Blasorchester-Noten

Collage of tunes from the Ballet-Suite of Copland. Included: The Open Prairie ' Street in a Frontier Town ' Cowboys with Lassos ' Mexican Dance and Finale ' Gun Battle ' Celebration (after Billy's Cap...

Windependence - Master Level (Grade 4) Mysterian Landscapes was commissioned by the Bald Eagle Area High School (Wingate, PA) in recognition of the growing passion for music in our schools. The three...

Windependence - Artist Level (Grade 5) An American Song is a collage that portrays the motto e pluribus unum by combining several dozen American tunes into a single whole. Fragments of hymns, spiritua...

The chorale-like Introduction with its sparse instrumentation quietly leads to the more agitated and dissonant Allegro, gradually expanding through the addition of instruments and growing in density t...

Duration: ca. 12 minutes.

Windependence - Master Level (Grade 4) This piece is meant to take on a lush Irish feel, as this best compares to Father McAnulty's (former President of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh) gentle natur...

Windependence - Master Level (Grade 4) Dvorák did not rely on actual folk melodies for his Slavic Dances, but rather used their spirit and style as inspiration. (5:15)

Windependence - Advanced Apprentice Level (Grade 3) Each movement of this composition represents several of the different manners in which the human voice produces sound and becomes a vehicle of commu...

Windependence - Artist Level (Grade 5) Hillulah is an Israeli piece of music. It refrains from any ethnic or other musical stereotypes. It is, first and foremost, written for the young people of the P...

Windependence - Artist Level (Level 5) The title pertains directly and literally to the longevity of the St. Olaf Band. It also suggests much more in that a milestone of over one hundred years demands...

In the Machine ist eine musikalische Reise innerhalb einer Maschnie. Im ?Ñ-Takt geschrieben, beginnt das Stück zunächst nur mit dem Schlagwerk und einigen in die Instrumente hineingesprochenen Laute....

Windependence - Novice Apprentice Level (Grade 1.5-2) This piece allows for every student in a group with multi-tiered talent levels to be met at an appropriate level. The second parts fall into more...