Marches for Concert Band

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

'Der Ring des Nibelungen' (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and th...

'Der Ring des Nibelungen' (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and th...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) achieved his fame primarily through his 16 operas, his 9 symphonic poems, but also through his almost 100 songs. What makes Richard Strauss particularly likeable is the fac...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) achieved his fame primarily through his 16 operas, his 9 symphonic poems, but also through his almost 100 songs. What makes Richard Strauss particularly likeable is the fac...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) achieved his fame primarily through his 16 operas, his 9 symphonic poems, but also through his almost 100 songs. What makes Richard Strauss particularly likeable is the fac...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) achieved his fame primarily through his 16 operas, his 9 symphonic poems, but also through his almost 100 songs. What makes Richard Strauss particularly likeable is the fac...

The 'symphonie Fantastique' (Episode in the life of an artist) was heard for the first time in Paris on 5 December 1830. Still we can feel the beating of the creator's heart at every performance. In t...

The 'symphonie Fantastique' (Episode in the life of an artist) was heard for the first time in Paris on 5 December 1830. Still we can feel the beating of the creator's heart at every performance. In t...

La Damnation de Faust was in the beginning a kind of oratorio, although Hector Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) called it himself a concert-opera. To place the Hungarian March in the piece, Hector Berlioz s...

La Damnation de Faust was in the beginning a kind of oratorio, although Hector Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) called it himself a concert-opera. To place the Hungarian March in the piece, Hector Berlioz s...

Felix Mendelssohn composed the Marsch in D major opus 108 to celebrate a visit of the painter Cornelius to the city of Dresden in april 1841. (Concert Band)

Felix Mendelssohn composed the Marsch in D major opus 108 to celebrate a visit of the painter Cornelius to the city of Dresden in april 1841. (Concert Band)

Giordano began composition of his best known opera, Andrea Chenier, in 1894. The libretto had been written by Luigi Illica for Alberto Franchetti, and Franchetti gave the libretto to Giordano. Andrea...

Giordano began composition of his best known opera, Andrea Chenier, in 1894. The libretto had been written by Luigi Illica for Alberto Franchetti, and Franchetti gave the libretto to Giordano. Andrea...

On 15 March 1811 Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) arrived in Munich looking for work.He must have begun his Clarinet Concertino almost at once: it was written for Heinrich Bärmann, the clarinettist of...

On 15 March 1811 Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) arrived in Munich looking for work.He must have begun his Clarinet Concertino almost at once: it was written for Heinrich Bärmann, the clarinettist of...

The fourth movement (Finale) of Pyotr Ilych Tschaikowsky's fifth symphony, beginning and ending as a triumphal march, might be thought to represent the victory of the will, since the fate theme of the...

The fourth movement (Finale) of Pyotr Ilych Tschaikowsky's fifth symphony, beginning and ending as a triumphal march, might be thought to represent the victory of the will, since the fate theme of the...

The Marsch der Priester is played at the very beginning of the second act of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte: the priests enter to a solemn march. (Concert Band)

The Marsch der Priester is played at the very beginning of the second act of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte: the priests enter to a solemn march. (Concert Band)

The Marsch der Priester is played at the very beginning of the second act of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte: the priests enter to a solemn march. (Concert Band)

Pyotr Ilych Tschaikowsky composed his Marche Slave in five days in the fall of 1876, completing the score on October 7 (and beginning his Symphonic Fantasia Francesca da Rimini the same day).It's mayb...

Pyotr Ilych Tschaikowsky composed his Marche Slave in five days in the fall of 1876, completing the score on October 7 (and beginning his Symphonic Fantasia Francesca da Rimini the same day).It's mayb...