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Otto M. Schwarz
Otto M. Schwarz

Born
1967 in Neunkirchen (NÖ)

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Otto M. Schwarz was born in Neunkirchen, Austria, in 1967. He grew up in Wimpassing (Lower Austria - south of Vienna), where he still lives today. Otto M. Schwarz received his music education at the Academy of Music in Vienna, where he studied trumpet with Professor Josef Pombetger of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and composition with Professor Heinz Kratochwil. During this period he created his first compositions in the area of light music. In 1992, he set up his own recording studio, where he has produced more than 1000 titles. He currently composes music for commercials, films and signature tunes for the Austrian network ORF and various other Radio & TV channels. With the cooperation of several background music companies, Schwarz's CDs are played and distributed in more than 80 countries worldwide. By 2003, more than 1.7 million CDs containing titles by Otto M. Schwarz have been sold and he has been presented gold-discs by international companies. From 2001 Otto M. Schwarz has almost exclusively produced film music for international film productions. His first three films were made with internationally known film Director Peter Patzak. The episode To Risk One's Neck of the TV series Police Call 110 achieved an audience of six million viewers in Germany. Since autumn 2001 he has worked together with LISA film (productions for the German Broadcasting Organisations ARD and ZDF, the Austrian Broadcasting Organisation ORF and the Italian television RAI). In March 2002 the film version of the novel The Cascades of Slunj achieved an award at the TV festival in Venice. Alms with the German actor Horst Tappert (Heart without a crown) and Franco Nero followed. Since 1995 Otto M. Schwarz has published compositions for concert band with the Dutch music publisher, De Haske, and the Swiss Music publisher, Mitropa. Titles like Nostradamus, For the next Thousand, Roller Coaster, A Song for You and Jazz Waltz are performed all over the world. Well-known bands like The Johan Willem Friso Military Band (Netherlands), Symphonic Winds (Italy), The Band of the Belgian Navy (Belgium), the LBO Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany), Brighouse & Rastrick Band (Great Britain), Soli Brass (Netherlands) and manymore have recorded works by Otto M. Schwarz.

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Lux Aeterna<br>Chorale for 4-Part Flexible Band or Ensemble

Lux Aeterna<br>Chorale for 4-Part Flexible Band or Ensemble

In Nomine

In Nomine

Back on Track

Back on Track

Troja

Troja

Stay Tuned - Swinging Christmas for Bb Trumpet & C Trombone B.C.<br>Thomas Gansch presents

Stay Tuned - Swinging Christmas for Bb Trumpet & C Trombone B.C.<br>Thomas Gansch presents

Music by Otto M. Schwarz

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Lux Aeterna<br>Chorale for 4-Part Flexible Band or Ensemble

Lux Aeterna
Chorale for 4-Part Flexible Band or Ensemble

Otto M. Schwarz was asked by a friend to compose a chorale for the funeral of his child. Lux Aeterna (The Eternal Light) is actually part of the requiem mass, but in this composition, there is no...
Concert Band, Ensemble (Woodwinds), Ensemble (Brass), Mixed Ensemble (Woodwinds/Brass)
SDP063-21
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In Nomine

In Nomine

How often has something been justified by, declared to be, or blessed as ‘in the name of’ some cause or other? How can it be that opposing armies and the use of weapons are ever ‘in the name of…’?...
Concert Band
SDP1022102
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Back on Track

Back on Track is a spectacular composition for Concert Band. Otto M. Schwarz composed an opening fanfare for the beginning, which can also be played as a short ‘teaser’ at festive events. A motif is...
Concert Band
SDP0432102
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Troja

The Greek poet Homer wrote about Troy and the Trojan War—which probably took place in what is now Asia Minor—in his Iliad in the 8th century B.C. Nowadays, the term ‘Trojan’ generally refers to a...
Concert Band
SDP1282202
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Stay Tuned - Swinging Christmas for Bb Trumpet & C Trombone B.C.
Thomas Gansch presents

The "Stay Tuned - Swinging Christmas" duets stem from another collaboration with the trumpeter Thomas Gansch. These duets are not only available for trumpet with trombone, however. The pop &...
Ensemble (Brass), Play Along Books, Methods
SDP101-21
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Stay Tuned - Swinging Christmas for 2 Trombones B.C.
Thomas Gansch presents

The "Stay Tuned - Swinging Christmas" duets stem from another collaboration with the trumpeter Thomas Gansch. These duets are not only available for trombones, however. The pop & jazz duets are...
Ensemble (Brass), Play Along Books, Methods
SDP100-21
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Stay Tuned - Swinging Christmas for 2 Horns
Thomas Gansch presents

The "Stay Tuned - Swinging Christmas" duets stem from another collaboration with the trumpeter Thomas Gansch. These duets are not only available for horns, however. The pop & jazz duets are also...
Ensemble (Brass), Play Along Books, Methods
SDP099-21
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Leonhard Paul presents
Doobidoo for Two
Bb Trumpet & C Trombone B.C.

The "Doobidoo for Two" duets are the result of a collaboration between the composer Otto M. Schwarz and the trombonist and composer Leonhard Paul. Leonhard Paul is known the world over as one of the...
Ensemble (Brass), Methods
SDP058.21
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Leonhard Paul presents
Doobidoo for Two Bb Euphonium T.C.

The "Doobidoo for Two" duets are the result of a collaboration between the composer Otto M. Schwarz and the trombonist and composer Leonhard Paul. Leonhard Paul is known the world over as one of the...
Ensemble (Brass), Methods
SDP057.21
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Leonhard Paul presents
Doobidoo for Two C Euphonium B.C.

The "Doobidoo for Two" duets are the result of a collaboration between the composer Otto M. Schwarz and the trombonist and composer Leonhard Paul. Leonhard Paul is known the world over as one of the...
Ensemble (Brass), Methods
SDP056.21
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Leonhard Paul presents
Doobidoo for Two
C Euphonium & Tuba B.C.

The "Doobidoo for Two" duets are the result of a collaboration between the composer Otto M. Schwarz and the trombonist and composer Leonhard Paul. Leonhard Paul is known the world over as one of the...
Ensemble (Brass), Methods
SDP055.21
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Leonhard Paul presents
Doobidoo for Two Tubas B.C.

The "Doobidoo for Two" duets are the result of a collaboration between the composer Otto M. Schwarz and the trombonist and composer Leonhard Paul. Leonhard Paul is known the world over as one of the...
Ensemble (Brass), Methods
SDP054.21
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Leonhard Paul presents
Doobidoo for Two Horns

The "Doobidoo for Two" duets are the result of a collaboration between the composer Otto M. Schwarz and the trombonist and composer Leonhard Paul. Leonhard Paul is known the world over as one of the...
Ensemble (Brass), Methods
SDP053.21
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Leonhard Paul presents
Doobidoo for Two Bb Trumpets

The "Doobidoo for Two" duets are the result of a collaboration between the composer Otto M. Schwarz and the trombonist and composer Leonhard Paul. Leonhard Paul is known the world over as one of the...
Ensemble (Brass), Methods
SDP052.21
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Nostradamus
(Easier Version)

Nostradamus was one of humankind’s greatest prophets. Many of his coded prophecies proved true. He lived at the time of the inquisition, and his predictions and medical therapies as a physician made...
Concert Band
SDP0802102
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Mont Blanc
(Easier Version)

With its height of 4,808 meters, Mont-Blanc is called “the roof of Europe”. The highest mountains on our planet have been insurmountable for a long time. Only in the past 250 years have those giants...
Concert Band
SDP0672102
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Leonardo
(Easier Version)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was a painter, sculptor, inventor, philosopher and researcher. He is renowned as the original ‘Renaissance Man’. ‘I will preserve the memory of myself in the minds of...
Concert Band
SDP0662102
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Dragon Fight
(Easier Version)

At the best viewpoint over the Alps of Liechtenstein, the village of Guflina is situated. Underneath the overhanging ledge, there is said to have been a cave in the mountain. In it lived a terrible...
Concert Band
SDP0812102
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Symphonic Suite von
"Die Jungen von der Paulstrasse"

In 1910, the novel „Die Jungen von der Paulstraße“ (The Boys from Paulstraße) was published, written by Ferenc Molnar, probably the most important Hungarian playwright of the 20th century. In 2004,...
Concert Band
SDP0652102
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Symphonic Suite from
"1805 - A Town's Tale"

In 2013 the short film 1805 A Town’s Tale was released, produced by Refos Film, with music by Otto M. Schwarz. A fateful autumn day in the year 1805: the morning mists hang heavy over the sprawling...
Concert Band
SDP0642102
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Stories, sagas and legends—who among us don’t know them? Always delivered with a tinge of brutality, these cautionary tales are a legacy of moral education from times past: inquisitive children alone...
Concert Band
SDP041-21
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Symphonic Dimensions

Symphonic Dimensions is a powerful opening piece with a continually recurring motif. Beginning with a festive fanfare in which the leitmotif is heard for the first time, it continues in a buoyant...
Concert Band
SDP0922102
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Anima Negra

Two boys from Felanitx: Pere Obrador and Miquel Angel Cerda. Having finished school, one stayed in Mallorca, while the other one left to study in Madrid. Some years later, homesickness and a yearning...
Concert Band
SDP0452102
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Leonhard Paul presents
Doobidoo for Two Trombones B.C.

The "Doobidoo for Two" duets are the result of a collaboration between the composer Otto M. Schwarz and the trombonist and composer Leonhard Paul. Leonhard Paul is known the world over as one of the...
Ensemble (Brass), Methods
SDP051.21
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Stay Tuned - Swinging Christmas for 2 Trumpets
Thomas Gansch presents

The "Stay Tuned - Swinging Christmas" duets stem from another collaboration with the trumpeter Thomas Gansch. These duets are not only available for trumpets, however. The pop & jazz duets are...
Ensemble (Brass), Play Along Books, Methods
SDP098-21
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Stay Tuned - Pop & Jazz for Bb Trumpet & C Trombone
Thomas Gansch presents

The "Stay Tuned - Pop & Jazz" duets stem from a collaboration with the trumpeter Thomas Gansch. These duets are not only available for trumpet with trombone, however. The pop & jazz duets...
Ensemble (Brass), Play Along Books, Methods
SDP033.20
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Stay Tuned - Pop & Jazz for 2 Horns
Thomas Gansch presents

The "Stay Tuned - Pop & Jazz" duets stem from a collaboration with the trumpeter Thomas Gansch. These duets are not only available for Horns, however. The pop & jazz duets are also available...
Ensemble (Brass), Play Along Books, Methods
SDP029.20
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Stay Tuned - Pop & Jazz for 2 Trombones B.C.
Thomas Gansch presents

The "Stay Tuned - Pop & Jazz" duets stem from a collaboration with the trumpeter Thomas Gansch. These duets are not only available for trombones, however. The pop & jazz duets are also...
Ensemble (Brass), Play Along Books, Methods
SDP030.20
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Stay Tuned - Pop & Jazz for 2 Trumpets
Thomas Gansch presents

The "Stay Tuned - Pop & Jazz" duets stem from a collaboration with the trumpeter Thomas Gansch. These duets are not only available for trumpets, however. The pop & jazz duets are also...
Ensemble (Brass), Play Along Books, Methods
SDP028.20
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Leonardo

Leonardo - St. Stephen's Chorale - The Miner's Saga - Music from Space - The Mystery of Light - Dreamcatcher - The Magic Mountain
CD (Compact Disc)
T8104
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Leonardo

This work is based on the life and work of painter Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) who was also a sculptor, inventor, philosopher and researcher. Who doesn’t know his famous ‘Mona...
Concert Band
M2131.18
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Crystal Magic

Festival Series 65 CD 1: Wings to Fly - Step by Step -The Source - Majestic Waters - A Century of Music - Desert Dances - Tribute to a Maestro - The Miner's Saga - Crystal Magic CD...
CD (Compact Disc)
T8111
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The Magic Mountain

Festival Series 64 CD 1: A Bluegrass Overture - Leonardo - Agosto - Salutation - Tarjan - Sea of Hope - Pasovario - The Red Stone - Inspire! - The Magic Mountain  CD 2: The Greatest Show...
CD (Compact Disc)
T8113
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The Magic Mountain

The Semmering Pass, also known as Zauberberg, is a mountain pass in Eastern Austria, which forms a natural border between Lower Austria and Styria. The pass was historically established as a major...
Concert Band
M2144.18
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The Mystery of Light

Light, sun, moon, stars: there has always been a connection to faith, the occult and mysticism. Different constellations were supposed to predict the future, and some phenomena have been interpreted...
Concert Band
M2126.18
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Pulse

A Bluegrass Overture - Donar - Fiori - Up in the Sky - Equestrian Symphonette - Pulse - Energico - Blackout
CD (Compact Disc)
T8123
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St. Stephen's Chorale

As a source of inspiration, the composer used the dazzling, impressive and beautiful world-famous St. Stephen’s Cathedral—the Stephansdom—in Vienna. Often seen as a national symbol...
Concert Band
M2118.18
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Journey Through a Magical Kingdom

Festival Series 63 CD 1: Fanfare Exuberante - A Centennial Adventure - Into Your Eyes - Ponte Vecchio - Sbandiamo! - St. Stephen's Chorale - Austrian Fantasy - The Mystery of Light - Homage -...
CD (Compact Disc)
T8125
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Galea et Bellum

Galea et Bellum - I Shall Love But Thee - Three City Sketches - Ponte Vecchio - St. Stephen's Chorale - The Last Friend of Napoleon
CD (Compact Disc)
T8126
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Apollo 11

Compisitions by Otto M. Schwarz The Wall - Between Two Worlds - Apollo 11 - Incendium - Imperial Overture - The Last Giant - Up in the Sky
CD (Compact Disc)
T8129
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Wonders of Nature

Festival Series 62 CD 1: Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' - Purcellian Fantasia - The White Thrill - Dreamcatcher - Wonders of Nature - Dionysos - Fantasia Helvetica - Equestrian...
CD (Compact Disc)
T8130
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The Wall

Festival Series 61 CD 1: A Golden Jubilation - Song of Friendship - Town of the Seven Hills - March-Chagu-Chagu - In Memoriam - The Wall - Pulse - St. Paul's Suite - Zodiac Dances -...
CD (Compact Disc)
T8139
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The Wall

The walls of Babylon, the Great Wall of China, the limes of the Roman Empire and the Berlin Wall are just a few examples of the walls mankind has built over past centuries. Today, building walls...
Concert Band
M2100.17
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Winds on Fire

Festival Series 60 CD 1: Festival Bells - Highdays and Holidays - A Vision of the First Light - Concertino for Clarinet - White Winged Flight - A Knight's Tale - Tchaikovsky Highlights -...
CD (Compact Disc)
T8146
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Apollo 11

Who doesn’t know the iconic words “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, spoken by the famous astronaut Neil Armstrong - the man that took the first step...
Concert Band
M2084.16
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Terra Mystica

Theme from Star Trek - Colorado - Between Two Worlds -Terra Mystica - Neckarmarsch - The Glenmasan Manuscript - The Curse of the Mermaid - The Rise of the Blackjack - Simply Red On Tour - Superstition
CD (Compact Disc)
T8148
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The Last Giant

Festival Series 59 CD 1: Intrada Eroica - Cantastoria - Colorado - A Glorious Summer Day - Morning Star Variations - The Last Giant - The Torch of Liberty - And Still, the Spirit - Pisa - The...
CD (Compact Disc)
T8149
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