When intimate with shimmering flakes Winter is snowing the earth, And around the metal bells To the christmas ringing This is how the Christmas song begins, written and set to music by Ferdinand Freiligrath. Born in Detmold in the Principality of Lippe, he learned the profession of a merchant, was […]
Christmas carol discovered: “When cosy with shimmering flakes” Weiterlesen »
…it was a scandal at the beginning of the 20th century. Especially where the admirer was eight years younger. Later the poor music teacher became a famous composer. At her wedding he gave her a love song that is still loved today. Change of scenery: we are in a time
When a poor music teacher fell in love with a beautiful poetess…. Weiterlesen »
Austrian National Library hoards largest collection of harmony music In search of unknown, high-quality music for harmony music, Heinz Prammer found an extensive collection for this genre from the collection of the “Fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Kapelle” in the Austrian National Library. It quickly became clear to him the dimension that this
A treasure of gold for harmony music found! Weiterlesen »
In your database you will find all sorts of crooked things waiting for a solution with a lot of supplementary information. Because it’s summer and holiday time, we make here a small puzzle game, which you can solve with a little bit of criminal skills quickly. ‘Abendlied’ is a sacred
Alphorn, saxophone, French horn and other crooked things Weiterlesen »
What’s a beatbox? This is a “percussion line” which imitates a drum kit with mouth, nose and throat. Beatboxing is often equated with vocal percussion, but strictly speaking it only describes a special form of it developed in hip-hop. Lauren Bernofsky used in her composition “7th Street Beat” a “Beatbox
What’s the beatbox doing in the string orchestra? Weiterlesen »
When “Alfred the Great” was still only “Alfred”, namely at a young age, he was sent to Rome where, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he was “anointed king” by Pope Leo IV. This was understood as an anticipatory coronation to the King of Wessex. After this coronation he was still
Throne of the North – Alfred the Great and the Vikings Weiterlesen »
Frank Bernaerts has been distributing his compositions and arrangements since 1989. Frank Bernaerts was born on 28 February 1967 in Willebroek (Belgium). His first musical inspiration was his grandfather, a great music lover and conductor of the local music association. Already at the age of 8 he became more and
30 years music publisher Bernaerts Music BVBA 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 »
From school orchestra to symphonic wind music The publishing house Alfred/Belwin (USA) offers a very rounded program in its new program “Concertband 2018-2019“. From the beginner of level 0+ up to the absolutely highest demands of level 5, there is a rich program available. Original compositions by contemporary composers stand
A Short History of Music – new works for wind orchestra 2019 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 »
