Blasorchester-Noten

I. Declamation II. Elegy III. Quickstep March

This four-movement work was written following the experience of the composer's two years as principal bassist with the National Symphony in El Salvador during the late 1970s, where he witnessed politc...

Commissioned by the Dallas Wind Symphony, this three-movement work is based on three mythological characters that have the ability to fly. Movements include: I - Pegasus; II - Sweet Melusine; III - Ph...

The monumental second movement of Anton Bruckner's Seventh Symphony (marked sehr feierlich--with great solemnity), is one of the most celebrated works of its type. Structurally, it combines the classi...

Was composed during April, 1963 as a gesture in recognition of the international friendship and goodwill existing between the sister cities Laredo, Texas, U.S.A., and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico....

This work arose from Grainger's thoughts and impressions of the wildness of hill countries, their people, and their music (such as the Scottish Highlands, the Himalayas, the Bagpipes, and the like). T...

This work arose from Grainger's thoughts and impressions of the wildness of hill countries, their people, and their music (such as the Scottish Highlands, the Himalayas, the Bagpipes, and the like). T...

An early work written in 1908 while the composer was still studying with Rimsky-Korsakov, 'Fireworks' is dedicated to his teacher's daught Nadia and her husband Maximilian Steinberg, and gave the youn...

Sousa's suite for concert band 'The Last Days of Pompeii' was inspired by the novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, with each of the three movements prefaced by a quotation drawn from the no...

Strauss took the title 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' from the highly controversial book of the same name by Friedrich Nietzsche for this forward-looking tone-poem. This piece, although written in a passio...

Three of the movements of 'Symphonie Fantastique' have been transcribed for band and are available from he publisher: Movement II- 'Un Bal', Movement IV- 'March To The Scaffold', and Movement V- 'Drea...

Felix Mendelssohn composed the first of his two works for wind band in 1824 at the age of 15. This work, originally entitled Notturno, was scored for eleven winds. It was later rescored for a much lar...

Felix Mendelssohn composed the first of his two works for wind band in 1824 at the age of 15. This work, originally entitled 'Notturno', was scored for eleven winds. It was later rescored for a much l...