Stefan Schwalgin

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

This light-hearted, cheerful Christmas classic was written by the American composer Leroy Anderson. According to reports, he wrote this piece during a heat wave in July 1948. Mitchell Parish wrote the...

With Puppet on a String, the British singer Sandy Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 (which at that time was officially still called 'Grand Prix de la Chanson'). Although the singer herself did...

This famous pop song from 1964, written by Tony Hatch and sung by Petula Clark, stormed the charts and became a real world hit. In 1965, 'Downtown' was awarded the Grammy for 'Best Rock and Roll Song'...

Refreshing medley in happy sound: 1. Anneliese 2. Rosamunde (Škoda Lásky) 3. Tiroler Holzhackerbuam 4. Die Fischerin vom Bodensee 5. Schützenliesel The formula "Happy Polka" was coined by the legendar...

Die Oper 'Maskaradedes dänischen Komponisten Carl Nielsen beruht auf einer klassischen Theaterkomödie, die Nielsen in eine komische Oper verwandelte, was in Literaturkreisen zunächst kritisch gesehen...

No blockbuster can do without music. One might almost add: hardly any orchestral concert today can do without film music. Film music in concerts is booming. Crime films in their various forms have lon...

The Russian composer, pianist and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) is considered one of the most versatile music makers of his time. He wrote symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music, tone...

What do musicians as diverse as Elvis Presley, André Rieu, Olivia Newton-John, Roy Black, Jethro Tull, James Last and Leonard Cohen have in common? The answer: All of them (and many more) interpreted...

The meaning of the Eagles song Hotel California has been the subject of much debate since it's release in 1976 and has seen many different interpretations over the years. The band however indicated th...

Since 2007, British pop-singer sensation Adele has been winning one prize after another and has enjoyed unprecedented UK chart success. In December 2010, Rolling in the Deep finally propelled her into...

Get up and go' is a good mood piece of music that first of all wants to be jolly. It tells you to get up (even when you maybe have fallen before) and step ahead. This attitude shows in the up-tempo be...

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...

British rock band The Police enjoyed their greatest successes during the early 1980's. The group's members were Stewart Copeland, Andy Summer and Gordon Sumner, who went on to enjoy a massive solo car...

Stop the Cavalry is a song about a British soldier at the front line who writes a fictional letter to 'Mr Churchill', begging him to send the army home because he'd prefer to spend Christmas with his...

In the field of popular music the years around the change from the 60's to the 70's saw a wealth of great releases. Many of these hits have been re-released or reworked by artists making them popular...

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...

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...

Score and parts for Leslie Bricusse's Feeling Good arranged by Stefan Schwalgin for Brass band with solo Trombone.

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...

Die neue Serie 'Rundels POPS FOR BRASSbietet tolle Möglichkeiten für Blechbläser-Sextett. Diese Originalkomposition von Stefan Schwalgin ist eine tolle, unterhaltsame Nummer für Ihr Programm! Stimmens...

Inmitten Spaniens, nicht weit von der Hauptstadt Madrid entfernt, liegt Toledo. Die Historie dieser Stadt reicht zurück bis in die Zeit vor Christus, und dementsprechend finden sich dort zahllose bede...

IL GUARANY von Antônio Carlos Gomes wird als erste brasilianische Oper angesehen und entstand in den Jahren 1868 bis 1870. Sie hat eine enorme Bedeutung für die Musikgeschichte Brasiliens - auch wenn...

Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, Donald Duck and other (more or less real) characters of movie history were the inspiration for this brilliant little composition. The American cartoon film of the 1930's and...

Take a musical tour of the North of Germany with sailors' music from the coastal areas combining with the authentic traditional folk music culture of the region. This colourful blend of many different...