Concert Marches for Concert Band

Henk Ummels wrote this easy and yet skilful arrangement for bands of the middle class divisions of this extremely popular classical composition by Maurice Ravel. This arrangement is very well suited t...

Manuel de Falla is considered one of the biggest Spanish composers. He was very interested in native Spanish folk music, whose influence is rather noticeable in this piece. The Three Cornered Hat, whi...

The Voyevoda from Tchaikovsky is based on the play A Dream on the Volga which was premiered on February 11, 1869. In the 1870s Tchaikovsky destroyed the manuscript full score of the opera, while recyc...

Camille Saint-Saëns, wrote his Third Symphony, while at the peak of his artistic abilities. During the same period he also wrote his Third Violin Concerto, the Danse Macabre and his world famous Carni...

Debussy's Preludes for Piano is a masterpiece of impressionist music. The arranger wanted to translate this colourful universe into the symphonic concert band scope. He explores the wide palette of re...

Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a Russian composer, music educator and conductor who taught lessons at the Conservatory of Saint Petersburg, to Stravinsky and Prokofiev among others. The talented orch...

The composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is regarded as Norway's the most important composer and for a large part can be regarded as a miniaturist. He has written famous works such as the Piano Concerto...

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...

The andante in C major K 315 (K6 285e) was commissioned to Mozart from a rich Dutchman called Ferdinand De Jean. The piece has a simple solo writing and a linear symphonic part. The flute solo can eas...

In 1888 a poor music teacher got engaged to a writer, eight years older than him. Caroline Alice Roberts dedicated her poem The Wind At Dawn to her beloved Edward Elgar. And he composed his Liebesgruß...

This Galop, one of the most famous works by the Austrian musician Johann Strauss senior, was composed in 1837. The source of inspiration for this was the Cachucha, a Spanish dance which was very popul...

This Galop, one of the most famous works by the Austrian musician Johann Strauss senior, was composed in 1837. The source of inspiration for this was the Cachucha, a Spanish dance which was very popul...

Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, Rachmaninoff's popular song without words, scored for solo oboe and band.

This march was written in 1854 by Johann Strauss II, known from 'an der schönen blauen Donau' in honour of Napoleon III (cousin of Napoleon I), the last emperor of France who reigned from 1852 to 1870...

This march was written in 1854 by Johann Strauss II, known from 'an der schönen blauen Donau' in honour of Napoleon III (cousin of Napoleon I), the last emperor of France who reigned from 1852 to 1870...

The Bagatelle no. 25, a famous piano piece, has become known under the title Für Elise. It is perhaps the most famous work by Ludwig van Beethoven, and probably composed for one of his female students...

The Bagatelle no. 25, a famous piano piece, has become known under the title Für Elise. It is perhaps the most famous work by Ludwig van Beethoven, and probably composed for one of his female students...

The Slavic Dances of A. Dvorak result from the order of F.Simrock, who sought to obtain some income from the emerging nationalist fascination in the late 19th century. Dating from 1878, the first cycl...

The Slavic Dances of A. Dvorak result from the order of F.Simrock, who sought to obtain some income from the emerging nationalist fascination in the late 19th century. Dating from 1878, the first cycl...

Ordered by Elisa Hall in 1903 to Claude Debussy when he was working in the composition of Le Mer, the Rapsodie for Orchester et Saxophone was only partially completed in 1911. After the orchestration...

Ordered by Elisa Hall in 1903 to Claude Debussy when he was working in the composition of Le Mer, the Rapsodie for Orchester et Saxophone was only partially completed in 1911. After the orchestration...

Francisco Santos Pinto (1815-1860), a Portuguese violinist, hornist and composer. When the civil wars broke out in 1832, he was first horn player in the "Banda da Guarda Real da Policia” (Royal Police...