Michel Legrand died at the age of 86 in Paris The French composer and three-time Oscar winner Michel Legrand is dead. As several French media reported, referring to his press spokesman, Legrand, famous for his film music, died in Paris on Saturday night at the age of 86. Legrand’s first […]
Oscar-winning film composer Michel Legrand died Weiterlesen »
Many new releases for all styles of music. How was it with you? Found a lot of new stuff under the Christmas tree? In any case, our editors found a large number of new note tunes for all genres of music. We have opened these packages and listed the most
Santa Claus brought a lot of new things Weiterlesen »
Music download was at the beginning of the Internet until well beyond the first decade of this century often a criminal activity. Various copyright regulations have now legalized these possibilities and many publishers and music producers now offer this form of legal trade themselves. For some months now you have been able to find a link to these legal sites on certain works, where you can – for a fee – buy the whole work or parts of it and print it yourself. Some publishers have price differences between print and download editions, others have the same price. We have no influence on this. But the advantage is that with many downloads you can also buy individual voices. This is practical and works fast and unproblematic.
Over 2400 wind orchestra works are already included in the download list…
Download or mail – that’s the question now Weiterlesen »
Bert Appermont gives his name to the current CD of the Swiss National Youth Wind Orchestra “Battle for Hearts” is a composition by Bert Appermont. In this work is a source of inspiration Heinrich von Kleist’s theater piece “Das Käthchen von Heilbronn”, written in 1810. The music recalls the underlying
Battle of hearts – two ladies fight for the heart of a count. Weiterlesen »
Grace for all Nation: a Reformation Document for Spiritual Music Contemporary compositions of sacred music alternate with arrangements of Christian hymns by Martin Luther. Conductor Richard R. Fischer of the “Concordia University Chicago Wind Symphony“, together with “The Grace Senior Choir” (conductor: Michael D. Costello) writes in this CD “Grace
500 Years of Reformation – an addendum Weiterlesen »
The European competition leaves its mark on concert programmes. The “European Song Contest” has already been going on for over 60 years. You can stand by it as you like, but this series has produced some beautiful and lasting songs. So it’s no wonder that some orchestra conductors want to
European Song Contest as concert program for wind orchestra Weiterlesen »
Musical competition from 28th + 29th October 2017 documented on 4 CDs More than 30 youth wind orchestras from Austria and the partner associations South Tyrol and Liechtenstein qualified for the 8th Austrian Youth Wind Orchestra Competition. From very light to difficult literature, more than 1000 young musicians performed in
Exciting literature for youth wind orchestras present two double CDs Weiterlesen »
A ballet in three acts with 50 minutes playing time Hieronimus Bosch’s mysterious images pose great puzzles to experts. They are ambiguous to interpret. In particular, the triptych picture “The Garden of Earthly Desires,” which depicts scenes that seem almost prophetic from the creation of the world to the apocalyptic
The Garden of Earthly Delights – a painting for symphonic wind orchestra Weiterlesen »
New catalogue with new releases 2018-2019 published by Hal Leonard Europe. Hal Leonard is probably the biggest European publisher. Together with its headquarters in America, the European branch presents the catalogue New Publications and Highlights 2018-2019 with music for wind orchestra, brass bands, jazz ensemble and school orchestra. The publishers
Hal Leonard presents the whole world of wind music Weiterlesen »
Generation change in the board of the Music Information Association In June 2018 the youngest general assembly of our organization “Music Information Association” took place. In this connection a generation change was decided at the association. In order to guarantee a smooth transition, a one-year transition phase is agreed for
New Board of Directors of the ‘Music Information Association’ Weiterlesen »
