Gary Arvin

In 1938 Shostakovich composed his Second Jazz Suite at the request of the recently founded State Orchestra for Jazz conducted by Victor Knushevitsky. This suite was originally scored for a complete sy...

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Marche Americana owes a great deal to those heroic movie marches by composers in the like of John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Alfred Newman, and others. In fact, you could say that it is a brash film t...

Der dänische Komponist Soren Hyldgaard komponierte mit viel Hingabe und Begeisterung die Musik zur Verfilmung von Till Eulenspiegel. Aus dieser Musik voll Spannung, Schalk und übertriebener Komik wähl...

This work was commissioned by the U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the great victory by the Allied forces at the conclusion of the 2nd World War. Over the course...

HOBART CENTENNIAL was commissioned by the Centennial Committee as part of the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Hobart, Oklahoma (established August 8, 1901). Premiered on the courthouse lawn in...

The director of the US Naval Academy Band commissioned this new setting for the 100th anniversary celebration of this march. Always a favorite, the official song of the United States Navy has been res...