David H. Bailey

Telemann was one of the Baroque's most prolific composers, yet today he isn't as well known as Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel and Bach. His music is every bit as challenging and fun to play as that of his m...

Solo parts: 2 solo C flutes, 1 solo bass. Tutti: 2 C flutes, alto & bass.

Bailey has created a new corrected edition of the favorite classics from Mercadante. The three flutes are now more equally weighted; so that none stands out from the others. This encourages more ensem...

In 1840; Robert Schumann took five poems by Friedrick Ruckert; set them to music as songs; and dedicated them to his beloved Clara as a wedding gift. Franz Liszt arranged Dedication for solo piano in...

Sammartini wrote a large number of trio sonatas, which would have been performed by two soloists and basso continuo. This setting places the basso continuo part in the flute choir, removing the need f...

Music for the Christmas season seems to fall into two categories -- the very popular carols and secular Christmas music, and music which is not widely known. These two chorale preludes offer a wonderf...

Using the fugue theme, this piece demonstrates each flute as it is added one by one, allowing the audience to become familiar with the sound of each new voice.

A happy, up-tempo swing tune that will provide a delicious change of pace. Chord changes are provided in the individual parts to allow any or all members of the ensemble to improvise--a challenge for...

In older churches there were often two or more organs in different locations around the church. Antiphonal choral music often made use of the different locations, as did the antiphonal brass music of...

A Canzona is a contrapuntal work exemplary of the complex instrumental music of the late Renaissance and Early Baroque, epitomized by the Gabrielis in Venice and by Scheidt and others in northern Euro...

Much Irish music was written to be danced to and if performed in concert settings, the repetitions necessary to flesh out a single work for a good length make it sometimes boring. This medley incorpor...

John Field was an Irish composer, contemporary with Beethoven, whose music embraces the Romantic aesthetic which was emerging in all the arts of the time. Field wrote a large number of compositions, a...

Mozart's Concerto for Flute Choir, arranged by David H. Bailey, is based on the Horn Quintet in Eb Major, K. 407, featuring Solo Alto Flute, including an optional Solo C Flute part. Mozart is one comp...

Horseman Quartet, Op. 74, No. 3, for piccolo, 2C flutes & bass flute (with alt. alto fl.). The Horseman Quartet, so named because of the primary themes of the first and fourth movements, brings the ch...

This symphony was composed in 1764 and is in 3 movements. This arrangement is made available so that the early Mozart can be experienced by both musician & audience alike. The instrumental designation...

This is a great ragtime addition to any library. It is a waltz, so the square rhythm of the march-based rags is rounded and smoothed by the waltz feeling, yet the characteristic syncopation permeates...

The rhythmic and contrapuntal nature of this late Renaissance Italian music represents an important stylistic contribution to the flute choir repertoire.

Scronx was an early 17th century church organist in Liege. Many churches of the day contained several different organs in different choir lofts or alcoves of the church. Such built-in antiphonal quali...

Quicksteps were one of the main forms of popular music during the 19th century in America. They were written often for special occasions or to honor special people. While they were originally composed...

This also follows the same format as Flute Fugue #1, only demonstrates the Eb and contrabass flute as well. The fugue starts with a contrabass solo and is heard by itself at the end as well, to reinfo...

This follows the same format as Flute Fugue No. 1, only demonstrating the Eb flute as well.