Listen & Read: EUPHORIA
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gabriellas Sang
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“Gabriellas Sång” is a song from the Swedish movie “As it is in heaven” that has touched hearts since 2005. The movie tells of the famous conductor Daniel Dareus, who returns after many years to his Swedish home village to ...
80er KULT(tour)
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Without any doubt the 1980’s were a decade of top-class pop music. As a “child of that time” it was a long-time wish for Thiemo Kraas to write a medley with German-language songs from this era (Neue Deutsche Welle) having continuous ...
The Way Old Friends Do
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The Way Old Friends Do” is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA. The live recording of a concert in 1979 appeared on the successful album “Super Trouper” (1980). While singing this song, the four ABBA members stood at the edge of the stage ...
Musik liegt in der Luft
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“Musik liegt in der Luft” (Music is in the air) was a popular German TV show that aired between 1991 and 1998. TV legend Dieter Thomas Heck hosted the great musical request show. Before each show thousands of balloons with postcards attached ...
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 ...
So schön ist Blasmusik
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“So schön ist Volksmusik” by Erich Becht is the catchy theme song of the Grand Prix der Volksmusik held annually between 1986 and 2010. Artists from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and later also South Tirol participated in the ...
Heublumen-Polka
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Dedicated to Sepp Krönauer and his Schönegger Almmusikanten.
The Schönegger Käse-Alm is located in Rottenbuch, Upper Bavaria. The cheese-manufacturer was founded as a family business in 1988, with a shop and a small ...
Fast Himmelblau
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Waltzes occurred at a time when an encounter between man and woman was still severely regulated and when physical contact was a delicate issue. The waltz as a couples dance with men and women touching each other was a revolutionary and even ...
Euphoria
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The 90th anniversary of Musikverein Wilhelmskirch (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) in 2015 carried the motto “Euphoria” – inspired by the title of the festive march Martin Scharnagl had composed for the musicians of Wilhelmskirch. The ...
So schön wie heut'
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The evolution of sound film in the 1920’s and 1930’s was a milestone for the film industry. Finally the movies were accompanied by appropriate voices, sounds and music. Thus began the film score era. In Germany, sung schlager songs were very ...
Listen & Read: FREEDOM
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Alpine Inspirations
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The overture “Alpine Inspirations” describes the diverse beauty of the mountains. Listening to the impressive music, we can imagine a nice hike through the Alps, experiencing the fabulous and inspiring scenery. Young Tyrolean composer Martin ...
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 ...
König David
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The overture „King David“ draws musical pictures of the great King of Israel, based on excerpts from the first and second Book of Samuel in the Holy Bible. The first part describes David’s predecessor King Saul, who has fallen from ...
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. ...
Maraba Blue
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South African musician and composer Abdulla Ibrahim was born in Cape Town in 1934. As a young boy he begged American sailors to sell him their latest jazz records. “Music is everywhere in Cape Town”, Ibrahim once said – and as the town ...
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 ...
Hinterm Horizont
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Just in time for Udo Lindenberg’s 70’s Birthday on May 17, 2016, Musikverlag RUNDEL published his powerful, sweeping song “Hinterm Horizont geht’s weiter” (There is more beyond the horizon) from the successful musical ...
Downtown
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This famous catchy pop song from 1964, written by Tony Hatch and sung by Petula Clark, climbed the charts and became a worldwide hit. In 1965, “Downtown” was awarded a Grammy for “best rock’n’roll song”. Since then, ...
Lenas Song (Fly with Me)
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The movie „As it is in Heaven“ tells the story of the famous conductor Daniel Dareus, who returns to his Swedish home village to physically and mentally recover from a heart attack. He takes over the lead of the local church choir and faces ...
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 ...
Listen & Read: MASKARADE
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Polka Italienne
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Russian composer, pianist and conductor Sergeij Rachmaninow (1873-1943) is regarded as one of the most versatile musicians of his time. He wrote symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music, tone poems, operas and songs. As concert pianist he was in ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Listen & Read: WENDEPUNKTE
Valhalla
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Very few composers throughout history have had more of an influence on romantic music and romantic composers than Richard Wagner. Whenever a performance of his music is scheduled, all of the local composers flock to the concert hall to hear it. His ...
Wendepunkte 1-9-8-9
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1989 / 2014: 25 years ago in Germany a political change happened having an incredible impact on the lives of so many people. With the fall of the Berlin Wall the citizens of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) acquired a freedom which they had ...
Sankt Cäcilia
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“It is a huge privilege to be exposed to music from early childhood. Before birth I was lucky enough to listen to the sounds of my mother playing piano and cello. My family encouraged the wonderful fascination of music. I had the opportunity to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Alpine Holiday
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Commissioned by the “Bernischer Kantonal-Musikverband“ (Berne County Band Music Association, Switzerland) as the required test piece for their 2014 wind band competition, Alpine Holiday is a large overture for wind orchestra. The work ...
Threnody
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I wrote “Threnody” in memory of an old friend of mine, saxophonist Thomas Liley. We knew each other since high school. We were in university together and even played in the same dance band. He later played in the US Navy Band for four years. ...
Cloud(iu)s ... der Wolkenmann
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4 Miniatures for Winds: 1. Wind · 2. Storm · 3. Rain · 4. Sun and Snow
There was a little child who enthusiastically told a story … and a composer who was equally inspired by the child and its ...
In Treue fest
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When Carl Teike enlisted in 1883 in the Grenadiers Regiment King Karl (5th Wuerttemberg) No. 123 in Ulm, he had already passed his apprenticeship as a musician of City Band Director Paul Böttcher at Wollin. He also had already gained musical ...
Bohemian Gallop
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The musical gallop is a fast folk dance in 2/4 time that enjoyed great popularity in the ballrooms of the early and mid 19th century. The dance was either a sidewise galloping or a fast circular dance with the step sequence of a polka. Alfred ...
Kein schöner Land
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The Allgäu composer and conductor Kurt Gäble is known for his devotion to his homeland, for his close relationship with nature and for his conscientious way of living. For this reason the 6th district Marktoberdorf of the ...
The Return !
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It is common to follow up a successful movie with at least one sequel. German composer Markus Götz wondered why this should not work for successful band pieces, too. Furthermore it seemed logical to have a sequel to his composition ...
Listen & Read: PANTA RHEI
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 ...
Panta Rhei
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When band leader Sylvia Baratti-Mannsbart asked me to write a piece for the Atzenbach Community Band, I instantly realized that this piece had to be something special. One reason was a double anniversary: the 900th town jubilee and the 150th band ...
Bayerisches Osterfest
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“Bayerisches Osterfest” (Bavarian Easter Festival) was commissioned by the Bishop Ireton High School Band, the band of a private Catholic school in Virginia, USA. The band’s conductor, Randall Eyles, is an old friend of mine. I first ...
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 ...
Trailermusik
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“Trailermusik“ was commissioned for the CD “Panta Rhei”, recorded by the Concert Band of the German Armed Forces in Siegburg. The intention was to write music for a non-existent movie. This idea developed during our new association with the young ...
Mountain Wind
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“Mountain Wind“ is a fine small concert piece by Martin Scharnagl. This delightful composition has beautiful melodies set in a sentimental atmosphere. With ease, Martin Scharnagl portrays deep emotions. The introduction of “Mountain ...
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 ...
Giudita
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Alfred Bösendorfer dedicates this lovely romanza entitled “Guidita” to Judith, the little daughter of his publisher Thomas Rundel. For solo instrument the composer chose the oboe, as its soft sound wonderfully suits the gentle main ...
CONCERTO.blecho.GROSSO
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Austrian composer Fritz Neuböck had the idea of writing a concerto grosso for concert band and brass ensemble in mind for quite some time. The concept of a concerto grosso is to combine a larger group of musicians with a smaller group of soloists. ...
Bésame Mucho
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In 1941, Mexican composer Consuelo Velázquez wrote the love song “Bésame Mucho” that became famous all over the world and was covered by many artists in highly diverse musical styles and languages. The title means “kiss ...
Goldene Kameraden
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“Goldene Kameraden” was commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Musikverlag RUNDEL. The title of the piece is a combination of the golden anniversary of the company and all my friends who work there – but it is also a humorous pun on one ...
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 ...
Read & Listen: VILLA MUSICA
Villa Musica
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1. Prelude
2. Nocturne
3. Finale
The three-movement composition „Villa Musica – Symphonic variants on a Baden folk song” was commissioned by the Fahrnau Community Band in the summer of 2002. Two conceptual ...
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 ...
Suite aus der »Wassermusik«
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George Friedrich Handel’s „Water Music is one of his most famous and popular works. A Thames boat ride of King George I on July 17, 1717 was the occasion for this composition. Handel was supposed to provide festive musical amusement during ...
In aller Kürze
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Thomas Asanger was born in Linz in 1988 and grew up in Perg (Upper Austria). After his graduation in 2007, he did fourteen months of service with the military band of Upper Austria. During that time he began bassoon studies at the University of ...
4 Pastorelli
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1. Allegretto Moderato - 2. Animato - 3. Moderato - 4. Allegretto
In literature, the term “pastorale” appears in the form of a pastoral poem, which was very common in medieval times. Those romantic texts tell the story of a ...
Semper Fidelis
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During his musical career, John Philip Sousa referred to the march “Semper Fidelis”, which he had composed in 1888 (probably during summer) as the official march of the United States Marine Corps. He also labeled the piece his “best march”. It has ...
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 ...
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 ...
Listen & Read: ROCK STONES
Rock Stone Intro
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Writing his composition ROCK STONE INTRO for Rock and Wind Band, Heinz Briegel had the creative idea that one could introduce the ensemble and rock band with this piece. Measures 36-43 are perfectly suited to make such a presentation or announcement. ...
Shred Meister
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Fast, hard driving rock for Electric Guitar and Wind Band. The solo part is noted, but can also be improvised freely.
Serie ROCK & WIND BAND
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Canterville Ghost
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Markus Götz is known for his creative ideas and an up-to-date tone language. As a composer he claims from himself “to write music for the musicians. Music that is liked by (amateur) musicians but at the same time advances them.” In ...
Modern Girl
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Heinz Briegel's sweeping arrangement of „Modern Girl“, a famous song by rock singer ‘Meat Loaf’ can be perfomed instrumentally or with vocals and features a great solistic part for alto saxophone and tenor ...
Got It?-Flaut It!
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„Got It ? – Flaut It !“ is a cool solo for two flutes in Funky-Rock-style by James L. Hosay. The American composer has the magic touch for easygoing grooves and catchy melodies. He presents the two solo flutes sometimes alone, ...
The Living Years
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„The Living Years“ is a successful rock ballad by the English band ‘Mike & The Mechanics’. Heinz Briegel created a fine arrangement for wind band, rock band with optional solo vocal and background ...
Eastern Standard Time
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James L. Hosay's "Eastern Standard Time“ is a nice solo for drum set in "doo-whop shuffle“ style. The drummer may come come into the limelight and present his skills. "Eastern Standard Time" wins over the audience ...
Hard Rock Stones
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For his driving medley "Hard Rock Stones" Markus Götz chose three classics and catchy songs of British rock music: „(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction“ by the‘Rolling Stones’, „All Right Now“ by ...
Purple Rain
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"Purple Rain“ is a song by US singer Prince from the year 1984. It was the main title song of the same-named album, which was the soundtrack of the musical film. And of course this film was starring Prince. The soundtrack was awarded the ...
Rhythm Impossible
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For "Rhythm Impossible" Heinz Briegel not only uses a title that reminds of the famous score from the exciting "Mission Impossible" movies. There are also framgents in his composition that follow the famous theme. While the movie ...
Smokin' Horns
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"Smokin' Horns" by James L. Hosay is a impressive funky composition for pop horn section (trumpet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trombone and baritone saxophone). The soloists interact as a group with the band.
The solo ...
Music
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John Miles' fantastic hit "Music" is a sounding declaration of love to music. Heinz Briegel arranged this classic for the RUNDEL Rock & Wind Band series - for wind band with optional enhancement by a rock band. You can also perform ...