Johan de Meij Sheet Music for Concert Band

This suite was originally scored for a complete symphony orchestra to which four saxophones, an accordion and a guitar had been added. The title 'Jazz Suite' is rather misleading, as the composer defi...

The Cake Walk is, just like the Quickstep, the Schottisch, the 'Rag and the Quadrille, a popular American dance from the second half of the last century. Both the rhythmic and the melodic structure of...

Back to the thirties! Mr. Faust wrote an original light composition in the Ragtime idiom.

The T-Bone Concerto was Johan de Meij's first composition for solo instrument and symphonic band. It consists of three movements called respectively 'Rare', 'Medium' and 'Well Done'. In addition to th...

The T-Bone Concerto was Johan de Meij's first composition for solo instrument and symphonic band. It consists of three movements called respectively 'Rare', 'Medium' and 'Well Done'. In addition to th...

This concerto for solo trombone and symphonic band consists of three movements called respectively 'Rare', 'Medium', and 'Well Done'. The ensemble consists of a double wind quintet plus an english hor...

Within the history of art song, the 600+ lieder of Franz Schubert stand supreme - though they were often intended purely for performance in his intimate circle of friends. Schubert arranged Der Tod un...

Die mehr als 600 Lieder von Franz Schubert gehören zum absolut Besten des Genres Lied. In vielen Liedern, so auch in Der Tod und das Mädchen, gehen Gedicht und Musik eine besondere Symbiose ein. Schub...

The famous trilogy The Lord of the Rings by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, published in 1955, has brought enjoyment to several generations of readers. Johan de Meij himself took the inspiration for...

To My Country comes from the trio section of the Dutch composer Bernard Zweer (1854-1924) third symphony. The third symphony was composed at a time when many composers were inspired by great patriotic...

The Hymn To My Country is the trio part of the second movement, entitled 'In the Country', from the third Symphony To My Country (1886 - 1890) by the Dutch composer Bernard Zweers (1854 - 1924). This...

La Quintessenza is a musical approach of the quintessence, the heart of the matter. By focusing a five note motif in a number of variants, de Meij uses this approach to get through to the essence of t...

The symphonic poem 'Loch Ness' consists of five through-composed impressions of this mysterious Scottish Lake. I) The Lake At Dawn - calm, static, sonorous blocks depict the troubled opaque water surf...

Diese melodische Hymne wurde zur 24-Jahrfeier des Gemeindeverbands Margraten in der niederländischen Provinz Limburg in Auftrag gegeben. Das Werk wurde bei einem großen Galakonzert am 24. November 200...

For this exciting work Johan de Meij took his inspiration from Rembrandt's The Night Watch, Vermeer's Love Letter and Steen's Prinsjesdag. In the first movement the solo trombone keeps watch at night,...

For this exciting work Johan de Meij took his inspiration from Rembrandt's The Night Watch, Vermeer's Love Letter and Steen's Prinsjesdag. In the first movement the solo trombone keeps watch at night,...

The Suite 'Aquarium' is Johan de Meij's third composition for symphonic band and features six tropical fishes, each of them represented by a motif, and surfacing as such in several guises. The composi...

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