Compositions by the Dutch composer Margriet Verbeek: piano, flute, recorder, violin, organ, voice, clarinet, saxophone, and carillon

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Piano

Church Organ

Mezzo-soprano

Violin

Harmonium

Keyboard

Recorder

Flute

Clarinet

Saxophone

Marimba

Carillon

Guitar

Mandolin

Piano - Guitar

Alto recorder

Transposing
Free online course to
learn how to transpose
music, step by step.
For B-flat, E-flat, F-
and A-instruments.

Nature + Music

Vlieland-
drawings
26 drawings by
Margriet. Made with
color pencil, on a
small island in the.
North Sea

Book Reviews
Four book reviews
about Margriets,
music. This is in
Dutch only. (sorry!)

Cover of: Three songs on sunrise.' for mezzo soprano and piano.

Cover of: Three songs on sunrise.' for mezzo soprano and piano.

Music Links
A collection of
interesting
music websites.

Interview
An interview with
Margriet, again
in Dutch only.

Folk Songs
Easy instrumental
folks songs for two
melody-instruments
and a guitar. Free
to print.

Staff paper
Ten examples of
empty staff paper.
Free to print.

Two Soprano Recorders.

Piano

Church Organ

Mezzo-soprano

Violin

Harmonium

Keyboard

Recorder

Flute

Clarinet

Saxophone

Marimba

Carillon

Guitar

Mandolin

Piano - Guitar

Overview,
over this website.

FAQ
Frequent Asked Questions
around Margriet's
arrangements of
folkmusic and other
music, for 2 recorders
and guitar.

FAQ
Frequent Asked Questions
around Margriet's
compositons, like the
ones you find on this
page.

Transposing
Free online course to
learn how to transpose
music, step by step.
For B-flat, E-flat, F-
and A-instruments.

Flute and Piano.

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Sheet Music (free)
Compositions by Margriet Verbeek

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Piano

SPREEUWENSUITE (Starling-Suite)

Piano - Solo:
The Starling- Suite is a five-part work for piano solo.
Who doesn't know the starling? This noisy good-for-nothing, who, like a jolly vagabond,
flutters through fields and cities.
The starling lives part of the year in a big flock, this is the imaginary spot where our
music starts: A big starling-flock, two sparrows come out of the flock, build a nest,
breed their eggs and raise their young. Finally the young birds fligh out, and form
another swarm.

The starling was the favorite bird of the Dutch naturalist Jac. P. Thijsse,
therefore I dedicated this suite to the Heimans and Thijsse Association. (Dutch site)
In September this suite did get its first performance by the presentation of the
bronze starling, a Dutch prize for people who inspire the people to take care
for nature, or to take interest in nature. More information about this can be
found by clicking the link above. (Dutch site)

The sheet music of the Spreeuwensuite is not yet available.
A free PDF of it will get added in the future.

OOIEVAARSVLUCHT (Flight of the Stark)

Piano - Four Hands:
In 'The Flight of the Stark' we follow the way the Stark had to go to bring the
little boy Hugo to his father and his mother in Amsterdam. Hugo learns to know
the beauty of the world, the Stark points him out Antarctica, the monkeys in
the woods, the desert, the sea, and finally Holland.
This music for four hands piano is technically not difficult to play.

The sheet music of the Spreeuwensuite is not yet available.
A free PDF of it will get added in the future.

A STROLL IN MAASSLUIS

A Stroll in Maassluis is a five-part piece for piano solo.
Moderately difficult.

Sound Example (second part)

A Stroll in Maassluis - PDF

ELFSTEDENKOORTS (Eleven Cities Fever)

When the Eleven Cities Tour finds place, (a big outdoor skating race) everyone in the
Netherlands suffers from the Eleven Cities Fever. It sure is one of the merriest
sicknesses one can get.
I dedicated this piece for piano solo to "De Friesche Elf Steden" (the Frisian Eleven
Cities Association).

The music of the Eleven Cities Fever is very easy on the ear and not difficult to play.
A cheerful melody, also suitable for less-virtuose piano players.

Sound Example

Elfstedenkoort - PDF

THREE BAGATELLES FOR PIANO

Three short pieces for piano, technically easy, but with a modern character.
For some beginning pianists this might be difficult.

Sound Example

Three Bagatelles for Piano Solo - PDF

Flute and Piano

A SUMMER-EVENING STROLL

A lengthy and cheerful piece for flute and piano.

Book Review in Dutch) Sound Example

'A Summer Evening Stroll' - PDF

Separate part for the flute - 'A Summer Evening Stroll' - PDF

Flute

THREE BAGATELLES FOR FLUTE

Three short pieces in modern style.
Although without real difficulty's not easy to play.

Three Bagatelles for Flute - PDF

Recorder and Piano

SONATINE

A longer piece of music for soprano recorder and piano.
Moderately difficult.

Sound Example

The sheet music of the Sonatine for recorder and piano is not yet available.
A free PDF of it will get added in the future.

Soprano Recorder

ROMANCE

A solo for soprano recorder.
Fairly difficult.

Sound Example

The sheet music of this Romance for soprano recorder is not yet available.
A free PDF of it will get added in the future.

Two Recorders and Classical Guitar

A great collection free PDFs of: folk songs,

National Anthems, light classical music and Christmas Carols,

arranged by Margriet Verbeek.

Recorder, Violin and Church Organ

SEAGULL SONATA

A three-part piece of music for soprano and alto recorder, violin and church organ.
You will not find the sound of the seagulls in this music, but their movements when they fly through the sky.
Moderately difficult to difficult.

PDF - part 1 (4 pages)

PDF - part 2 (4 pages)

PDF - part 3 (7 pages)

String Quartet

MATTHIOLA

The string quartet Matthiola is composed around the poem 'Matthiola'.
Matthiola is the name of a garden flower.
The music of Matthiola consists of four pieces:

Sound Example

Part 1: 'A Purple Summer Night' - PDF

Part 2: 'The Blooming String Quartet' - PDF

Part 3: 'Singing flowers' - PDF

Part 4: 'Gigue in the Night' - PDF

Mezzo-Soprano and Piano

THREE SONGS ON SUNRISE

A songbook for mezzo-soprano and piano on lyrics by the Dutch poetess Ida Gerhardt.
(lyrics in Dutch)
Easy on the ear but nevertheless rather difficult.

Sound Example

The sheet music of 'Three Songs on Sunrise' is not yet available.
A free PDF of it will get added in the future.

Clarinet and Saxophone

BIRDS

Four bird portraits for b flat clarinet and tenor saxophone.
The pieces are named:

I - Two avocets on their southbound journey.
II - Turkish turtle doves.
III - Two grebes' mating dance.
IV - Swan-song.

The part of tenor saxophone might as well be played by bass clarinet.
Not difficult to moderately difficult.

Sound Example

The sheet music of 'Birds' is not yet available.
A free PDF of it will get added in the future.

Two Clarinets and a Bass Clarinet

SONATINE

A three-part sonatina for clarinet trio: two b flat clarinets and a bass clarinet.
This music is abstract (twelve tone music).
Difficult.

Book Review in Dutch

The sheet music of 'Sonatina' is not yet available.
A free PDF of it will get added in the future.

Brass ensemble

GREEN, GREEN MIDDEN-DELFLAND
and
FESTIVAL IN 'T WOUDT

The 11th of November the Dutch Queen Beatrix visited the old and very small church
in 't Woudt. (in the province Zuid-Holland) In the church she listened to music, played
by twelve members of three different brass-bands.
To my happy surprise they had asked me to write the music for this event.
I composed two musical pieces for an ensemble consisting of: 2 flutes, 1 clarinet, 1 soprano saxophone, 1 alto saxophone, 2 horns,
1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 b-flat tuba, 1 snare drum, marching bells
and 1 tambourine.

Photo's of the concert with Queen Beatrix.

Sound Example

The sheet music of these pieces are not yet available.
A free PDF of it will get added in the future.

Carillon

CAMPANULA

A lenghty four-part piece, only suitable
for an equally tempered carillon.
In the second and the fourth part one
can recognise three songs composed by
Wim ter Burg with lyrics by Hanna Lam.
The Dutch children-songs concerned are:
"Jericho", "Jona", and "In het begin lag
de aarde verloren".
Moderately difficult.

Sound Example of the second part

PDF - part 1: Prelude

PDF - part 2: Fantasie over 'Jona' en 'Jericho'

PDF - part 3: Toccata

PDF - part 4: Thema met variatie over 'In het begin'

A music book is available for 10 euro plus shipping costs.
Mail for information.

Sheet Music by Margriet Verbeek - Guitar

Sheet Music by Margriet Verbeek - Guitar Plus

Clarinet - Keyboard - Piano - Church Organ - Harmonium - Flute - Guitar - Mandolin

Saxophone - Marimba - Violin - Mandola - Recorder - Mezzo-soprano - Carillon

Free online: instrumental music for trio.

Free online: blanc staff paper to print.

Free online: learn how to transpose - step by step - for B-flat E-flat A and F instruments.