Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1497141 Composed by Karel Komzák jr. Arranged by Albert Schwarzmann. 19th Century,Opera,Romantic Period. 138 pages. Edition Schwalbe #1073563. Published by Edition Schwalbe (A0.1497141). Karel Komzák jr. was born in Prague, studied there violin and became a very successful conductor in the Austrian Empire. From 1883 he  was bandmaster of the Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment No. 84 in Vienna, the orchestra which was awarded the title of the best  military band in the world at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889. Komzák even conducted his Baden spa orchestra at the World  Exhibition in Chicago 1904. His Folk Opera Edelweiss premiered in 1892 in Salzburg. The arrangement is one half tone higher than the  original key of the composition for symphony orchestra and was commissioned and first time performed by Mozarteum Wind Philharmonic  Salzburg conducted by Hansjoerg Angerer at their Three Kings' Concert on 6 January 2018 in the Grosses Festspielhaus (Large Festival  Hall) in Salzburg, Austria and broadcasted live by Austrian television. A live recording of this concert is available at  https://www.salzburg-windphilharmonic.at/de/durch-die-waelder-durch-die-auen/ or https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/durch-die-waelder-durch-die-auen/hnum/10428715?iampartner=303&subid=umr14&ref= partner.jpc.de .

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1497112 Composed by Josef Hellmesberger jr. Arranged by Albert Schwarzmann. 19th Century,Romantic Period. 67 pages. Edition Schwalbe #1073533. Published by Edition Schwalbe (A0.1497112). Josef Hellmesberger jr. was a very important musician personalitiy in Vienna in the late 19th century. Born in the capital of the  Habsburg Empire he became military bandmaster, first violin and concertmaster of the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra and in  succession to Gustav Mahler conductor of the Philharmonic Concerts by Vienna Philharmonic. He created also a series of appealing  compositions in Viennese style. The arrangement of Unter vier Augen (Under Four Eyes) is one half tone higher than the original  key of the composition for symphony orchestra and was commissioned and first time performed by Mozarteum Wind Philharmonic  Salzburg conducted by Hansjoerg Angerer at their Three Kings' Concert on 6 January 2019 in the Grosses Festspielhaus  (Large Festival Hall) in Salzburg, Austria and broadcasted live by Austrian television. A live recording of this concert is available at  https://www.salzburg-windphilharmonic.at/de/klang-der-donaumonarchie/ or https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/klang-der-donaumonarchie/hnum/10428726?iampartner=303&subid=umr19&ref=partner.jpc.de .

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1489664 Composed by Carl Michael Ziehrer. Arranged by Albert Schwarzmann. 19th Century,Opera,Romantic Period. 217 pages. Edition Schwalbe #1066536. Published by Edition Schwalbe (A0.1489664). Carl Michael Ziehrer was a competitor to famous Johann Strauss jr. and as last Court Ball Music Directorof the Habsburg Empire also one of his successors. He  composed more than 600 pieces and had also a very successful appearance at the world exhibition in Chicage 1893. Hist operetta Der Schätzmeister op. 518  (The Appraiser) premiered in Vienna on 10 December 1904. The waltz Herrreinspaziert!, incorrectly written with three r instead of one to emphasize the  pronounciation of arolling r bacame itself very popular. The arrangement of this waltz is kept in the original key of the composition for symphony orchestra. Is was first time performed by Salzburg Wind  Philharmonic conducted by Hansjoerg Angerer at their Three Kings' Concert on 6 January 2023 in the Grosses Festspielhaus (Large Festival Hall) in  Salzburg, Austria and broadcasted live by Austrian television. A live recording of this concert is available at   https://www.salzburg-windphilharmonic.at/de/freunde-das-leben-ist-lebenswert/ or https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/freunde-das-leben-ist-lebenswert/hnum/11521748 .