Instrumentalwerke für Blasorchester

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...

Sousas zweites Jahrzehnt der Marschkomposition begann mit The Corcoran Cadets (1890). Das Stück ist ein Achtelmarsch, der eher für das Spielen im Sitzen als für das Spielfeld gedacht ist. Es scheint,...

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...

This solid work uses an ancient form with fresh new musical ideas and grade specific scoring.

These masterworks of J.S. Bach's organ oeuvres are respectfully and masterfully presented in this wonderful transcription by the late John P. Paynter. A terrific recording is also available through Lu...

This is an attractive rhapsody of songs which were popular with sailors during the grand era of 'wooden ships and iron men.' Short solos are included for numerous instruments along with extensive perc...

Tribute is paid to the automobile industry with this colorful and fun work that is sophisticated and rewarding. Composed in five continuous sections, this unique work is appropriate for festivals and...

The musical comedy The Yankee Girl (1909) needed a march and Sousa was asked to provide one. The result was one of his most melodic efforts, with wonderful euphonium countermelodies and a great piccol...

In addition to his well known marches, Sousa was also a prominent composer of operettas and musical comedies.  This delightful work was originally written as an opening to the first act of an un-...

Designated a 'Grand Symphonic March' Occident and Orient is really much more, a tone poem in the manner of Liszt. This is original music for band by one of the giants of French music, an important con...

Obwohl King vor allem für seine Zirkus- und Universitätsmärsche bekannt ist, komponierte er auch Märsche im Regimentsstil. Dieser Klassiker, den er komponierte, als er Baritonhorn in der Thayer Milita...

Als Begleitausgabe zu Fennells wegweisender Ausgabe der Lincolnshire Posy ist dieses Werk ein Muss für jede ernstzunehmende Bandbibliothek. Die Partitur und die Stimmen basieren auf den Originalquelle...

One of the truly great circus marches, the title refers to the term used by the circus bandsmen (Windjammers) to a circus march. And this one certainly lives up to its title! This is a showcase for th...

This musical tribute to Frederick Fennell is based on a selection of Danish folk melodies that were part of an unpublished collection of Percy Grainger's. Written as a companion piece to Lincolnshire...