Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

The importance of Raffaele Caravaglios for the Italian wind band scene is undeniable and comparable to the fame of his better-known and celebrated contemporary Alessandro Vessella. Born in Castelvetra...

The importance of Raffaele Caravaglios for the Italian wind band scene is undeniable and comparable to the fame of his better-known and celebrated contemporary Alessandro Vessella. Born in Castelvetra...

Coppélia, a ballet in two acts and three scenes, was premiered at the Opéra National in Paris on 25 May 1870. Despite its early success, performances were interrupted because of the Franco-Prussian Wa...

Icelandic Waterfalls is a four-movement descriptive symphony. Each movement is linked to the image of one of the many beautiful waterfalls that can be encountered while visiting the stunning and uncon...

In musical notation, the word Scherzo corresponds to a usually instrumental composition of a lively and imaginative nature. At first, from the sixteenth to the seventeenth centuries, we find the word...

The magnificent triumphal march which Beethoven composed as incidental music for this tragedy, and which bears the number of WoO 2a, was written for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinet, two bassoons,...

Intermezzo from act 2. Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, a 20th century Venetian opera composer, drew inspiration from the styles of Mozart and Rossini, adopting the 18th century as a model. His opera "I quattro...

The Eight Short Preludes and Fugues, BWV 553-560, are a collection of works for keyboard formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. The Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 553, combines features of a...

Volume 12 dedicated to Grade 1 youth bands. Designed to introduce the very young to classical music.It contains the winning piece and the pieces mentioned at the 2nd International Competition of Compo...

An easy and delightful medley that, in 7 minutes, presents to the audience some of the most famous melodies by the renowned musician from Bergamo, taken from "L'elisir d'amore," "Don Pasquale," "Lucia...

On themes from G.F. Händel's "Water Music," appropriately arranged, the author has created a typical baroque concerto in three movements, with contained difficulty. "Water Music" is a series of three...

The Carnival of the Animals was composed in 1886 and privately performed the following year during Mardi Gras. At the composer’s explicit request, the work was only performed publicly and published af...