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Johan de Meij

Johan de Meij composer / arranger

date of birth: 23.11.1953

Founder / Verlagsgründer der Amstel Music
Born November 23, 1953 in Voorburg, Holland, received his musical education at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague, where he studied band conducting and trombone. After his graduation Johan de Meij gained an international reputation as an arranger of the classical as well as the popular repertoire. His first composition for symphonic band, the Symphony no. 1 The Lord of the Rings, after Tolkien had its very successful first performance in Brussels (1988) and was awarded a first prize in the Sudler International Wind Band Composition Competition 1989 in Chicago. In November 1990 the symphony was awarded a grant by the Dutch Composers Fund. For the International Festival in Uster (Switzerland, September 1989) he wrote the symphonic poem Loch Ness, and for fanfare band the work Pentagram, commissioned by the Frysk Fanfare Festival 1990. His third work for symphonic band is called Aquarium (opus 5), commissioned by the Dutch Composers Fund. De Meij's Symphony no. 2 The Big Apple (a New York Symphony) was composed between October 1991 and August 1993, and was commissioned and premiered by The United States Air Force Band (Washington D.C.). De Meij's second symphony was finalist in the 14th International Composition Competition 1993 in Corciano, Italy and received an honourable mention from the Jury. Within one year, three different CD-recordings of Symphony no. 2 The Big Apple have been released. His most recent works are T-Bone Concerto [for trombone solo and wind orchestra], the Continental Overture and the miniature suite Madurodam.
Johan de Meij is a versatile musician, regarding he is not only a composer/arranger but also participating as a trombone/euphonium player in several ensembles, such as the Amsterdam Wind Orchestra, Orkest De Volharding (contemporary music) and the Radio Chamber Orchestra. He played with the Dutch Brass Sextet for fourteen years: founded in 1978, this group became one of the most prestigious brass-ensembles in Europe. Johan de Meij is often invited as a guest conductor to perform his own works: he conducted in Japan, the U.S., Brazil, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Hungary.
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Né le 23 novembre 1953 à Voorburg, Pays-Bas, Johan de Meij a reçu sa formation musicale au Conservatoire Royal de La Haye, où il a étudié la direction d'orchestre et le trombone. Après avoir reçu son diplôme, Johan de Meij a acquis une réputation internationale en tant qu'arrangeur du répertoire classique aussi bien que populaire. Sa première composition pour orchestre d'harmonie, la Symphony no. 1 The Lord of the Rings, d'après Tolkien a eu sa première très réussie à Bruxelles (1988) et a obtenu un premier prix à la Sudler International Wind Band Composition Competition 1989 à Chicago. En novembre 1990 la symphonie a reçu une subvention du Fonds des Compositeurs Néerlandais. Pour le Festival International à Uster (Suisse, septembre 1989) il a écrit le poème symphonique Loch Ness, et pour fanfare l'oeuvre Pentagram, commandée par le Frysk Fanfare Festival 1990. Sa troisième oeuvre pour orchestre d'harmonie s'appelle Aquarium (opus 5), elle été commandée par le Fonds des Compositeurs Néerlandais. La Symphony no. 2 The Big Apple (a New York Symphony) a été composée entre octobre 1991 et septembre 1993, et commandée par The United States Air Force Band (Washington D.C.) qui en a donnée la première. La deuxième symphonie de De Meij était finaliste au 14ème Concours Internationale de la Composition 1993 à Corciano en Italie et a eu une mention honorable du Jury. Parmi ses oeuvres les plus récentes citons le T- Bone Concerto [pour trombone solo et orchestre d'harmonie], L'Ouverture Continentale [Continental Overture] et la suite miniature Madurodam.
Johan de Meij est un musicien polyvalent. Il n'est pas seulement compositeur/arrangeur mais il participe aussi à plusieurs ensembles en tant que tromboniste et tubiste, comme le Amsterdam Wind Orchestra, Orkest De Volharding (musique contemporaine) et le Radio Kamer Orkest Hilversum. Il a joué pendant quatorze ans avec le Dutch Brass Sextet: ce groupe, créé en 1978, est devenu un des ensembles de cuivres les plus prestigieux d'Europe.
Johan de Meij est invité de plus en plus comme chef d'orchestre pour diriger ses propres oeuvres: il a dirigé au Japon, aux Etats-Unis, en Norvège, au Danemark, en Allemagne, en Autriche, en France, en Belgique, en Espagne et en Italie.

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Rotterdam 1945 - Johan de Meij

Rotterdam 1945 Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: Rotterdam 1945 Herausgeber / Publisher: Amstel Music Instrumentation: Concert Band/Harmonie Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Amstel Concert Band Sprache / Language: English-German-French-Dutch Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2021 Untertitel / Subtitel: Overture for wind orchestra Genre: Konzertwerk ISMN: 9790035249147 R ...
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Los Cuatro Vientos - Johan de Meij

Los Cuatro Vientos Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: Los Cuatro Vientos Herausgeber / Publisher: Amstel Music Instrumentation: Concert Band/Harmonie Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Amstel Concert Band Sprache / Language: English-German-French-Dutch Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2021 Untertitel / Subtitel: Four Winds for Winds Genre: Konzertwerk ISMN: 9790035249390 Los ...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Arr. Johan de Meij

A Midsummer Night's Dream Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream Herausgeber / Publisher: Amstel Music Instrumentation: Concert Band/Harmonie Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Amstel Classic Sprache / Language: English-German-French-Dutch Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2021 Untertitel / Subtitel: Suite from the Incidental Music ISMN: 9790035249598 Felix Mende ...
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Jazz Suite No. 2 - Waltz No. 2 (Fanfare Band) - Dmitri Shostakovitch / Schostakowitsch / Arr. Johan de Meij

Jazz Suite No. 2 - Waltz No. 2 (Fanfare Band) Dmitri Shostakovitch / Schostakowitsch / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: Jazz Suite No. 2 - Waltz No. 2 Herausgeber / Publisher: Amstel Music Instrumentation: Fanfare Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Amstel Concert Band Sprache / Language: Format: Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1994 Untertitel / Subtitel: Personality: Genre: Walzer ISMN: 9790035087121 ISBN: EAN: UPC:
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Willem van Oranje - Tonny Eyk / Arr. Johan de Meij

Willem van Oranje Tonny Eyk / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: Willem van Oranje Untertitel / Subtitle: Instrumentation: Brass Band

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Miss Saigon - Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg / Arr. Johan de Meij

Miss Saigon Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg / Arr. Johan de Meij

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Berceuse (Mazeppa) - Piotr Ilich Tchaikowsky (Pyotr Peter Ilyich Iljitsch Tschaikovsky) / Arr. Johan de Meij

Berceuse (Mazeppa) Piotr Ilich Tchaikowsky (Pyotr Peter Ilyich Iljitsch Tschaikovsky) / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: Berceuse (Mazeppa) Untertitel / Subtitle: Instrumentation: Fanfare Band Besetzungsliste / Instrumentation: 1 Full Score 2 Soprano Saxophone 2 Alto Saxophone I 2 Alto Saxophone II 2 Tenor Saxophone 1 Baritone Saxophone 1 Flugelhorn Eb 8 Bugel Solo + I 4 Flugelhorn II 4 Flugelhorn III 1 Cornet Eb 2 Trumpet I 2 Trumpet II 2 Trumpet III 2 Horn I + III Eb 2 Horn I + ...
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Willem van Oranje - Tonny Eyk / Arr. Johan de Meij

Willem van Oranje Tonny Eyk / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: Willem van Oranje Untertitel / Subtitle: Instrumentation: Fanfare Band Besetzungsliste / Instrumentation: 1 Condensed Score 0 Piccolo 0 Flute I 0 Flute II 0 Oboe I 0 Oboe II 0 Bassoon 0 Clarinet Eb 0 Clarinet Solo 0 Clarinet I 0 Clarinet II 0 Clarinet III 0 Bass Clarinet 2 Soprano Saxophone 2 Alto Saxophone I 2 Alto Saxophone II 2 Tenor Saxophone 1 Baritone Sax ...
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Annie - Charles Strouse / Arr. Johan de Meij

Annie Charles Strouse / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: Annie Untertitel / Subtitle: Highlights from the Musical Instrumentation: Fanfare Band Besetzungsliste / Instrumentation: 1 Condensed Score 2 Soprano Saxophone 4 Alto Saxophone 2 Tenor Saxophone 1 Baritone Saxophone 1 Flugelhorn Eb 6 Bugel Solo + I 3 Flugelhorn II 3 Flugelhorn III 2 Trumpet I 2 Trumpet II 2 Trumpet III 2 Trumpet IV 2 Horn I + III Eb 2 Horn I + I ...
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This Nearly Was Mine - Richard Rodgers / Arr. Johan de Meij

This Nearly Was Mine Richard Rodgers / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: This Nearly Was Mine Untertitel / Subtitle: (English)Ha/T+B Voice Instrumentation: Fanfare Band The musical South Pacific from 1949 is one of the many successful theatre-productions by composer Richard Rodgers (1902 1979) which was developed in collaboration with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein. The association of this couple also resulted in famous musicals such as ...
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Patchwork Restitched - Johan de Meij

Patchwork Restitched Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: Patchwork Restitched Untertitel / Subtitle: Instrumentation: Fanfare Band Johan de Meij completed his first composition in 1979, a brief three?part work for six brass playersnamed Patchwork: a mixture of different musical concepts that kept lingering in his mind.Patchwork was composed and dedicated to the Hague Brass Sextet, later renamed the Dutch BrassSextet. ...
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Midnight Cowboy - John Barry / Arr. Johan de Meij

Midnight Cowboy John Barry / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: Midnight Cowboy Untertitel / Subtitle: From the motion picture (Solo for Alto Saxophone and Trumpet) Instrumentation: Fanfare Band The theme from the Western Midnight Cowboy composed by John Barry is widely known in the version for mouth-organ. In this arrangement for symphonic windband and fanfare orchestra arranger Johan de Meij has chosen for a combined solo ...
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The Beatles Collection - Paul McCartney John Lennon & / Arr. Johan de Meij

The Beatles Collection Paul McCartney John Lennon & / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: The Beatles Collection Untertitel / Subtitle: Instrumentation: Fanfare Band No pop music group whatsoever was more popular than 'The Beatles', founded in 1959 by those four boys from Liverpool. In the meantime, the music by John Lennon and Paul Mc Cartney has become immortal. Johan de Meij arranged, with his usual gift, some of their songs. This precious 'Colle ...
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Bee Gees Revival - Bee Gees / Arr. Johan de Meij

Bee Gees Revival Bee Gees / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: Bee Gees Revival Untertitel / Subtitle: Instrumentation: Fanfare Band A very fine arrangement by Johan de Meij of the biggest hits of this group, including Spicks and Specks, Massachusetts, Holiday and New York mining Disaster 1941 [FR]Un très bel arrangement par Johan de Meij du plus grand succès de ce formidable groupe. On y retrouve Spicks and Specks, Massac ...
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In the Mystic Land of Egypt - Albert William Ketelbey / Arr. Johan de Meij

In the Mystic Land of Egypt Albert William Ketelbey / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: In the Mystic Land of Egypt Untertitel / Subtitle: Instrumentation: Fanfare Band A detatchment of native soldiers approach and pass through the village, then a song from a boat on the Nile is heard softly across the water; a short passage depicting an Arab playing his pipe, leads to a repetition of the song-melody. The soldiers return and some of them sing the ...
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Moment for Morricone - Ennio Morricone / Arr. Johan de Meij

Moment for Morricone Ennio Morricone / Arr. Johan de Meij

Titel / Title: Moment for Morricone Untertitel / Subtitle: Instrumentation: Fanfare Band This timeless film music brings a feeling of the Wild West. Director Sergio Leone gave a simple yet effective development of the story, which touched many people. 'Once Upon a Time in the West', has long been considered one of the best westerns of all time. The composer of the film's musi ...
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