertmusik' and Ernst Toch's 'Spiel' for wind band. Until a few y...

Bertold Hummel's Symphonic Overture was initially part of the Orgeon Symphony. It was then revised as a work in its own right and given the title Symphonic Overture. This work, which lasts about eight...

Ernst Toch was one of the most important contemporary composers of the late Twenties and Thirties. He was active in Berlin and, after 1933, in Los Angeles. As well as being a composer he was mainly a...

Hans Werner Henze, adhering to his intentions äs a composer and teacher, had already made provision for participation by a ,banda' of amateur musicians in the original version of his arrangement of Gi...

Handel's Oralorio Saul, composed in 1739, contains a series of instrumental movements which provide commentary on the action. Composers have often written works in the form of suites from these moveme...

Using thematic-motif material and Baroque concerto structures, Stephan Adam has created a contemporary work with new sounds without being avant-garde. The work is demanding, particularly as regards te...

This is a stirring, skilful transfer of pop-style music for youth wind band. The original composition can he performed by smaller bands: the larger score is for additional Instruments. Leslie Searle c...

Rolf Granderath has put together a sequence of the most spirited tunes and stirring Latin American rhythms from Heinz Geese's popular children's musical 'the boat trip to Rio' (ED 6585 / ED 6586) and...