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Zbysek Bittmar
Zbysek Bittmar

Born
16.10.1934 in Ostrava

Died
22.03.2004 in Ostrava

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Zbysek Bittmar was born on 16th October, 1934 in Ostrava. Jazz was the focus of his musical activities. Altough he was an autodidact, he worked for 30 years for the orchestra of the broadcast in Ostrava, as saxophonist, arranger and composer. The beginning of his compositional career is connected to broadcast, with dance music and jazz. Later he created bigger works, like "Missa Coloris" (1991/92) where he used contemporary compositional methods.
Zbysek Bittmar died unexpectedly on 22th March, 2004.

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3 Spirituals

3 Spirituals

Elisabeth Serenade

Elisabeth Serenade

Summer Day

Summer Day

La Morena

La Morena

Einmal um die ganze Welt

Einmal um die ganze Welt

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Elisabeth Serenade

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Elizabethan Serenade
The "Elisabethan Serenade" is one of the best-known works by the British composer Ronald Binge (1910-1979). Binge was a famous representative of the British Light Music. The Serenade’s catchy and lovely melody was first published as "Andante cantabile". However, in 1952, when Queen Elizabeth II became the Queen of England, the composer changed the title to "Elizabethan Serenade", presumably to express the optimistic mood of the new Elizabethan age. The "Elizabethan Serenade" was also used as the theme tune for a popular BBC radio programme, and various authors created song texts for it in a variety of languages. In the German-speaking world, the most successful version was certainly that of the Günter Kallmann Choir from the 1960s. Serie Sound Classics...

Music by Zbysek Bittmar

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3 Spirituals

3 Spirituals

Ensemble Time (Die Musizierstunde) MZ 211 (Brass Quartet) Spirituals are songs that give people strength and solace. They often have a religious nature and relate to the belief in god or tell...
Ensemble (Brass), Protestant Church Brass Choir
MVSR5211
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Accordion Inspirations

Accordion Inspirations

RUNDEL | audio | compact disc | CD | 89 Nuremberg Accordeon Orchestra (NAO) - Conductor: Stefan Hippe All titles are published for Accordion Orchestra by RUNDEL Music Publications. Return to...
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MVSR089-2
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Elisabeth Serenade

Elisabeth Serenade

The "Elisabethan Serenade" is one of the best-known works by the British composer Ronald Binge (1910-1979). Binge was a famous representative of the British Light Music. The...
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MVSR2113
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Summer Day
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La Morena

Benguine is a dance, similar to a slow rumba. It comes from the Caribbean Islands Guadeloupe and mainly Martinique and is a combination of local, French and Latin dance forms. The beguine first came...
Accordion Orchestra
MVSR1975AK
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Einmal um die ganze Welt

Karel Gott is called "the golden voice from Prague" and is regarded as one of the most famous Czech artists. He studied vocals at the Prague conservatory. His career stated with...
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MVSR2201
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Demo CD No. 3

Studio 1 - Charming Charly - Einmal um die ganze Welt (Karel-Gott-Medley) - Those Were the Days (An jenem Tag...) - For Lisa - Summer Day - Hornblowers Parade - Memories of Sao Paulo - Disco Games -...
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Serenata Sentimentale

Enrico Toselli (1883-1926) was a successful pianist, who later worked as composer, teacher and pianist in Florence. In 1906, he married archduchess Luise of Austria-Tuscany, who left King August II....
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MVSR1789
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La Morena

Benguine is a dance, similar to a slow rumba. It comes from the Caribbean Islands Guadeloupe and mainly Martinique and is a combination of local, French and Latin dance forms. The beguine first came...
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MVSR1975
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Desafinado

"Desafinado" (meaning off-tune in Portuguese) is a bossa nova by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim from 1958. This piece was the author's ironic response to the music critics who...
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MVSR2108
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Concertino für Posaune

Ernst Sachse played the trombone in the Saxon court orchestra and was also first solo trombonist in Weimar. He often worked with Franz Liszt and was in the orchestra which first performed Richard...
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MVSR1950
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Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

"Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen" is a popular American spiritual, written by an unknown composer. Zbysek Bittmar created an effective and beautiful wind band arrangement with a...
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MVSR1984
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Any Dream Will Do

Soundtrack from the Musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". Serie Sound Classics No. 10
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MVSR2109
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Riflessi

In "Riflessi" Michele Netti created a sonorous and soft melody that reappears in almost every instrument, like many little reflexions of light on a water surface. A soft drum rhythm is put underneath...
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MVSR2029
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Bella Romantica

RUNDEL | audio | compact disc | CD | 17 Musica Gloriosa - Celebration Overture - Bella Romantica - Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head - The Rose Riflessi - Hands up! - Banana Rock - Any...
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MVSR017-2
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Serenata Sentimentale

- NO LONGER AVAILABLE - RUNDEL | audio | compact disc | CD | 18 Fanfare - Serenata Sentimentale - Czech Folk Dance Suite - Vision in Dur - Trepak - Solvejgs Song - Allegro Brillante - Vier...
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MVSR018-2
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One Note Samba

One Note Samba is also called Samba de Uma Nota Só. It is a bossa nova by the famous Brasil composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, written in 1959. The title relates to the melody, which is first...
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MVSR2107
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Promenadenkonzert

RUNDEL | audio | compact disc | CD | 11 Promenadenpolka - Blue Tango - Trombone Dreams - Sax Swingers - Musik für Michaela - One Note Samba - Desafinado - Mit festem Schritt - Dejvicanka...
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MVSR011-2
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Bulgarischer Tanz

This piece is influenced by Bulgarian folk music, full of irregular rhythms (7/8, 9/8, 7/16, 9/16), oriental sounds and a fascinating atmosphere. The accordion orchestra version of this piece is...
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MVSR1930AK
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Bulgarischer Tanz

For Zbysek Bittmar (1934-2004), music was synonymous with jazz. Though self-taught in music, he worked with the Ostrava Radio Orchestra for thirty years, as saxophone player, arranger and composer....
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MVSR1930
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Concertino

RUNDEL | audio | compact disc | CD | 7 Libussa Fanfare - Serenada für zwei Trompeten - Slawischer Tanz Nr. 8 - Concertino für Posaune - Moravian Impressions - Ave Maria - Kleines...
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MVSR007-2
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Beskiden Nocturno

RUNDEL | audio | compact disc | CD | 5 Zwei Krönungsintraden - Marsch der Komödianten und Springtanz aus der Oper »Die verkaufte Braut« - Ceské noty (Polka)...
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