Edition Merseburger

This arrangement was made after hearing Astor Piazzolla's 1986 recording of his own work written in 1965. The original instrumentation of bandoneon, violin and string bass is here arranged for three w...

Fantasy Suite ist eine Suite mit Musik, die von Videospielen und Filmmusik inspiriert ist. Die Musik ist melodisch, und ich habe in allen Teilen Melodielinien geschrieben. Sie hat fünf Sätze: 1. Fanfa...

Santa Lucia is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was transcribed by Teodoro Cottrau (1827-1879) and published by the Cottrau firm, as a 'barcarolla'( a folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers), at Naple...

I'll Never Fall in Love Again was originally written for the 1968 musical 'Promises, Promises' by the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach/Hal David. There have been several recordings of this beautiful...

The Dancing Monkey is a fun piece to play for the youngest players. The music offers the opportunity to practise the use of rhythm, articulation and dynamics while the musicians have fun with this hum...

Begin the Beguine is one of the most popular songs by Cole Porter. It was written in 1935 aboard the ocean liner 'Franconia' en route from Indonesia to Fiji. It was later the same year introducted by...

Diana' is a song written and made famous by Paul Anka in 1957, recorded in May 1957 at Don Costa studio in New York City. Anka stated in his autobiography that the song was inspired by a girl named Di...

Java was a big hit performed by the legendary New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt. The song was written in 1963 by Allen Toussaint, one of the most influential composers in the New Orleans era. The titles o...

Ein kurzweiliger Tango in verschiedenen Besetzungen. Bestens geeignet für Musikunterricht und Konzert.

'You Make Me Feel So Young' is a 1946 popular song composed by Josef Myrow (born in Tsarist, Russia), with lyrics written by Mack Gordon (born in Warsaw). It was introduced in the 1946 musical film Th...

'Night Train' is a twelve-bar blues standard recorded for the first time by Jimmy Forrest in 1951. The history of this instrumental track is long and complicated. The opening riff was played by the ba...

This is an original swing item in the series of 3C Rock, 4D Blues and 5E Funk. The idea is that the styles of the entertainment music will be presented for young musisicans through easy original tunes...

Nat King Cole was an American singer and jazz pianist. He recorded over 100 songs that became hits, and this is one of his latest, recorded in 1963 and still a summer hit on the radio. This is a 'Flex...

This beautiful song is taken from the Swedish TV-series Emil i Loenneberget (Emil from Loenneberget) from 1973. In this serie, the song is performed by Ida, the sister of Emil. Swedish composer Georg...

During the Second World War, the English singer Vera Lynn gave many concerts for the British troops abroad, and in 1942 she also recorded her most famous song, We'll Meet Again, starring in a film of...

Tika Tika Walk, in Norway, is primarily known as the music accompany for the 'Brelett' (a butter brand) advertisement. A catchy and carefree tune that we associate with cycling, sun and summer, cows a...

My Fair Lady is a based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. The show's 1956 Broadway production was a smash hit, setting a new record for the longest run of any major theatre production in history. It...

The piece's minor key melody and beat-afterbeat accompagniment give associations to other well-known dances from Hungary, like Czardas and Brahm's famous Hungarian Dances. A lively tempo is an importa...

Every beginning musician should have experience playing in 3/4 time in addition to 2/4 and 4/4. In concept learning, playing in ¾ is important to the musicians understanding of more complex triple met...