Musica strumentale per banda

Contents: Colorado Trail ' Git Along, Little Dogies ' Careless Love ' Turkey in the Straw.

One of the early publications from master composer/arranger, Clare Grundman, Fantasy on American Sailing Songs (1952) offers jaunty and skillfully orchestrated versions of tuneful folk melodies. Based...

Written in 1979, this piece is based on six old Norse folk melodies. (6:00)

Also available for Tuba with Piano Reduction: 48001040

Linden Lea is a straightforward adaptation of the famous song by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The song is especially familiar in Britain, where the melody is known in virtually every household. Varied inst...

Based on on four old airs whose lyrics touch on various aspects of the chase: The Lincolnshire Poacher ' The Fox Chase ' A-Hunting We Will Go ' John Peel. The strains of these delightful melodies are...

Based on three traditional tunes from New England: The White Cockade ' America (Billings) ' Yankee Doodle. (5:00)

Windependence - Master Level (Grade 4) Originally intended as a homage to Percy Grainger, The Jig is Up combines an Irish folk theme with interjections from other ethnic elements. Flowing invitingly f...

The well-known traditional Irish hymn is here thoughtfully arranged for wind band and optional vocal/choral part. The setting captures the humble, yet majestic, simplicity and deep faith represented b...

This graceful arrangement of the traditional four-part English chorale is perfect for teaching clear tone concepts to your band. The work is scored for beginning band or beginning string orchestra, al...

Windependence - Master Level (Grade 4) The sound world of Homages is anchored in the rich harmonic palette of the 20th century and features a luminous orchestral transparency. Homages is the composer'...

Windependence - Artist Level (Grade 5) Conceived as a concerto for wind ensemble, Scenes Revisited features the virtuostic and technical stamina of every section of the group. The composer describes t...

Colonel Bogey was composed in 1913 at Fort George and published just in time to be around when the world unfortunately found itself in a very big war. Duration: 3 1/2 minutes.

Duration: ca. 2 1/2 minutes

Contains set of parts, full score and condensed score.

The first published work of John Barnes Chance, this superb composition is widely recognized for its wealth of rhythmic and melodic inventiveness. It opens with a slow, intriguingly mystical introduct...

Questa selezione metterà alla prova ogni sezione della vostra banda. È considerata un punto fermo del repertorio delle bande sinfoniche.

From Copland's program notes: An emblem stands for something - it is a symbol. I called the work Emblems because it seemed to me to suggest musical states of being: noble or aspirational feelings, pla...