Advanced Sheet Music from Molenaar Edition

Towards A New Life (Josef Suk) was written in 1919 as a patriotic march, dedicated to the young Czechoslovakian army. In the same year he submitted this work to a composition competition where this ma...

In these works Smetana combined the symphonic poem form pioneered by Franz Liszt with the ideals of nationalistic music which were current in the late nineteenth century. Each poem depicts some aspect...

Berlioz wrote the Hungarian March in 1846, which he later in the year included in his large work, The Damnation of Faust. The march was written on the advice of those Berlioz had told how the Hungaria...

Britannica is inspired by Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance marches. A playful, varied introduction leads to the majestic main theme, recalling the heyday of the British Empire. It is played initia...

Benvenuto Cellini was the first opera from the French composer Hector Berlioz. After reading the memoires of the 16th century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, Berlioz had a strong feeling of connection and...

Thirty years after the release of the first part of Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev, Johan de Meij presents a breathtaking sequel. This brand-new three-part suite for concert band is not a repeti...

Thirty years after the release of the first part of Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev, Johan de Meij presents a breathtaking sequel. This brand-new three-part suite for concert band is not a repeti...

Ronald Binge was born on 15 July 1910 at Derby, England. He studied harmony and counterpoint on his own and tried his hand at arranging and composing during the many years he worked as a pianist and m...

This Concerto pour Cor was composed during the winter 1990/91. It is dedicated to the fine horn player Matthias Berg, who created it with the ad hoc symphonic band of a conductor's seminar at the Tros...

The 'Concerto pour Hautbois' was written in 1991. In fact, it is a new version of the 'Concerto for Harmonica and Symphony Orchestra' commissioned by the famous harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler in 1954....

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...