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99 Luftballons

Composer
Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen
Arranger
Erwin Jahreis
Year
1983
Duration
3:30

Conductor's Notes

Last updated April 5, 2026

This arrangement is pretty faithful to the original tune. Listen to the recording to get the feel. One big thing we have to do to make this work is to be very neutral on long-note backgrounds. The original song has lots of synthesizer in the background. Synths hold notes at a steady volume by default, so we need to emulate that.

Tempos:

Beginning:  = 76
2 before A:  = 92
C:  = 184 (it’s a 4 feel here, but will be conducted in 2 at  = 92)
F:  = 76

Errata:

5 before A: In the melody line, second to last note is a concert G, not concert F
(Bb instruments: A, not G
Eb instruments: E, not D)

5th bar of F: In the melody line, second to last note is a concert G, not concert F
(Bb instruments: A, not G
Eb instruments: E, not D)