Intermediate Sheet Music from De Haske Publications

Jan Van der Roost and the commissioner of this work have strong personal ties, making By the River a very personal work for both of them. The first part is pastoral and describes the rural character o...

This three-movement work is a tribute to French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. The first movement depicts what is without a doubt Bartholdi's most famous sculpture, the Statue of Liberty in New...

This three-movement work is a tribute to French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. The first movement depicts what is without a doubt Bartholdi's most famous sculpture, the Statue of Liberty in New...

Le Lion de Belfort was composed for the official inauguration of the sculpture Le Lion de Belfort : an enormous red sandstone lion that dominates the landscape of the French city of Belfort. This 22 m...

Diptyque is the French word for 'diptych, ' meaning a hinged two-part image. The first section of this two-part musical painting has an Oriental feel, with characteristic pentatonic melody lines and c...

Diptyque is the French word for 'diptych, ' meaning a hinged two-part image. The first section of this two-part musical painting has an Oriental feel, with characteristic pentatonic melody lines and c...

Composer Satoshi Yagisawa wrote this fanfare for the anniversary of a concert band whose conductor he knew well. As a result, Fanfare to the Unknown World is a piece that lets the band shine in its fu...

Offenbach (1819 - 1880), who was born in Germany, moved to Paris when he was a teenage boy and remained there for much of his life. He became especially famous as a composer of numerous operettas. and...

Alphamonic Overture is an opening piece that serves equally well at other points in a concert programme. This unique work is based on the syllables of the name of the orchestra: just as Ravel once wro...

This piece was commissioned by the Hokuryo Wind Ensemble of Chigasaki Hokuryo High School in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan, and was premiered by the ensemble, conducted by Toru Maruyama. Pandora is...

This piece was commissioned by the Hokuryo Wind Ensemble of Chigasaki Hokuryo High School in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan, and was premiered by the ensemble, conducted by Toru Maruyama. Pandora is...

This work is based on an old folksong from Jeju, an island off the coast of South Korea. The song tells of the legend of the origins of the island through a volcano - the embodiment of a goddess. Alon...

This work is based on an old folksong from Jeju, an island off the coast of South Korea. The song tells of the legend of the origins of the island through a volcano - the embodiment of a goddess. Alon...

I Love the 207 was composed in February 2010 for a commission by Osumi Symphonic Band in Kyoto. It was first performed on 25 April 2010 by Osumi Symphonic Band, conducted by Masanori Ozaki. This piece...

I Love the 207 was composed in February 2010 for a commission by Osumi Symphonic Band in Kyoto. It was first performed on 25 April 2010 by Osumi Symphonic Band, conducted by Masanori Ozaki. This piece...

Jackson 5 Medley features the catchiest hits from one of the most successful family pop groups of all time, arranged for concert band by Takashi Hoshide. Includes the songs I'll Be There, I Want You B...

Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington's influence on the swing era as musician, bandleader and composer is unparalleled. His arrangement of his own composition It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Sw...

Cherubini made his Paris debut with Démophon, which premiered in 1788. Tohru Takahashi has arranged this dramatic overture for concert band, with specific parts for oboe, bassoon and saxophone among o...

This composition was written on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the De Pinte wind band. This is also the derivation of Latin title Aureus (golden-from the word aurum, or gold). This work is comp...

This piece was commissioned by Horikoshi High School Wind Ensemble. The director and conductor of the ensemble, Takashi Yoshizawa, has been a close friend of Satoshi Yagisawa since the inception of th...

The piece was commissioned by Shobi College of Music (Tokyo, Japan) for their entrance ceremony for freshman students in 2010, premiered by Shobi Ceremonial Wind Orchestra (Hirohisa Takanashi, conduct...

This opening piece was commissioned by a youth orchestra, which explains why it has such a lot of dynamism, energy and optimism. However, it begins in a stately and noble fashion, in the lower range o...

This concert march is written in the tradition of Mercury, Arsenal, Helios, Jupiter, Apollo, Minerva and others: the rather moderate tempo lends this march by Jan Van der Roost a rather dignified and...