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Originally composed in 1886 for four-hand piano, this beginning band transcription/reduction develops the charismatic melody and offers opportunity to explore the varied timbres in beginning band in a...

Romantic and nationalistic Czech composer Antonín Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 was influenced by his research on the tonality and rhythms of Native-American and African-American music. Introduce this maste...

Antonin Dvorak's Slavonic Dances have been an audience pleaser at orchestral concerts for generations. Here, one of his most well-known Slavonic Dances has been wonderfully adapted for young bands. Th...

Expose your students to one of the great symphonies of the 19th century. Numerous teaching opportunities are present for articulation, phrasing, and the clarinet register key. A great contest or conce...

The principal lyrical theme from the second movement is equal in fame and popularity to Pachelbel's Canon and Albinoni's Adagio. This incredibly simple and beautiful theme has been arranged here for a...

Unter allen Werken, die Antonin Dvorák geschrieben hat, ist diese Sinfonie aus dem Jahr 1893 sicherlich das berühmteste. Der zweite Satz, das Largo, wurde vom amerikanischen Komponisten Stephen Bulla...

New World Melody ist auf dem langsamen Teil der 9. Symfonie'Aus der neuen Welt' von Dvorak gegründet. Der prächtige Englischhorn Solo ist in diesem Arrangement auch für das Altsaxophon geschrieben wor...

Unter allen Werken, die Antonin Dvorßk geschrieben hat, ist diese Sinfonie aus dem Jahr 1893 sicherlich das berühmteste. Der zweite Satz, das Largo, wurde vom amerikanischen Komponisten Stephen Bulla...

Die RUNDEL Josef-Poncar-Edition.

Aus Antonin Dvoraks umfangreichem und exzellentem Gesamtwerk kennen jüngere Musiker oft, wenn überhaupt, nur ein einziges Thema aus einer seiner Sinfonien. Doch es war die erste Reihe seiner Slawische...

This surprisingly accurate, yet playable transcription will enhance any program. Great pains were taken to keep this transcription pure, and the result is a wonderfully written version of one of the o...

Commissioned by the football coach of the University of Minnesota, ''The Minnesota March'' was completed in 1927. Being impressed by the number of Indian names found in Minnesota, Sousa used a number...

Written for the 7th Regiment of the 107th Infantry of the New York National Guard in 1922 and composed late in his career, this is considered one of Sousa's best marches. The revered Frederick Fennell...

Sousa, who was a horseman himself, completed this wonderful work late in 1925. The march exemplifies the regimental rhythms heard with horse and rider and the Fennell arrangement preserves Sousa's ori...

Written in 1928 to commemorate 50 years as a conductor, this often-forgotten Sousa march is joyous and uplifting. In duple time, this quick-step is a welcome addition to any traditional band concert,...

Commissioned for the occasion of George Washington's bicentennial celebration in 1932, this march was premiered by the combined military bands in Washington, D.C., conducted by Sousa himself. Now with...

Dedicated to Colonel Osmun Latrobe and members of the Fourth U.S. Calvary, this march clearly reflects the patriotism so characteristic in Sousa's work. Complete with bugle calls in the trio, this sti...

One of Sousa's more obscure marches, it was dedicated to the governor and the people of New Mexico. You'll hear the characteristic musical sounds of Latin and American Indian populations indigenous to...

This revered march was dedicated to the officers and men of the 311th Cavalry in 1918. If you listen carefully you can hear the musical horse hooves. A march of distinction for every program. (2:58)

Here's one that's often forgotten. Written in 1926 by John Philip Sousa at the request of Detroit's mayor, this charming cut-time march in typical Sousa style is dedicated to Mayor John W. Smith and t...