Windependence

A century ago, James Causley Windram, then band director of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (and later the Coldstream Guards) asked Gustav Holst if he would transcribe some of the composer's Hymns fr...

A century ago, James Causley Windram, then band director of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (and later the Coldstream Guards) asked Gustav Holst if he would transcribe some of the composer's Hymns fr...

Diese Arrangements getragener Themen für Bläserchor, Posaunen und Bariton sind ideal geeignet, um fortgeschrittenen Musikern die Rolle ihrer Instrumente näher zu bringen. Die Stimmen sind zwischen den...

The classic wind octet consisted or pairs or oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns. In this Little Symphony two flutes have been included to provide a wider range and a more brilliant top to the ensemb...

La Mother Goose Suite di Maurice Ravel è composta da cinque affascinanti miniature, ognuna delle quali evoca una scena fiabesca. Dalla semplicità dell'iniziale "Pavane of Sleeping Beauty" alla danza v...

La Mother Goose Suite di Maurice Ravel è composta da cinque affascinanti miniature, ognuna delle quali evoca una scena fiabesca. Dalla semplicità dell'iniziale "Pavane of Sleeping Beauty" alla danza v...

Perfect for introducing intermediate players to one of history's master composers. Arranged for four-part clarinet choir, the parts are tiered by difficulty so students with differing levels of experi...

A monumental work from the pen of Joseph Turrin, High Flight was commissioned by the United States Air Force Band and is dedicated to the American pilots who fought in the Spanish Civil War (1937-1939...

Commissioned by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in 1998, this dynamic work combines 'frantic' and 'energy' to form the title, speaking volumes to the nature and verve of the character of the music. Fo...

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751) fu un prolifico compositore dell'epoca barocca le cui opere sono oggi raramente eseguite. Tuttavia, era molto ammirato da J. S. Bach, che usava esempi di musica di Albinoni...

Der amerikanische Komponist Joseph Turrin ist berühmt für seine Arbeit mit Symphonieorchestern, mit Interpreten klassischer Musik, mit Theatern und Filmproduktionen sowie für seine Kompositionen für S...

Windependence - Artist Level (Grade 5) Vientos y Tangos (Winds and Tangos) is a fantasy of tangos, drawing from styles both old and new. An inventive array of harmonies and instrumental combinations r...

Windependence - Artist Level (Grade 5) David Del Tredici's In Wartime - the first work for wind band by on of America's masters of orchestral music - matches its emotional depth with immediate musical...

Short Suite No. 4 is a work in three contrasting movements, each of which shares a common melodic motive. The first opens with an antiphonal statement of the main motive followed by march, which expan...

Here's a striking march in the grand style, resonant with honor and celebration! Brass, woodwind and percussion are all highlighted throughout this highly satisfying work.

In un famoso momento dell'opera El Gato Montés ("Il gatto selvatico") di Manuel Penella del 1916, un matador canta esuberantemente alla giovane gitana amata che combatterà i tori per lei. In questo me...

Windependence - Apprentice, Novice (Grade 1.5-2) Here is a fresh, contemporary-sounding piece that painlessly introduces middle level students to syncopation. Commissioned by high school band director...

Windependence - Artist Level (Grade 5) Ride is a high-velocity piece inspired by a landscape-blurring car ride down a country road in Pennsylvania. Beginning and ending in the same key to symbolize go...

As described by the composer, this work 'suggests a person's relation to the Colorado Rockies via a rugged and persistent climb.' Filled with twists and turns, and touches of drama as well as humor, h...

This dark and expressive saxophone quartet fuses music suggestive of different traditions, from Japanese Taiko drumming to African-American gospel singing. The work's title is vividly portrayed in the...

This delightful woodwind quintet gives each player the chance to portray part of a frog's daily routine, from swimming to lazing on the lily pad to catching bugs. Five Frogs is light-hearted but chall...

As One Listens to the Rain' is a marriage of two distinct musical ideas. The first, a solitary, solemn melody, is introduced in the trumpet and cloaked in an aura of slowly shifting transparent harmon...

Meridian nasce dall'amore del compositore per la musica ostinata, o basata sul groove. Altre influenze diverse includono il jazz di Keith Jarrett e Jan Garbarek, influenzato dalla World Music, e le si...

Meridian comes very much out of the composer's love for ostinato, or groove-based, music. Other diverse influences include the World Music-infused jazz of Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek, as well as th...

Composed for the commission project celebrating the 85th birthday of legendary conductor Frank Battisti, this beautiful lyric piece from Kathryn Salfelder offers a rewarding emotional depth for young...