Norica Timber
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Gewidmet der Trachtenkapelle Hasslacher Sachsenburg (Kärnten)
Die Trachtenkapelle Hasslacher wurde 1948 als Ortskapelle gegründet. Zwei Jahre später wurde die Ortskapelle zur Werkskapelle der Firma ...
Der Märchenkönig
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Timo Dellweg wurde 1979 in Idar-Oberstein geboren. Bereits im Alter von sechs Jahren erhielt er Musikunterricht in Trompete und Klavier. Beim Wettbewerb „Jugend musiziert" wurde er zwei Mal Bundespreisträger. Von 2001 bis 2005 ...
Sternstunden
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Anlässlich der Fusionierung der Gemeinden Vorderweißenbach & Schönegg (Oberösterreich)
Vorderweißenbach und Schönegg – zwei Gemeinden im sanften Mühlviertler Hügelland ...
Sweet Bells Fantasy
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Austrian composer Martin Scharnagl presents SWEET BELLS FANTASY, a creative fantasy about the well-known German Christmas song "Suesser die Glocken nie klingen" (The Bells Never Sound Sweeter). The work begins with ...
Song for One World
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"Song for One World" is an ode to peace and freedom. With soft, flowing sounds, composer Luigi di Ghisallo creates a calm and conciliatory mood that is deliberately free of negative elements. The work begins with twelve opening chimes. For a ...
Farmer's Tuba
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"Farmer's Tuba" was written for tuba player Josef Hofer, in 2012. Austrian Composer Martin Scharnagl ...
Dramatic Tales
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"Dramatic Tales" was composed for the Trachtenkapelle Todtmoos 1863 e.V. (Black Forest, Germany) for the 750th anniversary of the church in 2018. Markus Goetz was inspired by the dramatic history of this place of pilgrimage. According to ...
Wiener Praterleben
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Siegfried Translateur was a German composer, publisher and music director. He hailed from the province of Silesia where he was born as an illegitimate child. His mother later married cantor Salomon Lagodzinsky who in turn adopted young Siegfried. ...
Godfather of Seville
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James L. Hosay’s “Godfather of Seville” is a musical satire, interspersing excerpts from Rossini’s “Barber Of Seville” with snippets of original music written in the style of the music scores from the famous ...
Monumentum
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"Monumentum", an overture for winds and percussion by austrian composer Martin Scharnagl begins with a sublime, majestic theme, which is framed by a walking ostinato accompanying rhythm. This cinematic introduction is followed by an elegant ...
San Ludovico
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Creating church musical celebrations is one of the most compelling tasks of a wind band. For the 60th birthday of the pastor of his hometown Ebensee am Traunsee (Upper Austria), the Austrian composer Fritz Neuboeck wrote the chorale "San ...
Largo
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The second movement LARGO from the "New World Symphony" (9th Symphony) is undoubtedly one of the most moving works by the Czech composer Antonín Dvorák. The original English horn theme is probably one of the best-known classical ...
The Royal Scotsman
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Get ready for a short ride on a historic luxury train to the Scottish Highlands. You are one of the 36 happy individuals who can enjoy the beauty of the Highlands aboard the posh Royal Scotsman, greeted by a bagpipe player when leaving Edinburgh ...
Tsaritsino
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South of Moscow lies the Tsaritsyno Palace. In the 18th century, Catherine the Great wanted to build a magnificent country estate outside the Moscow gates. The result of ten years’ construction did not appeal to the Russian Empress, so she tore ...
Power Surge
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"Power Surge" can also mean "adrenaline rush". In addition to the first more technical expression, American composer James L. Hosay had especially the adrenaline rush in mind, passengers of the popular "Power Surge" ...
Priority
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Mit „Priority“ präsentiert Martin Scharnagl einen brandneuen, frischen Konzertmarsch, den er für das Anfang 2018 erschienene, gleichnamige Album seiner Erfolgsformation „Viera Blech“ komponiert und anschließend ...
Marcha de Libertad
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Gerald Ranacher is a musician, composer and – as he says himself – a passionate family person. In 1989, he graduated in clarinet and diatonic harmonica at the Carinthian Conservatory. Since then, he teaches clarinet, music theory, ensemble ...
Heurigenbrüder
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Er war einer der großen Vertreter der leichten Muse, die in vielfältiger Form in der ausgehenden Donaumonarchie auch und gerade von Militärkapellmeistern gepflegt wurde: Julius Fučík (1872-1916). Seine Laufbahn verlief wie in ...
Bai-Kai-Lai
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Karel Pospíšil wurde am 6. 4. 1867 in Běstvina bei Chotěboř (Chotieborsch) als Kind einer musikalischen Familie geboren. Pospíšil lernte Klavier und Violine. Er wurde Lehrer und später auch Schuldirektor in Prag. ...
Sympatria
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SYMPATRIA – a concert march for wind band - was commissioned by leading conductor Walter Rescheneder for the Upper Austrian wind band association and the newspaper OÖ Nachrichten on the occasion of the contest "Best of Blasmusik". ...
Rummel Bummel
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An ocean of colors, wonderful smells of roasted almonds and popcorn, exciting bumper car rides... already as a small boy I was genuinely fascinated by the fair and its colorful going-ons. Many years later, I told the musicians of my youth band ...
Rock Space
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American composer James Hosay is known for his well-conceived rock compositions. With “Rock Space”, he finally contributed his first piece to the popular RUNDEL eXplora Series – a rocky and groovy number in pop song style. Hosay uses ...
Kalahari
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The Kalahari is a savanna in the South of Africa that is often called a desert due to extensive sands. The large region stretches for more than one million square kilometers. An exceptional feature is the river Okavango that flows through the ...
Gospel Day
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“Gospel Day“ is a fascinating and sweeping concert piece, inspired by the exuberant energy of American gospel music. This kind of music celebrates and lives out faith and worship. Luigi di Ghisallo’s composition is great in educational ...
Break of the Code
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“Break of the Code” sounds like the score to an adventure movie. The hero goes on a quest for a secret – an old Pharaoh’s tomb. Will he eventually break the code and reveal the secret? This small but impressive concert piece ...
Ehrensache
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Celia Moosbrugger wurde 1996 in eine musikalische Familie hinein geboren. Die Multi-Instrumentalistin spielt Blockflöte, Steirische Harmonika, Chromatisches Hackbrett, Diatonisches Hackbrett, Klarinette, Klavier und Schlagzeug. Das Komponieren kam ...
Abendmond
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This little nocturne “Abendmond” (evening moon) combines two German folk tunes: “Abend wird es wieder” (It’s evening again) and “Der Mond ist aufgegangen” (The moon has risen). I present the tunes both ...
My Dream
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Peter Leitner is composer, arranger, trumpeter and singer of the successful Carinthian group “Fegerländer”. Under the slogan “Der Blasmusik Schlager” (wind band schlager) the 13 musicians combine Bohemian band music at the ...
Andulka Marsch
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The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There these new ideas fell on particularly fertile ground. In ...
Berliner Luft
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“Berliner Luft” (Berlin Air) was originally a march song that appeared and was premiered in a burlesque of the same name by Paul Lincke in 1904. Soon after this, the composition became successful as an independent piece of music which was ...
Feuerfest!
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Josef Strauß (1827-1879) comes from the famed Austrian Strauß family. His father was Johann Strauß, his older brother Johann Strauß (son) and his younger brother Eduard Strauß. All three sons were great composers, but Josef ...
Dachovská Polka
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The popular "Dachovská Polka" by Josef Flegl is a classic in wind band literature, composed in the tradition of the great Czech concert polkas. This lovely ...
Israeli Folk Songs
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Eva Fodor writes about “Israeli Folk Songs”:
For a long time I had the wish to popularize music from Israel – the country where I grew up. And it always is a central idea of my musical activities to combine different musical ...
Alpenwelt
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This sonorous March written bei Anton Ulbrich is from the repertoire of Roland Kohler and his groupt Neue Böhmische Blasmusik. The beautiful melody of the trio part makes "Alpenwelt" a real catchy tune. This march deserves to be a steady ...
Pomp and Circumstance No. 4
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The five marches from the series “Pomp and Circumstance” op. 39 surely belong to the most famous compositions by British composer Edward Elgar. He wrote them between 1901 and 1930. The series’ first march with the lyrics “Land of ...
Lignum
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If you look up the Latin word “Lignum” in a dictionary, you find the word “wood”. But there is also another, more poetic meaning: the tree. The tree has always been a symbol of life, it is a manifestation of strength, tradition, ...
Adelhausener Impressionen
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Markus Götz composed “Adelhausener Impressionen” on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Musikverein Adelhausen, which he led as a conductor during its jubilee year in 2016. It was important for him to write a personal ...
Carrickfergus Posy
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The beautiful and haunting Irish folk song “Carrickfergus” was almost lost and forgotten to the ages, had it not been for the Irish-born actor Peter O’Toole, who sang the song to his friend, recording artist Dominic Behan. He made a ...
Schweizer Mosaik
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Markus Götz used three Swiss folk songs in his spectacular composition “Schweizer Mosaik“ (Swiss Mosaic): “S‘isch mer alles ei ding, ob i lach oder sing“, “La haut sur la montagne” and “Zoog ä-n ...
Dance Variants
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“Dance Variants” op. 146 was a commission to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Honolulu Wind Symphony (Hawaii). James Barnes wrote a composition that combines an overall A-B-A structure in variation form. The work opens with a short ...
Maskarade
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The opera “Maskarade” by Danish composer Carl Nielsen is based on a classic theater comedy that Nielsen turned into a comic opera. Literary circles first were critical about this, but success proved Nielsen right – the opera became ...
Vita pro Musica
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The composition “Vita pro Musica”, meaning “a life for music”, was written in winter of 2015 to celebrate the 60th birthday of Ernst Oestreicher, chief conductor of the Northern Bavarian Music Association, and director of the ...
Joss Fritz
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Name source for this dramatic rhapsody was a historic character from the time of the Peasants’ War – Joss Fritz. The piece was a commission on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Musikverein “Harmonie” 1890 Untergrombach ...
Im Weissen Rössl
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“Im Weissen Rössl” is a famous light opera in three acts by Ralph Benatzky. Some of the musical interludes were written by Robert Stolz and Robert Gilbert. The play premiered in the Great Theatre of Berlin in 1930. The setting is the ...
Prayer and Jubilation
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As the title “Prayer and Jubilation” suggests, this piece is one of a spiritual nature. The first part is slow and reflective, almost meditative. The second part is upbeat, joyful and uplifting, similar to what one would experience while ...
Kaiserin Sissi
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Timo Dellweg wurde 1979 in Idar-Oberstein geboren. Bereits im Alter von sechs Jahren erhielt er Musikunterricht in Trompete und Klavier. Beim Wettbewerb »Jugend musiziert« wurde er zwei Mal Bundespreisträger. Von 2001 bis 2005 ...
UNO-Marsch
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In the 1960’s, Austrian composer Robert Stolz (1880-1975) wrote the “UNO-Marsch” op. 1275, the United Nations March. He was inspired and motivated by his friend Ralph Bunche, a U.S. diplomat and civil rights activist. Even as an ...
Mango Walk
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Rumba is a couple dance, originating from the isle Cuba, adopted as ballroom dance by many industrial countries. The communication between the two partners is very characteristic. The dancers seem to flirt with each other, they court and tease each ...
Little Concert Suite
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"Little Concert Suite” by Fritz Neuböck was first composed as a quartet for two trumpets, horn and baritone with the title “Little Suite”. When transcribed for concert band it was included in the RUNDEL Series Basic Sound. ...
Jump and Joy
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German composer Markus Götz wrote this modern overture “Jump and Joy” as a thoroughly joyous piece for concert band. Cheerful and bright rock melodies with staccato effects and dynamic syncopations radiate an optimistic energy in the ...
Apertum
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“Apertum” is the Latin word for “free sky” or “open space”. On one hand, the title is programmatic because the piece is conceived for open-air events and joint performances. This is why the composition is scored with ...
Stets treu!
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Sebastian Sürgers (*1982) learned to play flute in the local music school and had his first experience as a musician and conductor in the community band. After doing his service with the military band in Dusseldorf he studied tuba at the Vocational ...
Latino Mallets
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Latin music is characterized by strong use of particular percussion instruments such as congas, agogos, cowbell, guiro, claves and others. In Stefan Schwalgin’s Medley “Latino Mallets”, those instruments form the rhythmic and tonal ...
A Sign For Freedom
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The hymn “A Sign for Freedom“ is a musical plea for peace and freedom by young Austrian composer Thomas Asanger. The strong German and Austrian sentiment to support refugees from various conflict areas is a great sign of tolerance and ...
Highlander Legacy
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This work was commissioned by the Dexter Community Band, in Dexter, Michigan, and is dedicated to the memory of their founder, David L. Angus. It is a Theme and Variations style piece based on the Scottish folk song „Comin’ Thro’ The ...
Respicere
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The composition “Respicere” was commissioned on the occasion of the 1250th anniversary of Röhlingen and written for the Röhlingen Community Band and their conductor Michael Seckler. It is dedicated to the chairman Ludwig Kurz, who ...
Ringgenberger Festmusik
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Composed for the Kreismusiktag 2014 in Ringgenberg (Switzerland): In 2014, the Ringgenberg Music Society was invited to the Kreismusiktag (local band festival) of the Bernese Oberland Band Music Association. For the grand finale of the event, with ...
Young Fanfare
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Tyrolean composer, drummer and music educator Martin Scharnagl attracts attention in the band music world not only with his hit polkas like “Von Freund zu Freund” or “Augenblicke” – also his concert pieces are very popular ...
Country Polka
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In his light-hearted composition “Country Polka”, Luigi di Ghisallo invites us to a typical American farmers’ market. In the hustle and bustle of the market, we can buy vegetables, meat, cheese and many other products, meander around ...
Pirates of Rock
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One of the most important attributes of a pirate is his brashness. It’s the same kind of boldness that young instrumentalists need for their first performances. At this specific moment they have to gather all their courage and present what they ...
Donegal Bay
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Donegal Bay is the largest bay in Ireland, at the northwest coast of the “green island”. Three Irish counties border each other there: Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo. In the same manner, Florian Ziller combines three sections of typical Irish ...
Break-Up!
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For this sweeping opening piece in the RUNDEL Series eXplora, Austrian composer Thomas Asanger chose the title “Break-Up”. In the context of the composition, this expression describes the break-up of old, obsolete structures and planning for ...
Prager Burg
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"Around the Prague Castle" (Okolo Vyšehradu) is one of those typically Czech marches that are unmistakably embedded in the colorful folklore tradition of their home country. It boasts a clear melodic line as well as colorful figurations ...
Festivus Fanfare
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Young Tyrolean composer, arranger and drummer Martin Scharnagl attracts attention not only with his hit polkas like “Von Freund zu Freund” or “Augenblicke” – also his concert pieces are very popular with musicians and ...
Gigantic
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The composer Julius Fučík (1872-1916) wrote over 300 compositions of which only a tiny fragment has survived on concert platforms to this day. The RUNDEL Julius Fučík Edition presents the composer’s works for concert ...
Victory Trophies
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The march VICTORY TROPHIES (Vitezne trofeje / Siegestrophäen), Opus 297 was composed in 1915 and may be a symbol of the Austro-German alliance. A vigorous Prussian march is followed by the well-known motive of an Austrian generals' ...
Meteoritmo
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The title of this composition was inspired by the Steinheim/Albuch Community Band. Their annual musical highlight in spring bears the title “Meteoritmo” – and this word creation perfectly suited a commissioned ...
East-West-East
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In his comedy march “East-West-East”, American composer James L.Hosay confronts two different worlds: The United States (West) and Russia (East). In musically opposing figures the two (music) cultures clash. Finally they cooperate: elements ...
Cortege Solennel op.91
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Alexander Konstantinowitsch Glasunow was born in 1865 and showed a striking musical talent from a very early age, which was furthered by his teacher Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was taken as a member of the composers’ coterie of the musically ...
Crossbreed
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I composed “Crossbreed” as a commission for the Ellwangen youth band and its conductor Wendelin Dauser honoring the 1250th anniversary of the town Ellwangen. I tried to learn a lot about the town and talked to many culturally knowledgeable ...
Jubiläumsfanfare
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“Jubiläumsfanfare“ (Golden Jubilee Fanfare) is Kees Vlak’s musical gift to Musikverlag RUNDEL on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 2014. In the same year, the Dutch composer also celebrates several anniversaries: 50 years ...
Klang der Alpen
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The Alps are a fundamental and distinctive feature of Central Europe. This impressive natural spectacle inspired Kurt Gäble to write “Klang der Alpen” (Alpine Sound). As the subtitle declares, “impressions – traditions ...
Patria
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From his many visits to the Allgäu region the young composer Thiemo Kraas of North Rhine-Westphalia noted one particular feature of the people living there: a deep sense of home. When the Legau Community Band commissioned a piece on the occasion of ...
Tannhäuser Festival
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Richard Wagner is mainly famous for his great and unique dramatic works, where he developed a comprehensive, holstic style as composer, librettist and stage director. His best-known operas are "Rienzi", "The Flying Dutchman", ...