Jacob de Haan sheet music for wind instruments and choirs

The introductory theme of this composition echoes the majestic size of the mountains that are visible from the picture-postcard Cortina d'Ampezzo-the socalled 'Queen of the Dolomites'. Then we hear a...

The Albinoni Adagio is based on a manuscript that was discovered among the ruins in the Dresden State Library after the Second World War by Remo Giazotto, a Milanese musicologist who was working on Al...

lt is October 1997, Jacob de Haan is visiting the Swiss resort of St. Moritz for the 'International Wind Band Week' where he is working with a wind band as conductor. The mountains around St. Moritz a...

In Concerto d'Amore, a maestoso opening is followed by a quick and energetic movement that leads to a magnificent adagio. A motif from this adagio can be heard in a swinging movement, after which the...

In October 1997, Jacob de Haan visited the Swiss village of St. Moritz, where he worked as a conductor with a symphonic wind band. The Mountains around St. Moritz were covered in marvelous autumn colo...

Monterosi is a village in the Italian province of Viterbo in the Lazio region. This work is dedicated to the Accademia Musicale Francigena in Monterosi, on the occasion of the third 'Tommaso Albani' a...

The main theme of this composition was created in the night of the 10th of August, one of those clear nights with stars falling softly in order not to wake the dreams. While writing it, the Italian co...

Originally Cornfield Rock was written by Jacob de Haan as a version for male choir. It was based on a text by William Shakespeare on a melody of Thomas Morley (It was a lover and his lass). The origin...

Eight religious works for trumpet (or other brass instruments) and organ or piano. The compositions are generally solemn in character and are equally useful for church performances or as moderately ea...

Die Serie First Class bietet durch ihr spezielles Konzept unendlich Möglichkeiten des Zusammenspiels. Die Art und Weise der Instrumentierung ermöglicht, mit zwei oder mehreren gleichen, aber auch mit...

Missa Brevis is a major work for choir and brass band for performance in church or in the concert hall. For this mass, there are many performance possibilities depending on the musicians available. In...

This fantasy tells the story of Oregon, one of America's north-western states. Traveling by train on the Northern Pacific Railroad, the listener is taken through the fascinating Oregon landscape. Indi...

Normalerweise wird Filmmusik anhand eines Drehbuchs geschrieben. Dass es auch andersherum funktioniert, beweist Jacob de Haan mit seinem Werk La Storia. Ohne eine bestimmt Geschichte zu erzählen, lief...

In Concerto d'Amore, a maestoso opening is followed by a quick and energetic movement that leads to a magnificent adagio. A motif from this adagio can be heard in a swinging movement, after which the...

Commissioned by the St. Peters Wind Symphony from Brisbane, Australia, the title refers to the late 19th century villa where St. Peters Lutheran College was founded. The villa has remained the school...

Odilia is an up-tempo and joyful ode to Baume-les-Dames, a village in the department of Doubs in Franche-Comté, Eastern France. The title is derived from the legend of Odilia of Alsace (venerated as S...

Rock Connections is a collection of eleven pieces based on the rock idiom. The CD supplies cool accompaniments for these newly written pieces, expertly played by top musicians. By incorporating a grea...

This imaginative new work portrays the rich history of the textile industry through music. The decline of the industry is expressed in the opening slow movement with an authentic 12 bar blues. The sec...

Composer Jacob de Haan has based The Heart of Lithuania on five folk melodies from Lithuania, a country that despite its small size has a rich cultural heritage. The choice and diversity of emotions,...

The Gospel Mass -a mass for mixed choir, combo and concert band-is based on the gospel music that has spread throughout the world since its creation in America. The movements of the mass ordinary as w...

Missa Brevis, written for choir and wind band, was commissioned by the Conseil Départemental pour la Musique et la Culture de Haute-Alsace (Dir. : Philippe Pfisterer) in Guebwiller (France), in celebr...

This Latin mass for choir and wind band was composed in honour of Saint Cecilia's feast day, Saint Cecilia being the patroness of musicians. For this reason, many ensembles have annual concerts dedica...

The Adagio is based on a manuscript that was discovered in the Dresden State Library after the Second World War by Remo Giazotto, a Milanese musicologist who was working on Albinoni's biography at the...