Wil van der Beek

This march is part of the operetta Babes in Toyland, composed by Victor Herbert in 1903. Toyland is a magical land where two children experience all sorts of adventures. This quick march in a pseudo m...

To create the musical material of this medley, the arranger drew upon the rich arsenal of Russian folk songs and dances. Familiar traditional tunes have been combined with less well-known, but certain...

George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) was an American composer, best known for his work crossing the genres of classical, jazz and light music. His work in the genres of musicals and films was extremely succe...

Der 'Walzerkönig' Johann Strauss (Sohn) hinterliess über 500 Werke, davon 165 Walzer, die er zu vollwertigen Konzertstücken ausarbeitete. Beim Komponieren von Wein, Weib und Gesang liess er sich von e...

Der 'Walzerkönig' Johann Strauss (Sohn) hinterliess über 500 Werke, davon 165 Walzer, die er zu vollwertigen Konzertstücken ausarbeitete. Beim Komponieren von Wein, Weib und Gesang liess er sich von e...

Hans Christian Lumbye was born in Denmark in 1810 and has become known for his many light-hearted and airy works, most commonly waltzes, galops, polkas, mazurkas and marches. The Champagne Galop is wi...

Zwei typisch spanische Tänze in einer Bearbeitung von Wil van der Beek. Diese Quartette eignen sich gut für mässig fortgeschrittene Spieler und können auch in Vorspielen oder Wettbewerben eingesetzt w...

Vier skandinavische Volkslieder

Wil van der Beek bearbeitete für diese Ausgabe fünf alte Volkslieder für vier Klarinetten oder vier Saxophone. Die Lieder stammen aus Schweden, Russland, Japan, Indien und England.

When you say Scott Joplin, you say ragtime. The American pianist and composer Joplin (1868-1917) has written more than one hundred rags (including the famous 'Maple Leaf Rag' and 'The Entertainer') an...

Der Militärmarsch op. 51 Nr. 1 von Franz Schubert kommt weniger militärisch, sondern vielmehr leicht und tänzerisch einher und wurde vielleicht gerade deshalb sehr bekannt und beliebt. Wil van der Bee...

Tchaikovsky is best known for his purely instrumental compositions. However, we must not underestimate him as a composer of operas. Many of his operas such as ¬Pique Dame and Eugene Onegin are sti...

Rolf Lovland, der Gründe der Popgruppe Secret Garden ist einer der erfolgreichsten Songschreiber in der Welt der Popmusik. Mit der romantischen Melodie von Nocturne überzeugte seine Gruppe nicht nur M...

During his lifetime, Heinrich Schaffer (1808-1874) was a famous singer and singing teacher. With his compositions for male-voice choir, he was very influential in northern Germany. Nowadays, little is...

During his lifetime, Heinrich Schaffer (1808-1874) was a famous singer and singing teacher. With his compositions for male-voice choir, he was very influential in northern Germany. Nowadays, little is...

Come, Sweet Death ("Komm, Süsser Tod") (BWV 478) is a spiritual song composed by German J.S. Bach, originally intended for solo singing and basso continuo ("figured bass"), but also frequently heard i...

Alexander's Band is back in Dixieland, Anything is nice of it comes from Dixieland en I'll dance my way right back to Dixieland. Three characteristic dixieland everygreen, skilfully set for Molenaar's...

Alexander's Band is back in Dixieland, Anything is nice of it comes from Dixieland en I'll dance my way right back to Dixieland. Three characteristic dixieland everygreen, skilfully set for Molenaar's...

Der amerikanische Komponist und Pianist George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) komponierte neben ernster Musik auch viel Unterhaltungsmusik (man denke an sein "Klavierkonzert", "American in Paris" und "Porgy a...

The Last Rose of Summer is a popular Irish folksong. The original text was written by Thomas Moore (1779-1852) and the melody is a traditional air titled The Groves of Blarney. The German composer Fri...

The famous Barcarolle from Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann opens the fourth act of the opera, which takes place in Venice. For this reason Offenbach chose a barcarolle - a Venetian gondolier song wi...

It is interesting to recall that Handel wrote Messiah, his most famous work whilst at the lowest point of his career, suffereing from fianantial hardship and depression. It was only composing that dis...