Body-Percussion is a body-centered game that is fun and trains and activates many different muscles. In this case, social interaction is also encouraged, as the present composition requires four players to rock together. The special thing about it is that the rhythms are taken from four internationally known rock numbers,
When the body rocks. Weiterlesen »
The world of music has become small. When I was a music dealer in the 70s, hardly any music from Spanish publishers was played in Austria. Perhaps European editions were rare in America and perhaps Japanese editions were completely unknown? Today compositions from Australia to South America are included in
What is a “Silbato” in the score? Weiterlesen »
The harp is one of the oldest musical instruments of mankind. It can be traced back as far as 6000 years ago in the so-called Mesopotamia and Egypt. In religious paintings it is often attributed to angels, because the harp produces a “heavenly” sound. The shape of the harp is
Heaven on earth – or: when angels play the harp Weiterlesen »
….then you can tell a story. Due to the corona, travel habits are currently somewhat limited. Nobody knows at the moment where you can travel to, except maybe in your own country. What could be more obvious than telling the audience an imaginary journey? Combined with culinary delicacies from different
When someone goes on a journey…. Weiterlesen »
As the Dutch information platform klankwijzer.nl reports, the composer, arranger and conductor Willy Hautvast died suddenly at the age of 87 years in his home town Nijmegen on 6.05.2020. Born in Maastricht, the musician was, among other things, clarinettist in the Royal Dutch Air Force Chapel. During this time he
Composer and conductor Willy Hautvast died Weiterlesen »
Only a few people can remember the old sound recordings of the music cassettes anymore. Some people know the vinyl records, whose sound quality some music lovers particularly point out. In the 1980s, many converted to audio CD. We have been collecting all these sound recordings in various formats as
Unique sound archive Weiterlesen »
….then sometimes you find interesting works. Many publishers enter their new editions directly into our database. From time to time we check these entries and then sometimes we find interesting works. Today we would like to present some of these new editions to you, so that your interest in them
When publishers rummage in the database… Weiterlesen »
In many places the corona restrictions are being relaxed. Nevertheless, there are countries where a strict curfew is still in force. Therefore we continue to offer all readers of this music information who are not full members free access until the end of May 2020…
Corona free access: extended until end of May 2020 Weiterlesen »
Paul Noble is a renowned music teacher and arranger for wind and jazz orchestras in America. And he runs the download music publisher Bandmusicpdf.net in the USA. Paul Noble and his publishing team support both students and trained musicians with their Corona Helpline during the time they need to be
Paul Noble and his Corona helpline, extended until 31 May 2020! Weiterlesen »
Concert announcements are a sensitive topic. How should they be designed? Is it better to inform the listeners precisely about the work or should we just tell the essentials? Often you could hear speakers who recited more or less meaningless words or even lengthy passages of text. This puts the
Program notes are not concert announcements! Weiterlesen »
