Molenaar Edition Sheet Music

Molenaar Edition has already published several arrangements by Josef Hastreiter as well as his thrilling concert piece 'Dancing Show'. This new very rhythmical compo-sition 'Six to Five' will certainl...

While the mountains are still covered with a thick snow cloth and many passroads are still closed, the fruitblossoms next to the fjords are in full bloom and the days are growing longer and warmer. Th...

This is based on the famous tango 'El Choclo' by Angel Villoldo. The tango is the national dance of Argentina, but Terry has turned it into a samba, which is the national dance of Brazil, thereby runn...

This opera in three acts is based on a libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil inspired by the play 'The sunken bell' by the German playwright Gerhard Hauptmann. It tells a tragical story, similar to the 'Undine'...

Peter Laine has got a long and rich career with entertainment (and more serious) music. His experience, with a.o. the famous Swiss ensemble 'Hazy Osterwald Sextett' and several bands and radio orchest...

The Brasilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote some very famous tunes such as Desafinado (1959). It was this song that first mentioned the term bossa nova. Though complex in melody and harmony, the...

To Jef Penders the influence of Glenn Miller on light music in the second half of the twentieth century is still alive. After Glenn meets Wolfgang, Glenn beats the Battle of Jericho and Glenn plays af...

This musical whimsy is based on the well known folk tune Turkey in the Straw. After the introduction we meet our friend as we all know him from the folk tune.At Moderato we catch the turkey in a melan...

In Germany and Austria there are many beautiful Christmas carols, some of them such as 'Holy Night, Silent Night' or 'O Tannenbaum' are known and sung all over the world. Josef Hastreiter (1938) arran...

The 'Suite for Wind Orchestra' has three parts. The introductory 'Symphonic Movement' is based on two opposite musical ideas. The first is chromatic, whereas the second is rather diatonically harmoniz...

Jef Penders, often called 'The Spanish Limburger', lives since many years in the province of Valencia where he is strongly involved in the local musical life. He wrote this fine seguidilla Per al meu...

This famous jazz theme with the melancholic lyrics 'Bill Bailey won't you please come home, I'm feeling sad and lonely' is on the repertoire of many famous (female) jazz singers and is also a favourit...