Stefan Schwalgin

Neil Diamond is today considered one of the greatest songwriters and musicians of popular music, but his career in the early years was difficult to get off the ground. After a very unsuccessful phase,...

Tom Jones has been in show business for a number of decades, and he is still going strong. The Welshman scored his first success in 1965, with It's Not Unusual, a song that was a worldwide hit. Stefan...

Die neue Serie 'Rundels POPS FOR BRASSbietet tolle Möglichkeiten für Blechbläser-Sextett. Neil Diamond gilt heute als einer der größten Songschreiber und Musiker der populären Musik, jedoch kam seine...

There is no need to try and describe the phenomenon 'Elvis'. Probably everyone has his own favourite picture among the countless iconic images of the 'King of Rock 'n' Roll' in mind when hearing the n...

Mit 'Puppet on a String' siegte die britische Sängerin Sandy Shaw beim Eurovision Song Contest 1967 (der damals offiziell noch 'Grand Prix de la Chanson' hieß). Obwohl die Sängerin selbst das Lied anf...

Bohemian Tequila: The Mexican high-proof drink called 'Tequila' is ideal for making alcoholic cocktails, such as the well-known Margarita or the Tequila Sunrise. The drink is also seemingly ideal for...

The Italian film music composer Piero Umiliani originally composed Mah Na Mah Na in 1968 for the soundtrack of the Swedish movie Sweden - Heaven or Hell. However the piece only became a hit in the 197...

Summer, sun and beach - this carefree attitude to life was conveyed by the vocal group "The Drifters" in 1964 with their song Under the Boardwalk. Latin American-influenced rhythms at a rather moderat...

The Mexican high-proof drink called 'Tequila' is ideal for making alcoholic cocktails, such as the well-known Margarita or the Tequila Sunrise. The drink is also seemingly ideal for the 'production' o...

Walking on Sunshine has earned its place among the all-time favorite summer classics. Kimberley Rew, lead guitarist for the pop group Katrina and the Waves, wrote the song in 1985 and never looked bac...

The magic of Boney M spread like wildfire across Germany and Europe in the 1970s. Floating at the top of the disco wave, the formation produced by Frank Farian made the dance floors shake with countle...

In the 1920s, the modern entertainment industry as we know it today was established in essential features: Cinematic films and music from records and the radio became a common part of Western culture;...

Earth, Wind & Fire', 'Blood, Sweat & Tears and 'Weather Report' - these three jazz-rock bands celebrated their greatest successes in the 1970s, and all three groups each had a big hit that every liste...

The song 'Hernando's Hideaway' was written for the musical 'The Pajama Game' by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler in 1954. The lyrics are about a dark, somewhat infamous place called 'Hernando's Hideaway',...

The "Happy Polka" formula was coined by the legendary band leader James Last: well-known, traditional polka melodies, backed by a beat groove, arranged in a big band sound with the brass section domin...

Sommer, Sonne und Strand - dieses unbeschwerte Lebensgefühl vermittelte 1964 die schwarze Gesangsgruppe 'The Drifters' mit ihrem Song 'Under the Boardwalk' (zu Deutsch in etwa: 'An der Strandpromenade...

Italian pop music appeals to the imagination of all of us: It is inextricably linked with the idea of hilly landscapes, idyllic towns, white beaches and sunshine. Stefan Schwalgin arranged a number of...

What fascinates arranger Stefan Schwalgin most about the musical personality of Frank Sinatra is the fact that he was a true fan of orchestras. He always chose big ensembles of top-class musicians as...

Stimmensatz Sextett: Partitur 1. Stimme in Bb/C (Trompete 1 / Flügelhorn 1) 2. Stimme in Bb/C (Trompete 2 / Flügelhorn 2) 3. Stimme in Bb/C (Trompete 3 / Flügelhorn 3) 4. Stimme in Bb/C (Posaune 1 / T...

Die neue Serie 'Rundels POPS FOR BRASSbietet tolle Möglichkeiten für Blechbläser-Sextett. Dieser berühmte Pop-Song aus dem Jahr 1964, geschrieben von Tony Hatch und gesungen von Petula Clark, stürmte...

Tatort (Scene of the Crime), Derrick and Ein Fall für zwei (A Case for Two) are three classic crime series on German television. Two of the themes, are from the pen of Klaus Doldinger and the third th...

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life is the most famous song from the cult film 'The Life of Brian' by Monty Python. As black as the humor of the film and especially of the final scene, in which Bri...

Die Erfolgsgeschichte dieses Jazz-Standards begann im Jahre 1965 mit dem Musical The Roar of the Greasepoint - the Smell of the Crowd, das im Gegensatz zu Feeling Good mittlerweile in Vergessenheit ge...

In 1864 Johann Strauß (son) (1825-1899) wrote some compositions, which he dedicated to regents of European and Asian countries. Probably the most interesting of these works - his 'Persian March, op. 2...

Der gebürtige Italiener Rino Bernardi bietet ein Paradebeispiel gelungener gesellschaftlicher Integration. 1978 eröffnete er seine Eisdiele in Ochsenhausen (Landkreis Biberach), die mittlerweile schon...