Gabriel Nicolás Mendieta Correa – sounds Spanish, but is German. Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) is the seat of a new publishing house: The music publishing house Mendieta was founded by Gabriel Nicolás Mendieta Correa and distributes various works for wind orchestra. Special emphasis is among other things the treatment of […]
New star in the publishing sky? Weiterlesen »
Interesting works – rarely heard Under the motto “listened – played” we want to present extraordinary works from case to case, which we have discovered in the course of our archive work and which – to our knowledge – are played only rarely. Now you will believe that these are
Letter from Japan, or – how a conductor becomes a tamer Weiterlesen »
The German-American musician André Previn died at the age of 89. André Previn was one of the most important conductors of the Vienna Philharmonic – but he was an extraordinary multi-talent, world-famous as an entertainer, jazz and film musician. The London Symphony Orchestra was deeply shocked by the death of
The highly decorated musician, composer and conductor André Previn is dead. Weiterlesen »
What do cacti and a stolen gramophone have in common? Of course: the needle. And Billy Bluemoon is terrified of these cactus needles. He has to look for the stolen gramophone in the Wild West. This is the home of the bison and the cacti, the Indians and the sheriffs.
Why is Billy Bluemoon afraid of cacti? Weiterlesen »
Celebration of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ In the liturgy the feast is called “High Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ”, regionally it is also called Prangertag or Blood Day. In English and other languages the Latin name of the Hochfest, Corpus Christi, is used.
Corpus Christi – a high festival in the Catholic church year Weiterlesen »
The whole orchestra is excited. The concert begins. First title – well played. But there is no applause. After the second title: no applause. The conductor and the musicians are nervous. What’s the matter, everyone asks themselves?
A concert without applause? Weiterlesen »
Compositions by authors under the zodiac sign of Aries are powerful, strong and impetuous. Composers under the sign of Aries were born between 21 March and 20 April. During this spring-like period, the day and night equinox takes place on 20 March, and the following day the ram enters the
In the zodiac sign of Aries Weiterlesen »
Topic at the 2nd Styrian Symphonic Band Congress: Literature Selection for Film Music-Musical-Pop (Lecturer Anton Mauerhofer) It is precisely this topic around popular music that is discussed very differently in brass music circles. But if you take a closer look at the subject, you will find very different music. I
Brass Music Congress: Literature Selection for Film Music-Musical-Pop Weiterlesen »
How to make your account more personal. In order to be able to stay in contact with our members, the entries on the personal account should be up-to-date. It is no use to anyone if, for example, the email address is no longer correct and we can no longer inform
Is your account up-to-date? Weiterlesen »
Otto Strobl worked as a music teacher, choir director and organist in Eisenstadt (Austria). Strobl had a family musical background, his father was a cantor-teacher of the village, so he combined church music and secular education in his work and passed on his knowledge to his son, his mother was
Music teacher, choirmaster and organist Otto Strobl died Weiterlesen »
