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A Fairy Tale Suite

A Fairy Tale Suite

Canterville Ghost

Canterville Ghost

Cinderella's Dance

Cinderella's Dance

Cloud(iu)s ... der Wolkenmann

Cloud(iu)s ... der Wolkenmann

Don Quixote

Don Quixote

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A Fairy Tale

A Fairy Tale

A Fairy Tale is a bright and simple piece. Written in a dream-like spirit, the music evokes these little mischievous beings who frequently materialise suddenly in the heart of the forest or other...
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A Fairy Tale Suite

A Fairy Tale Suite

Pavel Stanék is one of those composers who often feels overwhelmed by the music which dwells inside him. They often have to choose a title for a new work that already exists in manuscript form. The...
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A Longford Legend

A Longford Legend

„A Longford Legend" op.58 was commissioned by the Normal Community West High School Band, Normal, Illinois, Lisa Preston, director. The piece was written in 1996 and premiered in April of that year...
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A Princess's Tale

A Princess's Tale

A Princess’s Tale is based on one of the best-known of all fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers with the original German title Schneewittchen. According to the mythologies the story actually took...
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Aladdin (Highlights from)

Contents: Arabian Nights - Friend Like Me - A Whole New World Discovery Plus Band Series Grade 2
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Aladdin (Medley)

The enchanting story of Aladdin, Genie and Princes Jasmin is already a real classic of Disney movies. This medley presents some of the most beautiful melodies from the oriental...
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Aladdin (Music from)
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One of Disney’s most popular and enduring animated films, Aladdin was released in 1992 and followed by the live action version in 2019. This fast-paced medley of familiar songs includes Arabian...
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HL04006041
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Aladdin Suite

The large creative output of the Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931) contains six symphonies, chamber music, vocal works and music for the theatre: two operas (Saul & David and Maskerade) and...
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AM14
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Alpina Saga

The enticing sounds of a fanfare come drifting down the mountainside into the valley. A hiker pauses and looks upward to admire the beauty of the mountain. However prudence is in order, for this...
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M0839.01
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And The Rest Is Silence

A forest is a miracle. Green giants that have grown over centuries tell their story. The forest gives us a very special atmosphere, amazes us and lets us relax. At the same time, it is often also a...
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Arabesque

Commissioned by the Indiana Bandmasters Association for the 2008 All-State High School Honor Band, this stunning work from the pen of Samuel Hazo is a tour de force of Middle Eastern sounds for the...
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Arabian Star

"Arabian Star" is a concert piece with Oriental sounds, partly robust and with magnificent sonority, partly delightful and mystical. The composition by Matsuo Yoshio provides some...
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ZOMS-0705
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Arethusa

“Arethusa“ was commissioned as a piece for the so-called “Stundenchor” as utilized in band contests in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Instead of an obligatory piece the...
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Artemis

Artemis is the Greek goddess of hunting and forests. In western art she is often pictured with deer, lions or bears with a bow in her hand. The tempo of this march is stately and the themes are...
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DHP1053854
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At the Lake

In At the Lake erzählt Itaru Sakai in bezaubernden musikalischen Bildern ein Märchen von einer Prinzessin, die in einem Schloss am See von einem Bösewicht gefangen gehalten wird. Sie soll befreit...
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Atlantis

Originalwerk für Blasorchester über die sagenumwobene Insel Atlantis, die nach Platons Sage innerhalb eines Tages im Meer versunken sein soll. Das erste Werk des jungen Komponisten...
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HEBU91612
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Beauty and the Beast

Your beginning band will be very excited to learn and play this very easy, full-sounding arrangement of the lovely ballad from the Disney movie score.  It's a must! Disovery Band Series...
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Beauty and the Beast (Medley)

Discover the fantastic music of the Walt Disney Classic "Beauty and the Beast" Includes: Belle Beauty And The Beast Gaston Something There Be Our...
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HL04001023
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Beauty and the Beast
(Highlights from)

Disneys landmark animated musical was released in 1991 and then beautifully adapted for the Broadway stage in 1994. The 2017 life-action film starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens helps keep the magic...
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Beauty and the Beast
(Selection for Band)

The soundtrack of this magnificent Walt Disney cartoon is simply splendid. The titlesong was a big success in the international hitparades. Includes: Belle Gaston Be Our Guest Something...
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Between Two Worlds

This programmatic composition tells the story of a group of workers from a remote forest in the French speaking part of Canada. They are longing to be with their families as Christmas is coming soon...
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M2059.16
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Blue Mountain Saga

Die "Blauen Berge" gibt es nicht nur im bekannten Volkslied, sondern es gibt sie wirklich in Australien. Den amerikanischen Komponisten Stephen Bulla erinnerten sie an den Westen Amerikas und so...
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Brave (Highlights from)

Featuring a marvelous blend of Celtic-flavored themes, Patrick Doyle's soundtrack from the blockbuster Disney/Pixar film Brave ranges in mood from haunting and lyrical, to powerful and majestic. Sean...
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Brave (Music from)

Here are the main themes from the popular Disney/Pixar movie Brave in a concise and easy to learn setting for very young players. Sure to sound great with limited rehearsal time. Discovery Band...
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Brave (Soundtrack Highlights)

Patrick Doyle, who has already been nominated for an Oscar and two Golden Globes for is fabulous film music, created the soundtrack for the Disney/Pixar film Brave. The Brit, Philip Sparke, was...
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Brave Little Tailor

Das tapfere Schneiderlein
eXplora Grade 2+ eXplora Disc 22 With his work BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR, composer Patrick Egge takes us into the fairytale world of the Brothers Grimm. In colorfully composed musical settings, we...
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Braveheart (Music from)
(Medley)

The music from this Oscar-winning film has drawn a lot of attention to the talents of composer James Horner. The evocative ethnic sound of the Braveheart score makes a great concert piece for...
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Canterville Ghost

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)...
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Carmina Burana (Suite)

(Cantiones profanae)
Foreword Fortune roto volvitur: descendo minoratus; alter in altum tollitur; nimis exaltatus. (At the turn of Fortune's wheel one is deposed, another is lifted on high to enjoy a brief...
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SHS1015
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Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus, the Ethiopian king of Joppa (now known as Jaffa, in Israel), and the mother of Andromeda. The queen was both beautiful and vain, and the story of how her vanity...
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Cinderella

Das Aschenbrödel
Kees Vlak created a cute little musical fairytale, the theme and variations are based on the magical story of "Cinderella". After her father's death, the lovely girl is tormented by her...
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Cinderella

Who doesn’t know the famous Disney fairytale ‘Cinderella’? Not only are the fantastic visuals in the animation movie impressive, the beautiful songs are too. Eiji Suzuki made a...
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Cinderella's Dance

Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel
The successful fairy tale film “Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel” (Three Wishes for Cinderella) has enchanted young and old for many years with the deeply moving story of...
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Cloud(iu)s ... der Wolkenmann

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...
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Colossus

The giant Haymon was a peaceful knight who lived in Inntal (Austria). One day the bloodthirsty giant Thyrsos came and destroyed Haymon’s castle. A horrible fight ensued and Haymon, being the...
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M1720.10
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Cry of the Falcon

„Der Schrei des Falken“ bezieht sich auf die germanische Göttin Freya, die sich zuweilen in Gestalt eines Falken unters Menschenvolk mischte, um nach ihrem Gatten Odur zu suchen. Freya war auch der...
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S1471.07
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Cry of the Last Unicorn

Intensely descriptive from the very first note, “Cry of the Last Unicorn” portrays a fateful encounter of hunters tracking the “last unicorn.” The music is at times poignant and other times dramatic...
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Dance of Uzume

Dance of Uzume is a concertino that is based on a Japanese myth: out of anger toward her brother Susanowa, the storm god, the sun goddess Amaterasu hides in a cave. The goddess of joy, Uzume,...
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DHP1053826
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Dear Frog

"Dear Frog" describes the story of a prince who changes into a frog and then waits for a princess to kiss him so that he can turn back into a prince again. A musical satire for the trombone and...
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BMP0102083
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Der Magnetberg

The Magnetic Mountain
When cleaning out my library, I came across a volume of fairy tales with stories from 1001 Nights, a book which I took great pleasure in reading as a child. I could vaguely recall a story about the...
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Der Märchenkönig

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...
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Deutschland ist schön

Heinz Briegel macht Deutschland eine musikalische Liebeserklärung mit einem Medley deutscher Volkslieder. Dabei hat er die traditionellen Lieder im sogenannten Happy-Sound im Stile James Last...
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Devil's Tower

This piece tells the story of the tower as the only remain of the once legendary castle in Waldneukirchen. The Devil took possession of the tower and of course this leads to nothing good. A fantastic...
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M2060.16
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Die Post im Walde

Die Post im Walde" is one of the most famous and beloved solo pieces for trumpet. Beautiful lyircal passages and typical calls alternate - and here and there the soloist may show his abilities with...
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Disney Fantasy

A great medley that includes famopus melodies from the Disney movie classics "Snow White", "The Lion King", "Around the World in 80 Days", "Three Little Pifs"...
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Disney Festival

Japanese Composer Toshio Mashima presents a medley with some of the most beautiful melodies from Disney movies, such as Pinocchio, Bambi, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, Winnie the...
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Don Quixote

For a long time, the composer Theodor Rupprecht (1873-1934) was thought to be an Austrian among band researchers. What really triggered this assumption, nobody knew for sure. On the occasion of more...
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Dragon Fight

The town of Guflina in Liechtenstein offers one of the best viewpoints of the magnificent Alps. Underneath the overhanging ledge, there is said to have been a cave in the mountain. In it lived a...
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Dragon Fight
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At the best viewpoint over the Alps of Liechtenstein, the village of Guflina is situated. Underneath the overhanging ledge, there is said to have been a cave in the mountain. In it lived a terrible...
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