SKU: BT.DHP-1043728-010

Everything started when two Frenchmen, Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo, after having sold over ten records with their band, the Ritchie Family, decided to try out something new. The basic idea was to form a new group inspired by the American male myths of the seventies: cowboys, Indians, men in leather clothes, soldiers and policemen. This is how the Village People were born.Their secret was their energy, cheerfulness and tongue in cheek humour combined with strong disco beat and an arresting visual presence. Even now a Village People song is guaranteed to fill the dance floor in any club or disco. The Best of Village People is a medley including the following pieces: In theNavy,Y.M.C.A. and Macho Man.

Het begon allemaal toen twee Fransen, Jacques Morali en Henry Belolo, besloten iets nieuws te proberen, nadat zij meer dan tien miljoen platen hadden verkocht met hun groep The Ritchie Family. Het idee was een nieuwe groep te vormendie was ge nspireerd op de Amerikaanse machomythen van de jaren zeventig: cowboys, indianen, mannen in leer, soldaten en politieagenten. Zo kwamen de Village People in het leven. Hun geheim lag in het feit dat ze een pakkende discobeatcombineerden met een energiek, kleurrijk en humoristisch optreden. The Best of Village People is een medley die de volgende nummers bevat: In the Navy,Y.M.C.A. en Macho Man.

Village People, die amerikanische Gruppe aus den 70-er Jahren haben längst Kultstatus erlangt. Ihr Erfolgsrezept bestand aus farbenfrohen Auftritten in Kostümen, die Cowboys, Indianer, Männer in Leder und Polizisten - die männlichen Mythen Amerikas - widerspiegelten und vor allem aber mitreißenden, fröhlichen Partyhits, die bis heute aus keiner Disco und von keinem Fest wegzudenken sind. Lorenzo Bocci schuf ein Medley für Blasorchester aus den drei größten Hits von Village People, das seine Wirkung garantiert nicht verfehlen wird.

Formé en 1977 par deux auteurs et producteurs français (Jacques Morali et Henri Belolo), le groupe Village People se distingue par l’originalité presque politique de son concept artistique qui se voulait dénonciateur et parodique de la non-reconnaissance des minorités. Avec des chansons comme In the Navy,Y.M.C.A. et Macho Man, le groupe connaît un succès mondial et devient emblématique de la musique disco. En rassemblant ces trois tubes dans son medley pour Orchestre d’Harmonie, Lorenzo Bocci a parfaitement intégré le côté pétillant et excentrique qui fait l’originalité de ce groupe peu conventionnel.

SKU: BT.DHP-1145545-140

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Deze song werd voor het eerst ten gehore gebracht door de excentriek uitgedoste groep The Village People in 1979. In 1993 brachten Pet Shop Boys het nummer in een geheel eigen versie uit. Het werd een populair nummer in discotheken, maar ook in voetbalstadions. Welke vertolking u ook kent, in deze versie voor blaasorkest zal het zeker óók in de smaak vallen!

Dieses Lied, das erstmals 1979 von der Gruppe The Village People veröffentlicht wurde, begann 1993 in der Dance-Version der Pet Shop Boys seinen weltweiten Siegeszug durch die Discotheken, aber auch durch die Fußballstadien. So wecken Sie mit diesem Titel vielleicht ganz unterschiedliche Assoziationen im Publikum, reißen aber ganz bestimmt jeden mit!

Go West est, l’origine, une chanson du groupe The Village People (1979). En 1993, le duo britannique Pet Shop Boys reprend, dans une version plus dancefloor, cette chanson qui va faire le tour du monde des discothèques et devenir l’hymne de nombreux stades de football. Réveillez la passion de votre public avec l’arrangement enflammé de Toru Kanayama.

Go West, pubblicata originariamente nel lontano 1979 dai The Village People, è stato rivisitata nel 1993 dai Pet Shop Boys in una versione da discoteca. Il brano è anche imprescindibilmente legato ai canti degli stadi. Molto orecchiabile Go West, nell’arrangiamento di Toru Kanayama, delizier il vostro pubblico.

SKU: BT.DHP-1094759-010

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Y.M.C.A. is without a doubt the biggest hit of the outlandish pop group The Village People. In their own unique way this band stood out with its colourful, American, clichee-referencing costumes, mixed with the disco fever that swept the 70’s away. Y.M.C.A. is a song for all ages. Your audience will dance along to this fun and energetic arrangement!

Y.M.C.A. ist der größte Hit der vom Produzentenduo Morali und Belolo ins Leben gerufenen Gruppe The Village People. Wie kaum eine andere Band steht diese Formation mit ihren bunten, amerikanischen Klischees reflektierenden Kostümen, für die Discobewegung der siebziger Jahre. Mit Y.M.C.A bringen Sie Ihr Publikum dazu, aufzustehen und mitzufeiern!

Formé en 1977 par deux auteurs et producteurs français (Jacques Morali et Henri Belolo), le groupe Village People se distingue par l'originalité presque politique de son concept artistique qui se voulait dénonciateur et parodique de la non-reconnaissance des minorités. Avec des chansons comme In the Navy, Macho Man et l’incontournable Y.M.C.A., le groupe connaît un succès mondial et devient emblématique de la musique disco.

Fondato nel 1977 da Jacques Morali e Henri Belolo, il gruppo Village People si contraddistinse per l’originalit quasi politica del suo concetto artistico che intendeva denunciare il non-riconoscimento delle minoranze. Con canzoni come In the Navy, Macho Man e l’indimenticabile Y.M.C.A., il gruppo conobbe un successo mondiale.

SKU: PR.114408750

UPC: 680160013289. 8.5 x 11 inches.

This work was commissioned by the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library for the dedication of the new Music Room and made possible in part through the funds from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and Meet the Composer-Arizona. Diary of a Journey was composed between July and September 1995 for the group Arpeggio. During the early summer of 1995, my wife and I took a vacation to Prague and Budapest. It was the first trip for both of us to these former Iron Curtain capitals. The train ride through the beautiful country-side, the dilapidated small villages and towns, the magnificent architecture and the feeling of grandeur in the two major cities left an indelible impression on me. I longed to write some kind of an essay about it. Diary of a Journey is the result of some of these thoughts, which were sketched (musically) as we visited each place. There are four 'snapshots' or movements which do not portray a specific scene, but rather try to capture the impressions I gathered from the people we observed and met, and the many awe-inspiring experiences we had. Throughout the journey, I felt that people were clinging to a tenacious hope for a better future, no matter how long it will take to realize it. In the first movement each player portrays a struggle against all odds, and with great energy and even wit tries to overcome the obstacles, ending on one serene high note as a resting point after all the conflict. The second 'snapshot' tries to capture the deep faith of a newly regained religiosity. It is chant-like, and uses as its basic melodic material a famous Czech hymn, penned by the great religious reformer John Huss. This movement is played very freely, without bar-lines and with the hymn shining through the fervent chanting. The third movement is a kind of 'demonic' scherzo. Fast and furious, the three instruments vie with one another in a true perpetual motion frenzy, which is at times relieved by short, more pastoral melodic fragments. A rather wild ending should leave everyone breathless. Finally, in the fourth 'snapshot' the instruments play a bit more as a team, meaning that is that there is more melody with accompaniment, and more imitative music giving the impression of a group effort. The energy is still at a high level but long lyrical lines abound, accompanied and interrupted at times by undulating fast notes still depicting the struggle against the blight which any visitor notices all around these countries, yet also showing the determination of the people to conquer adversity. --Samuel Adler.

SKU: BT.DHP-1001934-140

Y.M.C.A. ist der größte Hit der vom Produzentenduo Morali und Belolo ins Leben gerufenen Gruppe The Village People. Wie kaum eine andere Band steht diese Formation mit ihren bunten, amerikanischen Klischees reflektierenden Kostümen, für die Discobewegung der siebziger Jahre. Mit Y.M.C.A. bringen Sie Ihr Publikum dazu, aufzustehen und mitzufeiern!

Formé en 1977 par deux auteurs et producteurs français (Jacques Morali et Henri Belolo), le groupe Village People se distingue par l'originalité presque politique de son concept artistique qui se voulait dénonciateur et parodique de la non-reconnaissance des minorités. Avec des chansons comme In the Navy, Macho Man et l’incontournable Y.M.C.A., le groupe connaît un succès mondial et devient emblématique de la musique disco.

SKU: BT.DHP-0940581-015

The Pet Shop Boys are one of the finest examples of an English electro pop group. Since their formation in the early 1980s they have had 38 top 40 hits in the UK and are still often in the charts today. This highly inventive duo owes their long-term career to the ability to bridge melodic pop and dance music with intelligence and style. Go West was one of their hits from 1993 and this arrangement by Ron Sebregts retains all the splendor of the original. A fantastic pop arrangement which will have all your audience dancing in the aisles.

De coverhit Go West van The Pet Shop Boys(oorspronkelijk van Village People) stond in 1993 en 1994 wekenlang aan de top van de hitlijsten over de hele wereld. Disco die ook tot voetbalscene is door gedrongen- een heerlijkemeezinger.

Die Fans verschiedener Vereine singen es mit diversen, auf ihre Spieler gemünzten Texte, die Melodie lässt jedoch das Herz jedes Fußballfans höher schlagen. Ob zur Einstimmung auf eine Fußballparty, zur Feier danach oder zu jedem anderen Fest - dieses Mitsinglied ist ein absolutes Muss!

Dans les années 70, Jacques Morali et Henri Belolo lancent le groupe Village People, célèbre pour son tube YMCA. Ils composent la plus grande partie des chansons interprétées par le groupe, dont Go West (1979). En 1993, le groupe pop Pet Shop Boys reprend cette chanson disco qui devient un nouveau succès mondial. Go West sera, des semaines durant, au sommet des hit-parades du monde entier.

Negli anni ’70, Jacques Morali e Henri Belolo lanciano il gruppo Village People, celebre per la canzone YMCA. Essi compongono la maggioranza delle canzoni interpretate dal gruppo, tra le quali Go West (1979). Nel 1993, il gruppo pop Pet Shop Boys riprende questa canzone che diviene un nuovo successo mondiale. Go West sar in vetta alla hit-parade del mondo intero per molte settimane.