Koester/schmidmusic

Until the Mountains Crumble was written to the Norwegian Constitution anniversary in 2014. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation organized the project for their channel 'NRK Super'. The intention was...

Gatens basuner (“The Trombones in the street”), originally entitled “Til gamle Hauge”, was written in 1958. Shortly before Norway’s National Day (May 17th), the band in which the composer played the E...

A LITTLE BIT BOSSA is, as the title says, a simple bossa nova with its light and characteristic rhythm. Bossa nova is a Brazilian music genre. It is related to samba and has a strong influence from ja...

Finding the perfect opening piece for the concert is important. Get Ready! has a fanfare as a start, a driving rhythmic main part and a grandiose ending that sets the tone for great concerts. With its...

This march sounds great and is fun to play for the whole band. Several doublings in the instrumentation makes it suitable also for bands with a limited number of players.

Triptych was commissioned by Midtun Skoles Musikkorps for their 60th anniversary in 2018. The term triptych originally meant a three-part altarpiece but is used today to denote any piece of art in thr...

This work was commissioned by Midtun Skoles Musikkorps (Bergen) and their conductor Christian Breistein. This is one of the best school bands in Norway, consisting of members up to 19 years of age. Aa...

In the forest, not far from my house is Hestefallstjonn. Hestefallstjonn is a pond, and this music describes the atmosphere and feeling you get when standing close to it. Commissioned by the Norwegian...

The solo part may be played either by harmonica or violin or flute (doubling piccolo). Whilst walking 'twixt castle and coast on Pevensey Levels one sunny winter's day a melody played incessantly in m...

This volume consists of unaccompanied choral works composed or otherwise arranged by Johannes Brahms for mixed choruses as well as individual men's and women's choruses.

Even if you've never so much as touched a musical instrument before, this tried-and-true guide will have you strumming away in no time. Professor J. Kalani Peterson, an expert instructor, shares his s...

Arbie Orenstein. Ravels musikalische Leistungen sowie sein Leben und seine Zeit werden in dieser meisterhaften Biografie, die ursprünglich 1975 veröffentlicht wurde, brillant wiedergegeben.

A memorable piece in slow swing style. 4, 7, 11 - Counting the number of bars in the introduction, the main theme and the episodes reminded the composer of Germany's best-known house number, 4711 in G...

Everything's Coming Up Roses was composed by Stephen Sondheim (Lyrics) and Jule Styne (Music) in 1959 for the Broadway Musical 'Gypsy: A Musical Fable'. In the original cast, the song was performed by...

Oliver' opened on London's West End in 1960. This musical by Lional Bart is now regarded as one of the biggest and most successful among the british musicals. A musical movie premiered in 1968, also f...

'Miss Crow's Fabulous Orchestra' is taken from Hogne Moe's popular musical of the same name. Miss Crow is going to put on a show, and she does it by starting her own orchestra - and everybody can tak...

'Hey, Look Me Over' was written for the Broadway Musical 'Wildcat' in 1960. In the original version, the song was sung by comedy player Lucille Ball, in her only Broadway role ever. The song are perf...

This arrangement feature music from the advent series 'Luca and the Magical Theater' produced for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in 2021. You may thin out the instrumentation or even mak...

Der beliebte Dixieland-Titel gesetzt für flexible Bläserbesetzung.