Modest Mussorgsky (1839û1881) was a relatively unknown composer during his lifetime, but some of his works are among today's best-known pieces in concert halls and films. His orchestral work Night on...
Scheherazade is Rimsky-Korsakov's amazing musical interpretation of the tales of the Arabian Nights as told to the sultan by his wife who is destined to be executed. Her stories over 1,001 nights so e...
One of the most familiar and popular marches ever written is Franz Schubert's 'Military March No. 1.' Originally written for piano four-hands, this arrangement for young band sounds as if it was first...
Enchant everyone at your next concert with this colorful and dramatic arrangement of Puccini's 'La Tregenda.' This intermezzo from the opera, Le Villi, depicts the evildoings of the ghost maidens dese...
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) was a Russian composer who studied under Rimsky-Korsakov and later was the director for the Moscow Conservatory for many years. His most famous compostion, Process...
The Tango is a well known and recognizable style of music that originated in Argentina in the mid 19th century. El Tango is a fresh and creative example of this style, as the music gives the effect of...
Dieser Konzertmarsch für Orchester stellt sowohl die schelmische Natur als auch die anmutige Schönheit eines wunderbaren Geschöpfes dar: des Rotfuchses. Die spanischen Harmonien und der 3/4-Takt verle...
This arrangement of Tchaikovsky's epic tone poem maintains the drama and grandeur of the original, while remaining easily playable by developing bands. One of music's best-known masterworks, this will...
This selection from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book has become well-known to band audiences through its inclusion in Gordon Jacob's 'William Byrd Suite.' Going back to the original manuscript, Mark Will...
You're looking for a march with substance, but your students want one that's fun to play. Impossible to find you say? Not anymore! With Unity March, Steve Hodges has skillfully taken traditional march...
