Marches for Concert Band

Many composers have written a triumphal march, with maybe the best known one being by Italian opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi for his 1871 grand opera, Aida, where, in the second act, Radames leads the...

The Pomp and Circumstance Marches (full title Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches), Op. 39, are a series of marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar. March No. 1 was composed in 1901 and...

The 'Swan of Pesaro' as Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) was called, was to become one of the greatest European composers of the nineteenth century. He was made immortal by his numerous operas. 'The thi...

Grieg composed this funeral march for his friend, Norwegian composer Rikard Nordraak who died at the age of 23. Grieg took copies of this piece on all his travels as he wished that it would be played...

Sir Edward Elgar wrote his Pomp and Circumstance March no. 2 in 1901 and dedicated it to the composer Granville Bantock. Although this second march is less known than the first, it is not less beautif...

Berlioz wrote the Hungarian March in 1846, which he later in the year included in his large work, The Damnation of Faust. The march was written on the advice of those Berlioz had told how the Hungaria...

After the success of André Rieu's Strauss & Co, Patrick Milstone has followed up with Strauss Party.This potpourii of light music classics includes the highlights of The Radetzki March (Johan Strauss)...

Funeral March of a Marionette was composed in 1872 as part of Charles Gonoud's Suite Burlesque for piano. This suite was intended as a parody of the music critic, Henry Chorley. When he had finished c...

Tchaikovsky Highlights'. Various themes from the famous composer P.I Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) are presented here as a medley. The piece makes use of the best known melodies from the following compositi...

Ein festlicher Marsch von Händel, bearbeitet für Blasorchester. Schwierigkeitsgrad: 2. Besetzung : Blasorchester, Stimmen im Marschbuchformat

Ein festlicher Marsch von Händel, bearbeitet für Blasorchester. Schwierigkeitsgrad: 2. Besetzung : Blasorchester, Stimmen im Marschbuchformat

Drei festliche Tänze aus der Zeit des Barock und Rokoko bilden die Grundlage dieser Notenausgabe. Die Tänze können einzeln aufgeführt werden und sind somit auch als Programmpunkt eines festlichen Konz...

Eine Melodienfolge bekannter klassischer Themen. Das Potpourri eignet sich auch für ein Open Air oder Showkonzert der leichteren Muse. Die Melodien wurden deshalb bewusst nich zu schwer instrumentiert...

Eine Melodienfolge aus den bekanntesten Opern von Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Inhalt: Marziale (Triumphmarsch 'Aida') Adagio (Vorspiel 'La Traviata') Andante (Holdes Mädchen 'Rigoletto') Marcia (Trium...

AIDA ist eine der bekanntesten Opern aus der Feder von Giuseppe Verdi. Die Uraufführung fand am 24. Dezember 1871 in Kairo statt. Verdi hatte die pompöse Oper im 'rein ägyptischen Stil' zwar schon ein...

In den Petersburger Aufführungen der drei großen Ballette von Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893) erlebte der klassische Tanz seinen Höhepunkt und bildete so die Ausgangsplattform zur Erneuerung d...

Johann Strauss II, best known as the “Waltz King”, also composed a few marches. He dedicated a whole series of pieces of this genre to certain countries and their monarchs: the “Persian March op. 289”...

The “Festival March” was first heard on April 23, 1879 during the performance of Shakespear’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream.” On the occasion of the visit of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I with his wi...