Each songbook in the Big Book series provides musicians of all ability levels with a big list---usually 40 or more titles per book---of the very best songs from a favorite musical genre. Rarely are there more catchy tunes than those performed in Broadway musicals. Alfred's Big Book series introduces hit songs from a variety of musicals. Songs include And All That Jazz (Chicago) * Fame (Fame) * Gi…

Carl Orff écrit son petit monde-Théâtre 'Der Mond' (la Lune), basé sur les fables anciennes, de 1936 à 1938. La partition écrite pour les acteurs qui chantent, un narrateur et un grand orchestre, contient également les parties importantes pour bande. Quatre scènes ont été sélectionnés pour les dispositions actuelles qui sont mieux effectuées sur des ensembles d'instruments différents. L'arrangeur,…

Composed by guitarist Pete Townshend and recorded by the iconic rock band The Who this blockbuster chart was originally released on their 1981 album, Face Dances. Written as a love song for his girlfriend, Townshend's melody and lyrics have become one of the band's most popular songs. This adaptation brings all of the drive and fun from the original recording to this accessible arrangement for you…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. These four dances are written in a kind of neo renaissance style. Because of the fact that little technical demands are required from its performing artists, these dances are mainly meant for beginning groups, youth ensembles and also for bands in all kinds of small strengths. Jan Van der Roost originally had pedagogical intentions with this piece. / Niveau : 1 / Pièce de …

The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee's (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: 'In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.' Over the last couple of years I moved back to Je…

For Flugel Horn Solo And Brass Band. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Moon Song, Sun Dance was commissioned by flugel horn virtuoso, Claude Romailler, and premiered by him at the Swiss National Solo and Quartet Championships in April 2012. As the title implies, the work is in two contrasting movements, which can be performed separately or together. Moon Song opens with a flowing modal theme, which the soloist e…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. A collection of 5 short works in pop style which can be performed by any kind of compilation. The titles can be presented on the programme as separate works but the Universal Band Collection can also be performed as a complete suite. From a didactic point of view it is a suitable work to teach musicians something about the structure in music. For this purpose not only the big st…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Singapura Suite was commissioned by Singapore's Ministry of Education Extracurricular Activities Branch to serve as a compulsory piece for the 1999 Singapore Youth Festival. 'Singapura' is the original name of Singapore in Malay, the native language there. Because Singapore is one of the most important harbors in the world, this two-piece work opens with a seaman's dance. An…

La musique de l'orchestre Penguin Café a été largement utilisée dans le film, la publicité, la télévision et radio, où son appel éclectique est parfaitement adapté à un large public. oeuvres les plus populaires du BCP pour ensemble, y compris deux pièces utilisées pour les campagnes publicitaires de grande envergure pour le mercure One to One (téléphone et bande de caoutchouc) et Hewlett Packard (…

Little Suite for Orchestra No. 1: Op 53. Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Malcolm Arnold is one Britain’s best-loved composers. In 1948 he composed a very short suite for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain - entitled simply To Youth. Seven years later he took To Youth and made some fairly major revisions, including a complete new movement, and the Little Suite for Orchestra was born. The Little Suit…