Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Henry Mancini studied composition, piano and conducting at the famous Julliard School of Music. He started his musical career as a pianist and arranger with the Tex Beneke Band before working as arran...

Mike Post wrote several fine tunes for popular American television series such as 'The Greatest American Hero' and 'NYPD Blue'. Willy Hautvast already arranged for Molenaar Edition the theme of the ce...

This selection of Dutch hits that made it on the worldrepertoirelist was commissioned by CONAMUS,the Dutch organisation for promotion of Dutch Entertainment Music, compiled by Kees Vlak and published...

The huntsman goes on a holiday and takes it easy.There are no agitated horns, but there is a quiet hunting-motif instead. A few moments later the horns want to sound off again, but they can be coaxed...

'Rookie' stands for a new recruit. This small piece of entertainment music describes his first exercises and training.

This rhapsody is based on popular folktunes and dances such as 'Annie Laurie', 'Gina Body', 'Meet a Baby', 'Hundred Pipers' and 'Auld Lang Syne'. Henk van Lijnschooten is second to none to picture the...

'Symphonieën der Nederlanden' is a piece in one movement for wind band. It contains seven subdivisions, each of them treating a different musical theme. But the unifying idea is hard work, the same ki...

This Mass has been dedicated to His Holyness Pope John Paul II, to witness Lancens deep and respectful admiration for the Holy Father. The work was composed in 1986 and written for two solo voices: a...

Der deutsche Komponist Wilhelm Koenen hat diese schneidige Komposition geschrieben für jedes Blasorchester das gerne leichteMusik spielt.Der wechselnde Rhythmus suggeriert das moderne Musical. Wie der...

Born in 1908, Leroy Anderson was a great American conductor, who also composed a great number of light symphonic pieces of music. This famous 'Sandpaper Ballet' remains as popular as his 'Typewriter'.

The idea for this came when I was reading a critic's review of an opera; the critic quoted an Italian saying: -Prima la Musica- the music comes first! Apologies to Verdi for the tune used in the trio...

The Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg is still popular because of his theatre music for Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' and his Piano Concerto opus 16. The suite 'Fra Holbergs Tid' (Holberg Suite) opus 40 was origi...

Horovitz schrieb dieses wunderschöne Werk für symphonisches Blasorchester im Auftrag der Shell Harmonie Amsterdam. Horovitz verwendet einen von seinem vorhergehendem 'Bacchus on Blue Ridge' abweichend...