Intermediate Sheet Music from Gobelin

The Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV, better known as Achnaton, was the second son and successor of Amenhotep III. He reigned the New Kingdom from 1353 until 1336 BC. Achnatons lack of interest in the ec...

As he did before in the often played and commonly appreciated 'Lord Tullamore', in which he poetically depicted the landscape and the cultural elements of a small Irish village, in his composition 'Th...

Jubilant Prelude' is an orchestration of the 'Preludium over Psalm 150' originally composed for organ by Toon Hagen. Since 1998 Toon Hagen has been organ-player of the 'Grote or Sint Michaëlskerk' in...

Bi-Millennial Celebration' has been composed to honour the 2000th anniversary of the founding of the city of Nijmegen. This work consists of three continuous movements. The first movement depicts the...

E tangi ana cow, Hine e Hine... Do not cry, girl, do not cry... Every culture has its own melodies to comfort children to sleep. Jan Gerrit Adema made a beautiful arrangement of this lovely folk melod...

Ray Steadman-Allen's lovely, atmospheric piece of music. Based on a well-known Scandinavian childrens's hymne, 'Ingen er s? trygg i fare' (Children of the Heavenly Father).

This piece was commissioned by Nordhordland Brass Seminar in 1990 and written for a youth band. The title referes to a story from norse mythology. 'The Binding of the Wolf' is not a programmatic piec...

In Lord Tullamore, composer Carl Wittrock shows us his vision for Irish folk music. The result is a diverse three-part composition of rousing Irish folk with a continental touch. Lord Tullamore reflec...

The word 'tsunami' is of Japanese origin. When you look it up in a dictionary, you will find that it means 'a great sea wave produced by submarine earth movement or volcanic eruption'. A megatsunami i...

The assignment to write a test piece for the National Brass Band Championships ended up also being a 'test piece' for myself as a composer. Although being quite familiar with the Brass Band phenomenon...

In this work the Dutch composer Marc van Delft attempts to bring together two parties (former friends), after they have grown inexplicably apart. For this reason he calls in the help (Invocation) from...

Bruce Fraser composed this test piece for the 'Gouden Spiker Festival' 2003 (The Netherlands). Suite Celebration was inspired by events in his recent family life. The first movement celebrates the ma...

The composition Kefas was written for the brass band 'Apollo' from Grou (The Netherlands), by order of the Unisono Foundation, the organisation for wind music in The Netherlands. The assignment was gi...

In 'Land of Legends' German composer Andreas Ludwig (what's in a name) Schulte takes you along to the fictional world of legends, myths and fairy tales. The introduction to the first part (The Castle)...

As he did before in the often played and commonly appreciated 'Lord Tullamore', in which he poetically depicted the landscape and the cultural elements of a small Irish village, in his composition 'Th...

The Yiddish word 'Klezmer' has been derived from the Old Hebrew words 'Kley' (tool, instrument) and 'Zemer' (song, singing, making music). Klezmer is the traditional music of Jews from Eastern Europe....

Trimbeka is a composition which owes its existence to the anniversary of music society 'de Vlecke' in Gorredijk. The name Gorredijk originates from 'goor' or 'gor', which means : bog. Along the marshy...

Carl Wittrock composed La Viuda Negra (The Black Widow) for the Dutch Brass Band Championships (2010). A Spanish tinged composition filled with drama and emotion. La Viuda Negra is a Spanish widow,...

The Yiddish word 'Klezmer' has been derived from the Old Hebrew words 'Kley' (tool, instrument) and 'Zemer' (song, singing, making music). Klezmer is the traditional music of Jews from Eastern Europe....

L'Entracte is a lively piece composed by Jos Bosveld, filled with cheerful sounds that are reminiscent of a circus band. Wake your audience up with L'Entreacte , since no one will be able to sit still...

The Dutch composer Harrie Janssen composed 'Adventures of the Beaume' to mark the 50th anniversary of his parents wedding. The composer of the march his memories of the family home, and in particular...

Composer of Groningen Egbert composed the march 'Hellender' in response to the opening of the bandroom of the 'Hellendoornse Harmonie' (NL). The joyfull sounds of the march let you hear how well the t...