Blasorchester-Noten

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera 'Les contes d'Hoffman', but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in der Unterwelt) ist eine komische Operette von Jacques Offenbach aus dem Jahr 1858. Die Operette ist eine respektlose Parodie und beißende Satire auf Gluck und seinen "Orf...

In 1869 Johann Strauss composed the polka francaise 'Im Krapfenwald'l' ('In Krapfen's Woods'). It was originally titled 'Im Pawlowsk Walde' when first performed in Pavlovsk (Russia). Reportedly, sever...

Russsian composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov is mainly known from the orchestral suite 'Caucasian Sketches' which includes the much-excerpted 'Pocession of the Sardar'. 'Turkish Fragments' is an orchest...

Cavalleria Rusticana is a tempestuous drama of adultery and revenge set in a remote Italian village. Its earthy passions, bold confrontational scenes and richly melodic score set a fashion for so-call...

The aria Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen is sung by Papageno near the very end of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte. He sighs for someone to love. (Baritone and Concert Band)

Im Feuerstrom der Reben is the very final of the second act of the Operetta Die Fledermaus. (Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Choir and Concert Band)

As a composer Franz Lehar started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his operetta's made him clear that he had to gif his talents to the genre. Der Zarewitsch is one of tho...

Paul Lincke (1866-1946) is Germany's best known operetta composer and often compared with Austria's Johann Strauss. He composed a lot of operetta's, songs, dance- , revue- and filmmusic. The Operetta...

Paul Lincke (1866-1946) is Germany's best known operetta composer and often compared with Austria's Johann Strauss. He composed a lot of operetta's, songs, dance- , revue- and filmmusic. The Operetta...

Puccini's Madama Butterfly is different from many operas. It is intimate, devoid of spectacle, taking place completely within a house in Nagasaki. The Coro a bocca chiusa is the Summ Choir from the op...

Puccini's Madama Butterfly is different from many operas. It is intimate, devoid of spectacle, taking place completely within a house in Nagasaki. The Coro a bocca chiusa is the Summ Choir from the op...

When Puccini's opera Turandot was heard for the first time in April 1926, its composer had been dead for almost a year and a half. Turandot is considered as his best work: Puccini's mastery of orchest...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The famous polka Donner und Blitz is till today often used as interval...

If we say that zarzuela is Spanish light opera with spoken dialogue we shall be near the mark. Geronimo Gimeniz is a Sevillan composer of many Zarzuela's. The short temperamental aria Zapatuedo is fro...

Frühlingsstimmen ("Voices of Spring") op. 410 is a waltz by Johann Strauss that was written in 1882. The work was intended as a waltz with a solo voice accompaniment (as opposed to a choral waltz) of...

The Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" (Op. 95), popularly known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1893 during his visit to the United States from 1892 to 1895....

Trumpet and Concert Band. Mexican composer Augustin Lara (1897- 1970) was mainly a composer of songs used in movies and cabarets. It is said that Lara never learned musical notation. In total he wrote...

Weltbekannt wurde dieser ursprüngliche Country-Song aus dem Jahre 1988 in der Interpretation von Ronan Keating, der sich mit seiner Balladen-Version des Liedes den Sprung vom Boyband-Mädchenschwarm zu...

Recorded in 1966 as a part of the Beach Boys' landmark Pet Sounds album, this ballad has become a prime example of Brian Wilson's innovative approach to songwriting and recording. Hailed for its forma...

Aus der Reihe 'Bernaerts Pop Music'.

Aus der Reihe 'Bernaerts Pop Music'.

Die Gruppe Creedence Clearwater Revival feierte Ende der 60er-Jahre große Erfolge. Viele ihrer Titel wurden seither von verschiedenen Künstlern gesungen. Thijs Ouds Bearbeitung von Proud Mary, eines i...

Billie Jean aus dem Erfolgsalbum Thriller war die erfolgreichste Single, die Michael Jackson je veröffentlichte. Unvergessen in diesem Zusammenhang ist auch der berühmte Moonwalk, den Jackson bei der...

Mit weltweiter Popularität und der Beschreibung "Tausend Umarmungen von zehntausend Blitzkäfern" ist dies der erste Nummer-1-Hit der Plattenfirma Owl City. John Wassons Vertonung für Band fängt die Ma...