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The Welsh, as a nation, have given the world some of the most beautiful folk songs. This suite includes three of the better-known tunes in a colorful arrangement for symphonic band: I. Jenny Jones; II...

The Aria in this suite is taken from Handel's opera RINALDO, his first work in London (1710), and the March and Chorus are from one of his OCCASIONAL ORATORIOS, which were produced in 1747 - Handel's...

Considered to be one of Mozart's most important works, Trauermusik was written late in the composer's career. Without changing Eric Osterling's masterful transcription, this re-release with newly engr...

This suite, as the name implies, is polyphonic in texture, so each voice is an independent melody. Movements: 1. Motet, 2. Chorale, 3. Madrigal.

While much of composer Paul Whear's efforts have been in advanced-level music, he has also written some very significant works for lower level bands. In Czech Suite, Dr. Whear respectfully explores th...

Long a staple in the Ludwig Music catalog, directors wishing to have their bands experience the beauty and majesty of Beethoven's only opera are well served in the faithful rendering of this overture.

Mozart wrote the Viennese Sonatinas in Vienna in 1783. Some of the sonatinas first appeared as ensembles for two Clarinets and Bassoon but were later transcribed for Piano. The original manuscripts ar...

Johannes Brahms was not a religious man in the usual sense of the term, so it should be of no surprise that when he wrote the "German Requiem," it did not follow the prescribed five movement...

Es wurde für elf Bläser geschrieben, als Mendelssohn fünfzehn Jahre alt war, und für ein zeitgenössisches Blasorchester eingerichtet (die Saxophonstimmen sind optional, um dem Wunsch nach historischer...

Based on nautical songs and sea chanties (including the statement of and twelve variations on 'Drunken Sailor'), Sea Songs is a great addition on any concert program. Fashioned by the former chief arr...

Diese transkribierten Orgelwerke (bekannt als "The Great" Fugue) sind eines der vielen großen Meisterwerke von J.S. Bach und sind wunderbar zu hören und zu spielen. Sorgfältig für die in Blaskapellen...

In der Besetzung für Flöte, Oboen, Klarinetten, Fagotte, Hörner und Kontrabass (alternative Stimmen für Kontrafagott oder Kontrabassklarinette) ist dies eine äußerst gefühlvolle und schöne Ausgabe von...

Dieser Klassiker der Ludwig Music Library ist eine wunderbare Bearbeitung eines der schönen und eindringlichen frühen Kunstlieder von Richard Strauss. Das Blasorchester-Arrangement ist äußerst respekt...

Ursprünglich Teil einer Elgar-Kantate aus den 1890er Jahren, ist dieses tiefe und ausdrucksstarke Arrangement für Band ein wunderbares Lehrmittel und Aufführungsstück. Technisch nicht anspruchsvoll, i...

The concept of APPARITIONS was inspired by Walt Whitman' brief poem of the same name. The composition deals with both appearances (or "apparitions") and true nature of an abstract idea. The...

Das ursprüngliche Denkmal zum Gedenken an seinen lieben Freund Rikard Nordraak wurde 1866 von Edvard Grieg für Klavier komponiert, an dem Tag, als er vom Tod seines guten Freundes und norwegischen Nat...

Written as a tribute to a high school band director killed in a car accident three months after starting his first teaching job, this work is sensitive without being maudlin. A great combination of cl...

Dana Wilson always strives to introduce students and audiences to new ways of thinking about music and performance practices. This work serves somewhat as an incantation, a summoning up of, by means o...

The three movements of "Sea Drift" derive their titles and inspiration from three poems in the Walt Whitman collection entitled "Sea Drift." This title won First Prize in the 1995 American Bandmasters...

Diese Transkription für Band von Randy Earles (herausgegeben vom großen Frederick Fennell) von Strawinskys Version der Feuervogel-Suite aus dem Jahr 1919 verdankt ihre Existenz dem unvergleichlichen S...

Mvmt II, after 'The Thunderer' - The continuation of Hearshen's epic symphony on Sousa themes, the second movement is based on The Thunderer. It is presented in a largamente tempo and the settings ran...

The fourth movement of a symphony based on the music of John Philip Sousa. This work is based on HANDS ACROSS THE SEA and reflects the creativity and ingenious musical treatment found in the other mov...

Lost in the Funhouse is full of extra-musical allusions. The first movement suggests the attraction's entrance, complete with pounding heartbeats and sudden slides down trick steps. The second movemen...