Franz Keßler

Commissioned by the Freedom High School Band to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of that school's hometown: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Realizing that Bethlehem was in the very center of the many settleme...

The first two fanfares are each dedicated to a U.S. miltary service band, and the last is dedicated to the American Band Masters Association.

This piece is taken from Tchaikovsky's 'Album for the Young', op. 39 for solo piano. Every effort has been made by the arranger to make this setting sound as much as possible like the orchestra music...

This piece is taken from Tchaikovsky's 'Album for the Young', op. 39 for solo piano. Every effort has been made by the arranger to make this setting sound as much as possible like the orchestra music...

Composed in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has be...

Commissioned by the USAF Band as a feature for two talented members of the ensemble at the time, brothers trumpeter Victor Bowman and euphonium player Brian Bowman. The work is in three main parts inc...

Commissioned by the USAF Band as a feature for two talented members of the ensemble at the time, brothers trumpeter Victor Bowman and euphonium player Brian Bowman. The work is in three main parts inc...

This brilliant fanfare was written for the 2008 International Tuba/Euphonium Conference. Instrumentation: 1st Euphonium (T. C. or B. C.), 2nd Euphonium (T. C. or B. C.), 1st Tuba (preferably F or Eb T...

Commissioned by my the composer's friends in the Kansas Brass Quintet. Movements: I. Intrada, II. Headache Scherzo (Or: The Blight of the Fumble Bee), III. Pastorale, IV. The Tin-ear Rag

Commissioned by my the composer's friends in the Kansas Brass Quintet. Movements: I. Intrada, II. Headache Scherzo (Or: The Blight of the Fumble Bee), III. Pastorale, IV. The Tin-ear Rag

Commissioned by the United States Army Brass Quintet, Fort Meyer, Virginia. Instrumentation: 1st Bb Trumpet, 2nd Bb Trumpet/Flugelhorn, Horn in F, Trombone/Baritone, Tuba. Movements: 1. Overture, 2. S...

Commissioned by the United States Army Brass Quintet, Fort Meyer, Virginia. Instrumentation: 1st Bb Trumpet, 2nd Bb Trumpet/Flugelhorn, Horn in F, Trombone/Baritone, Tuba. Movements: 1. Overture, 2. S...

A delightful tone poem composed as an oboe solo with wind orchestra accompaniment and dedicated to Susan Hicks Brashier. Later versions for solo clarinet and flute, and orchestra and band accompanimen...

A delightful tone poem composed as an oboe solo with wind orchestra accompaniment and dedicated to Susan Hicks Brashier. Later versions for solo clarinet and flute, and orchestra and band accompanimen...

Composed in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has be...

Written for trumpeter Allen Vizzuti, this edition for piano and trumpet includes both the original solo part and a version as performed by Allen Vizzuti.

Composed in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has be...

Composed in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has be...

Composed in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has be...

The band version was commissioned by the Long Beach Middle School 1984-85 8th Grade Band, Long Beach, N.Y., Richard Hornung, Director. Versions for band and orchestra are available from the publisher.

This joyful overture provides intermediate to advancing players the opportunity to engage symphonic music without overly difficult technical sections.

The work opens with a dramatic brass fanfare before moving to a spirited allegro. The slower middle portion is rather 'jazzy' in character with a trumpet solo. After several statements of this lush so...

This dramatic work for young players is intended to portray a noble, mystical pursuit of some great conquest or accomplishment. Full of driving percussion, resolving tone clusters, dramatic brass writ...

This joyful overture provides intermediate to advancing players the opportunity to engage symphonic music without overly difficult technical sections.