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The embedded music player (below) stops at song #200. Please visit the music pages to check out all 439 recordings. A very special thank you to all the band students for spreading the word about this band page. Thank you to everyone who have added these songs to your stations and this page to your fav bands/artist. I appreciate it and I hope you enjoy the music!
New recordings:
#45- "Pines of the Appian Way" from "Pines of Rome"
#44- "Pines Near a Catacomb" from "The Pines of Rome"
#43- "Pines of the Villa Borghese" from "Pines of Rome"
#06- "Twas the Night before Christmas"
#01- "Russian Christmas Music"
#07- "A Christmas Festival"
#28- "Sleigh Ride"
#38- "March Carillon" Yuletide March
#29- "Fantasy on God Rest Ye' Merry Gentlemen"
#44- "Shoonthree"
New recordings:
#45- "Pines of the Appian Way" from "Pines of Rome"
#44- "Pines Near a Catacomb" from "The Pines of Rome"
#43- "Pines of the Villa Borghese" from "Pines of Rome"
#06- "Twas the Night before Christmas"
#01- "Russian Christmas Music"
#07- "A Christmas Festival"
#28- "Sleigh Ride"
#38- "March Carillon" Yuletide March
#29- "Fantasy on God Rest Ye' Merry Gentlemen"
#44- "Shoonthree"
Hello and thank you for visiting. This is a collection of recordings, from high school and college, when I was a member of the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, and recordings from my high school band, John J. French High School. I have also included recordings from college, Cal Poly Tech, San Luis Obispo, California, the 504th Air Force Band of the Golden Gate, stationed at Travis AFB, California, and various other university, All State, Honor Bands, community and jazz bands used for practice and reference when I studied music education.
There are no professional recordings here and every recording is in the Public Domain. Most are available for free download at bitrates from 192 to 320 for better quality. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source: tape, lp, cassette, or cd, and edited with Audacity or Dak software.
The pictures next to each song are the original, scanned album covers, except for the reel to reel tape recordings or where the covers were damaged. Pictured to the left is the "Interlochen Bowl" where the outdoor concerts were performed when I attended the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp.
I originally started this page last February to host all my mp3 files to save disk space, but I've been surprised at the number of listeners and people interested in band music. I still have more files and tapes to convert and upload. There is a lot of music here and if you have any suggestions or comments (pro or con) on how to improve the page, make it more user friendly, or about the music in general, I would appreciate it. Feel free to post your comments, e-mail, or leave a message here or my member page.
There are no professional recordings here and every recording is in the Public Domain. Most are available for free download at bitrates from 192 to 320 for better quality. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source: tape, lp, cassette, or cd, and edited with Audacity or Dak software.
The pictures next to each song are the original, scanned album covers, except for the reel to reel tape recordings or where the covers were damaged. Pictured to the left is the "Interlochen Bowl" where the outdoor concerts were performed when I attended the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp.
I originally started this page last February to host all my mp3 files to save disk space, but I've been surprised at the number of listeners and people interested in band music. I still have more files and tapes to convert and upload. There is a lot of music here and if you have any suggestions or comments (pro or con) on how to improve the page, make it more user friendly, or about the music in general, I would appreciate it. Feel free to post your comments, e-mail, or leave a message here or my member page.
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ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS IN 1944. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WIND BAND LITERATURE. MVMT. I-CAROL OF THE LITTLE RUSSIAN CHILDREN, II-ANTIPHONAL CHANT, III-VILLAGE SONG, IV-CATHEDRAL CHORUS. BY ALFRED REED.
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THIS IS BASED IN A MIDDLE EASTERN SETTING, FILLED WITH EXOTIC SCALES, RICH MELODIC WRITING AND A MASSIVE PERCUSSION DRIVEN ORCHESTRATION. COMPOSED AND ARRANGED FOR BAND BY JERRY GOLDSMITH IN 1975. PERFORMED BY THE TMEA TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
SYMPHONY #9 IN E MINOR, POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE 'NEW WORLD SYMPHONY', WAS WRITTEN BY ANTONIN DVORAK DURING HIS VISIT TO AMERICA (1892-1895). IT PREMIERED AT CARNEGIE HALL AMID PERPETUAL CHEERING. PERFORMED MY JUNIOR YR. IN THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND.
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FROM MY SENIOR YEAR IN THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND, SAN LUIS OBISPO. RUSSIAN COMPOSER DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH COMPOSED THIS IN 3 DAYS IN 1954. SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THIS SECRETLY CELEBRATES STALIN'S DEATH THE YEAR BEFORE. TRANSCRIBED BY DONALD HUNSBERGER.
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A COMBINATION OF RUSSIAN FOLK DANCES COMPOSED BY DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1952). WOODWIND PLAYERS CAN APPRECIATE THE FAST CHROMATIC RUNS. ARR. BY ROBERT REYNOLDS, ALSO OUR DIRECTOR. PERFORMED MY 2ND YR. AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP - H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #3
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GREAT SONG TO DOWNLOAD FOR YOUR KIDS. STORY WITH BAND SETTING. THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1823 BY CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE, AND IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONCEPTION OF SANTA CLAUS, HIS APPEARANCE, NIGHT OF HIS VISIT, TRANSPORTATION MODE, REINDEER, AND TOYS
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A HARMONIOUS POTPOURRI OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS: JOY TO THE WORLD, DECK THE HALLS, GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN, HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING, SILENT NIGHT, JINGLE BELLS, OH COME LET US ADORE HIM. LEROY ANDERSON, COMPOSER. PERFORMED BY USAF GOLDEN GATE BAND
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A SHORT CHRISTMAS OVERTURE BASED ON 'SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN' AND 'WHITE CHRISTMAS'. ARRANGED BY SGT. MAJOR JAMES KESSLER AND PERFORMED BY 'PERSHING'S OWN' UNITED STATES ARMY BAND.
NATIONAL HYMN. PERFORMED AT THE TMEA CONVENTION, MY SOPHOMORE YEAR IN THE ALL STATE BAND, BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR ACCOMPANIED BY THE SYMPHONIC BAND AND ORCHESTRA. WORDS BY DANIEL C. ROBERTS (1876), MUSIC BY GEORGE W. WARREN (1888).
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THIS DEPICTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOUVRE DURING THE RENAISSANCE. 1-PORTALS, 2-CHILDREN'S GALLERY, 3-KINGS OF FRANCE, 4-NATIVITY PAINTING, 5-FINALE. WRITTEN BY NORMAN DELLO JOIO (1964). PERFORMED MY 2ND YR., NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, H.S. CONCERT BAND #1
THIS POEM IS RECITED AT THE TMEA CONVENTION FOLLOWED BY THE SONG OF THE SAME NAME, PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE CONCERT BAND. WELSH POET DYLAN THOMAS COMPOSED THIS POEM FOR HIS DYING FATHER IN 1951. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY ELLIOT DEL BORGO (1979)
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THIS FAMOUS DIXIELAND TUNE IS A UNITED STATES GOSPEL HYMN, WRITTEN IN 1896, THAT ORIGINATED AS A SPIRITUAL. THE TRADITIONAL USE OF THE SONG IS AS A FUNERAL MARCH, BUT IS PLAYED BY JAZZ BANDS. PERFORMED MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN THE CAL POLY MARCHING BAND.
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A CELEBRATION OF FLAMENCO MUSIC, COMPOSED BY CARLOS SURINACH, A SPANISH BORN COMPOSER - CONDUCTOR, IN 1954. SURINACH EMIGRATED TO THE U.S., BECAME A DANCE COMPOSER AND BECAME A CITIZEN IN 1959. PERFORMED BY THE 1975 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV. WIND ENSEMBLE.
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THIS IS BASED ON AZTEC, ROMAN CATHOLIC AND MARIACHI MUSIC AND SUBTITLED 'A MEXICAN FOLK SONG SYMPHONY'. WRITTEN BY H. OWEN REED (1949) ON A GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP IN MEXICO. PERFORMED MY 1ST YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY THE ALL STATE H.S. BAND.
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THIS WAS PERFORMED AT AN HISTORIC CONCERT IN N. KOREA IN FEB. 2008 BY THE N.Y. PHILHARMONIC. THIS IS A CHALLENGING CONCERT BAND ARRANGEMENT OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S OVERTURE TO THE OPERA 'CANDIDE' (1956). PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
THE OVERTURE TO WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART'S OPERA COMPOSED IN 1786. THE OVERTURE STANDS AS ONE OF HIS JEWELS. THE STORY IS FROM A FRENCH PLAY THAT WAS CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE OF ITS REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS. PERFORMED BY THE 1978 SANTA CLARA COUNTY HONOR BAND
AN HOMAGE TO THE KNIGHTS AND NOBLEMEN OF MEDIEVAL TIMES. THIS STATELY PROCESSIONAL MARCH, AN EXCERPT FROM THE BALLET 'MALDA', IS A SYMPHONIC MASTERPIECE WRITTEN BY NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1892). PERFORMED MY SOPH. YR IN THE TMEA ALL STATE SYMP. BAND
FIRST PERFORMED JULY 17,1717 WHEN KING GEORGE I REQUESTED A CONCERT ON THE RIVER THAMES. A COLLECTION OF MOVEMENTS COMPOSED BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL. THE FINALE IS VERY POPULAR FOR WEDDINGS. PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND, MY SENIOR YEAR.
THIS ARRANGEMENT OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH'S FAMOUS ORGAN WORK IS PERFORMED BY THE TMEA (TEXAS) ALL STATE HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND AT THE TMEA CLINIC-CONVENTION. WRITTEN BY BACH BETWEEN 1703 AND 1707 AND TRANSCRIBED FOR BAND BY ERIK LEIDZEN.
'WHEN JESUS WEPT, THE FALLING TEAR IN MERCY FLOWED BEYOND ALL BOUND; WHEN JESUS MOURNED A TREMBLING FEAR SEIZED ALL THE GUILTY WORLD AROUND.' THIS IS THE 2ND MOVEMENT IN WILLIAM SCHUMAN'S 'NEW ENGLAND TRIPTYCH' (1956) WHICH ALSO INCLUDES 'CHESTER'.
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THIS IS THE WILDLY FRENETIC FINAL MOVEMENT OF THE ORCHESTRAL SUITE 'HASSENEH' (THE WEDDING) BASED ON JEWISH FOLK MUSIC. PERFORMED MY SOPH. YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, INTERLOCHEN, MICH., BY H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #2. WRITTEN BY JACQUES PRESS (1955)
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THIS IS THE MUSICAL STORY ABOUT A TEENAGER'S ADVENTURE WHEN HE TAKES HIS FATHER'S BRAND NEW CAR OUT FOR A DRIVE. THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR ADVENTURE I HAD WHEN I WAS 17. THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF 'MUSIC FOR YOUNG AMERICANS', WRITTEN BY RALPH HERMANN.
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THIS IS BASED UPON A FOLK TUNE, 'ARRIANG', THAT THE COMPOSER, JOHN BARNES CHANCE, LEARNED WHILE SERVING IN KOREA AS A MEMBER OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY BAND. (1966 OSTWALD AWARD). PERFORMED MY 2ND YR. AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1.
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THIS IS A MALAMBO, AN ARGENTINE DANCE PERFORMED BY MEN ONLY, FROM THE FINAL SCENE OF 'ESTANCIA', WRITTEN BY ALBERTO GINASTERA (1941). THE 1 ACT BALLET TELLS THE STORY OF A GAUCHO ON THE VAST ARGENTINE PAMPAS, WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH A COUNTRY MAIDEN.
THIS IS VITTORIO MONTI'S FAMOUS 'CZARDAS' TRANSCRIBED FOR SOLO TRUMPET AND WIND ENSEMBLE. THIS IS A CONCERTO AND RHAPSODY WRITTEN IN 1904, BASED ON HUNGARIAN FOLK DANCE AND GYPSY MUSIC, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY COMPOSED FOR VIOLIN. JAMES DOUGLAS, SOLOIST.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH'S MAGNIFICENT FANTASIA IN G MAJOR WAS ORIGINALLY COMPOSED FOR A SIMPLE ORGAN WITH PRIMITIVE PEDALS. IT IS A REMARKABLE STUDY IN COUNTERPOINT. PERFORMED MY 1ST YR. AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND #2.
IRVING BERLIN WROTE 'WHITE CHRISTMAS' AT HIS POOLSIDE IN 1940 AFTER STAYING UP ALL NIGHT WRITING. IT WAS 1ST PERFORMED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1941 ON NBC RADIO BY BING CROSBY. THE VERSION SUNG BY CROSBY IS ASSUMED TO BE THE BEST SELLING SINGLE OF ALL TIME.
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COMPOSER LEROY ANDERSON BEGAN WRITING 'SLEIGH RIDE' DURING A HEAT WAVE IN JULY, 1946 AND FINISHED IT IN FEB. 1948. IT WAS NOT WRITTEN AS A CHRISTMAS PIECE, BUT AS A WORK THAT DESCRIBES A WINTER EVENT. THE LYRICS WERE WRITTEN BY MITCHELL PARISH IN 195
IN 1963 BAND ARRANGER DANIEL SANDIDGE SKILLFULLY RECONSTRUCTED THIS 16TH CENTURY ENGLISH CHRISTMAS CAROL BALLAD. THE ORIGINAL COMPOSER IS UNKNOWN. IT IS A DIRECT REACTION TO THE MUSIC OF THE 16TH CENTURY CHURCH. PERFORMED BY THE USAF GOLDEN GATE BAND
THIS IS A TUBA-EUPHONIUM QUARTET PERFORMANCE OF FIVE OLD ENGLISH FOLKSONGS: GLOUCESTERSHIRE WASSAIL, GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN, ALL THAT YOU ARE TO MIRTH INCLINED, KING HEROD, HERE WE COME A-WASSAILING. PERFORMED BY THE USAF GOLDEN GATE BAND.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION BY THE LEGENDERY KASHMERE STAGE BAND FROM HOUSTON, PERFORMED IN 1974. THIS IS PERFORMED BY A GROUP OF 7 MEMBERS WHO CALLED THEMSELVES 'COLD FIRE'. DIRECTOR CONRAD JOHNSON CONVERTED THE BAND FROM BIG JAZZ TO JAZZ-FUNK.
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KASHMERE STAGE BAND 1974 WAS AN ELITE HIGH SCHOOL STAGE BAND THAT EXCELLED IN FUNK & JAZZ MUSIC FROM THE LATE 60'S TO 1978. THIS ORIGINAL COMPOSITION WAS WRITTEN BY CONRAD JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON AREA BAND. KSB MADE 8 ALBUMS DURING ITS LIFE.
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THIS DEPICTS THE MAJESTY AND SPIRITUAL INNER NATURE OF THE ANCIENT CITY OF YEREVAN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT ARARAT. COMPOSED BY ALAN HOVHANESS WHOSE MUSIC IS ALWAYS POSITIVE, UPLIFTING, NOURISHING. FROM MY H.S. FRESHMAN YR., TMEA REGION X ALL REGION BAND
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THIS IS THE IRISH ANTHEM, ALSO KNOWN AS 'LONDONDERRY AIR', MORE WIDELY KNOWN AS 'DANNY BOY'. THIS IS ONE OF THE 43 BRITISH FOLK SONGS WRITTEN IN 1902 BY PERCY GRAINGER AND SCORED FOR BAND IN 1918. PERFORMED BY THE 1979 UNIV. N. COLORADO WIND ENSEMBLE
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(SOUND OF THE WINDS) PERFORMED MY HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE YEAR IN THE ALL STATE CONCERT BAND, TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATOR'S ASSOC. CONVENTION, CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM F. MCBETH. COMPOSED BY CLAUDE T. SMITH. AN EXCELLANT EXAMPLE OF HIS CONTEMPORARY ROMANTICISM.
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I-LISBON, II-HORKSTOW GRANGE, IV-BRISK YOUNG SAILOR, V-LORD MELBOURNE, VI-LOST LADY FOUND. WRITTEN BY PERCY GRAINGER (1937), CONSIDERED HIS GREATEST MASTERPIECE. A STANDARD IN CONCERT BAND LITERATURE. PERFORMED BY THE TEX. TMEA ALL STATE CONCERT BAND
A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR, CHIM CHIM CHER-EE, SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS, FIDELITY FIDUCIARY BANK, STEP IN TIME, JOLLY HOLIDAY, FEED THE BIRDS, LET'S GO FLY A KITE. FROM THE 1964 WALT DISNEY FILM. THE SONGS WERE WRITTEN BY ROBERT M. SHERMAN.
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THIS IS A YULETIDE PIECE OF MARCHING RHYTHMS WRITTEN BY HOWARD HANSON IN 1920. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORKS BY HANSON. THE STYLE IS REMINISCENT OF RACHMANINOFF. THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE USAF GOLDEN GATE BAND.
'AULD LANG SYNE' ORIGINATED AS A SCOTTISH POEM WRITTEN BY ROBERT BURNS IN 1788, SET TO THE TUNE OF A TRADITIONAL FOLK SONG. 'SHOULD AULD ACQUANTANCE BE FORGOT, AND NEVER BROUGHT TO MIND? SHOULD AULD ACQUANTANCE BE FORGOT, AND DAYS OF AULD LANG SYNE?'
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'MADE FOR THE NIGHT OF CHRISTMAS' CONCERTO GROSSO IN G MINOR, OP. 6 NO. 8, BY ARCANGELO CORELLI, KNOWN COMMONLY AS HIS 'CHRISTMAS CONCERTO', WAS PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY IN 1714. THERE ARE 6 MOVEMENTS ENDING WITH THE BEAUTIFUL, SERENE PASTORALE (LARGO)
(THE GUATEMALAN RING) THIS IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY OF A HAND WROUGHT SILVER RING THAT ONCE BELONGED TO A SPANISH CONQUISTADOR. THIS IS THE PREMIERE PERFORMANCE FROM JAN. 23, 1970 PERFORMED BY THE ILLINOIS ALL STATE BAND. WRITTEN BY ROBERT J. DVORAK.
THIS IS A SEVEN PART SUITE, CONSISTING OF BROADWAY EXCERPTS, PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION BY BROADWAY COMPOSER, ARRANGER, CONDUCTOR ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT, WHO ORCHESTRATED MORE THAN 300 MUSICALS.
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THE 1ST MOVEMENT OF OTTORINO RESPIGHI'S 'PINES OF ROME', PART OF THE ROMAN TRILOGY OF TONE POEMS (1924). THIS PORTRAYS CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE PINE GROVES OF BORGHESE GARDENS. PERFORMED MY 2ND YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1.
THE 2ND MOVEMENT OF OTTORINO RESPIGHI'S 'PINES OF ROME', PART OF THE ROMAN TRILOGY OF TONE POEMS (1924). A MELANCHOLIC TUNE REPRESENTING PINE TREES CLOSE TO A CATACOMB IN CAMPAGNA. FROM MY 2ND YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1
THE MAJESTIC FINAL MOVEMENT OF OTTORINO RESPIGHI'S 'PINES OF ROME', PART OF THE ROMAN TRILOGY OF TONE POEMS (1924). THE TRIUMPHAL END PORTRAYS PINE TREES ALONG THE GREAT APPIAN WAY. FROM MY 2ND YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP. H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1.
'SHOONTHREE'. A GAELIC WORD FOR 'THE MUSIC OF SLEEP'. IT IS CONCEIVED AS THE OPPOSITE OF A LULLABY, SINCE THE MUSIC GROWS STRONGER AS SLEEP PROGRESSES. WRITTEN BY AMERICAN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY REVOLUTIONARY COMPOSER, HENRY COWELL, IN 1941.
THE ANCIENT CITY OF YEREVAN, AT THE FOOT OF MAJESTIC, TOWERING MOUNT ARARAT, IS THE HOME OF ARMENIANS WHO FOUND REFUGE THERE FROM MANY MASSACRES. THE MUSIC IS ARMENIAN HYMN STYLE. WRITTEN BY ALAN HOVHANESS, 'A COMPOSER IN QUEST OF BEAUTY AND DIGNITY'
THIS IS A MUSICAL FANTASY, INFLUENCED BY THE ROMAN CARNIVALS, ITALIAN FOLK MUSIC AND STREET SONGS, COMPOSED IN 1880 BY TCHAIKOVSKY AFTER HE TOOK A TRIP TO ROME, WHERE HE SAW THE CARNIVAL IN FULL SWING. PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
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A STANDARD IN THE CONCERT BAND REPERTOIRE, ALSO ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PIECES. COMPOSED BY ALFRED REED WHO WAS COMMISSIONED TO WRITE A PIECE OF RUSSIAN MUSIC TO IMPROVE SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS. WRITTEN IN 1944, A MERE 16 DAYS BEFORE THE CONCERT.
ALFRED REED WROTE THIS SYMPHONIC BAND MASTERPIECE IN A MERE 16 DAYS IN 1944 FOR A CONCERT TO IMPROVE SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS. IT PREMIERED ON NBC RADIO NATIONWIDE. PERFORMED MY SOPH. YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY THE HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND.
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AFTER 25 YEARS, THE EXCITEMENT AND PAGEANTRY OF JOHN WILLIAMS 'OLYMPIC FANFARE AND THEME' FROM THE 1984 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS STILL COMES ALIVE. IT IS PERFORMED HERE BY THE SECOND BAND AT CAL POLY TECH, SAN LUIS OBISPO, DURING MY FRESHMAN YEAR.
THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY THE 1969 UNIV. OF ILLINOIS SYMPHONIC BAND, CONDUCTED BY DR. MARK HINDSLEY. COMPOSED BY C. WILLIAMS. DR. HINDSLEY WAS DIRECTOR OF BANDS AT ILLINOIS FROM 1948-1970. HE ALSO TRANSCRIBED SEVERAL MUSICAL MASTERPIECES.
'EL SALON MEXICO' IS A TONE POEM WRITTEN IN 1936 BY AARON COPLAND. IT IS ONE MOVEMENT AND USES 9 MEXICAN FOLK TUNES. IT WAS PREMIERED BY THE MEXICO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN 1937 AND WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. PERFORMED BY THE 1969 ILLINOIS UNIV. SYMPHONIC BAND
IN MEMORY OF MY DAD WHO PASSED AWAY JUNE 18, 2009. THIS IS ONE OF THE 69 SACRED SONGS AND ARIAS WRITTEN BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH. PERFORMED MY SOPHOMORE YEAR AT THE INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, BY HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND #2.
THIS SACRED ARRANGEMENT WAS WRITTEN IN 1974 BY PROLIFIC COMPOSER CLAUDE T. SMITH. SACRED MUSIC WAS A DEEP LOVE OF MR. SMITH'S. HE DIRECTED CHURCH CHOIRS 24 YEARS IN ADDITION TO WRITING 137 COMPOSITIONS. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 TEXAS TECH CONCERT BAND.
COMBINED PERFORMANCE: TMEA ALL STATE BAND, CHORUS & ORCHESTRA, MY SENIOR YEAR IN THE TEXAS ALL STATE HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND. A FANTASY BASED ON 'AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL'. ARRANGED BY MAURICE WHITNEY, MUSIC BY SAMUEL WARD, WORDS BY KATHERINE BATES.
Dedicated to my best friend, Johnny Marshall, 1st chair clarinet in this band, TMEA All State Concert Band. Johnny and I were both All State, although we attended different schools. He was killed 4 months after this concert, 2 weeks after graduation.
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GIUSEPPI VERDI WROTE THIS MONUMENTAL REQUIEM MASS IN HONOR OF ITALIAN POET - NOVELIST ALESSANDRO MANZONI, WHOM HE MUCH ADMIRED, WHO DIED IN 1873. PERFORMED MY SOPH. YR. IN THE TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND. WRITTEN IN 1874, ARR. BY EMIL MOLLENHAUER.
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THE 1ST MOVEMENT IN 'THE PLANETS', THE EPIC 7 MOVEMENT ORCHESTRAL SUITE BY BRITISH COMPOSER GUSTAV HOLST, COMPLETED IN 1916. THIS IS THE MOST FAMOUS MOVEMENT WITH ITS WAR LIKE RELENTLESS POUNDING & OMINOUS HARMONIES. HE ARRANGED THIS FOR BAND IN 1924
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THIS IS THE FINALE TO RUSSIAN COMPOSER VASILY KALINNIKOV'S 1ST SYMPHONY, WRITTEN IN 1894 AND 1895. THIS IS TRANSCRIBED FOR BAND, FILLED WITH COLORFUL RUSSIAN THEMES, LEADING TO A POWERFUL AND TRIUMPHANT CONCLUSION. HE DIED PREMATURELY AT AGE 35.
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SHOSTAKOVICH'S 5TH SYMPHONY PREMIERED IN 1937 AND RECEIVED A 40 MINUTE OVATION. IT RECEIVED PRAISE FROM STALIN, WHO HAD NOT VIEWED SHOSTAKOVICH FAVORABLY. THIS ARRANGEMENT FOR BAND IS PERFORMED BEAUTIFULLY BY THE 1969 ILLINOIS UNIV. CONCERT BAND.
SHOSTAKOVICH WROTE HIS 5TH SYMPHONY IN JULY 1937, GAINING UNPRECENDENTED TRIUMPH. THE PUBLIC HEARD IT AS AN EXPRESSION OF THEIR SUFFERING UNDER STALIN. PERFORMED MY 2ND YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, INTERLOCHEN, MICH., H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1.
THIS IS THE 2ND MOVEMENT FROM HOWARD HANSON'S SYMPHONY #2 (1930) PERFORMED MY JUNIOR YEAR IN THE TEXAS ALL STATE CONCERT BAND. THIS MUSIC WAS USED AT THE END OF THE FILM 'ALIEN'. IT IS ALSO PLAYED AT THE END OF EVERY INTERLOCHEN MUSIC CAMP CONCERT.
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THIS IS A SHORT ORCHESTRAL COMPOSITION BY LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1977), TRANSCRIBED BY CLARE GRUNDMAN. THE TWO MAIN THEMES ARE 'THE GRAND OLD PARTY' & 'REHEARSE!' FROM '1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE'. PERFORMED BY THE 1980 ALL NORTH JERSEY H.S. WIND ENSEMBLE.
THE IS FROM RICHARD WAGNER'S 3 ACT OPERA 'PARSIFAL', 1ST PERFORMED AT BAYREUTH IN 1882. THE THEME OF 'PARSIFAL' IS TAKEN FROM THE CYCLE OF HOLY GRAIL MYTHS, BASED ON THE 13TH CENTURY POEM 'PARZIVAL' OF THE ARTHURIAN KNIGHT'S QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL.
THE SPITFIRE WAS WRITTEN BY SIR WILIAM WALTON IN 1942 FOR THE BRITISH FILM 'THE FIRST OF THE FEW', KNOWN AS 'SPITFIRE' IN THE U.S. THE PLOT CENTERS AROUND THE ATTACK AIRCRAFT PROTOTYPE 'SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE'. PICTURED IS THE U.S. THEATRICAL POSTER.
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV COMPOSED THIS MILITARISTIC CONCERTO FOR TROMBONE IN 1877. I- ALLEGRO VIVACE, II- ANDANTE CANTABILE, III- ALLEGRO. PERFORMED BY A SELECT ENSEMBLE OF THE 1ST & 2ND CHAIR PLAYERS FROM EACH SECTION OF THE 1975 WHEATON COLLEGE BAND
'LIEBESTOD' (LOVE-DEATH) IS THE TITLE OF THE FINAL, DRAMATIC ARIA FROM THE OPERA 'TRISTAN UND ISODLE', COMPOSED BY RICHARD WAGNER BETWEEN 1856-1859. THE OPERA AND SCORE HAVE OFTEN BEEN CITED AS LANDMARKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN MUSIC.
'ANDREA CHENIER' IS AN OPERA IN 4 ACTS BY ITALIAN COMPOSER UMBERTO GIORDANO (1896). IT IS BASED ON THE LIFE OF THE FAMOUS FRENCH POET ANDRE CHENIER (1762-1794) WHO WAS GUILLOTINED DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. IT WAS GIORDANO'S GREATEST ACHIEVMENT.
THIS IS CARL VON WEBER'S 2ND OPERA, COMPOSED IN 1823 WHILE IN REHEARSALS FOR THE PREMIERE PERFORMANCE. THE OPERA WAS INITIALLY A SUCCESS, BUT WAS CLOSED AFTER ONLY 20 PERFORMANCES. HOWEVER THE OVERTURE HAS FOUND SUCCESS AS A POPULAR WORK FOR CONCERTS
LEICHTE KAVALLERIE (LIGHT CAVALRY) IS AN OPERETTA IN 3 ACTS WRITTEN BY FRANZ VON SUPPE (1866). WHILE MUCH OF THE OPERA LIES IN RELATIVE OBSCURITY, THE OVERTURE IS HIS MOST WELL KNOWN PIECE. PERFORMED BY THE AIR FORCE BAND OF THE GOLDEN GATE IN 1980.
CARL VON WEBER WAS IN DECLINING HEALTH WHEN HE WAS COMMISSIONED HIS FINAL OPERA, 'OBERON - THE ELF KING'S OATH'. THE OPERA WAS A DISMAL FAILURE, BUT THE OVERTURE, WHICH DEPICTS FAIRY TALES OF ELFLANDS AND SPIRITS IN MUSICAL COLORS, WAS A HUGE SUCCESS
THIS IS A TONE POEM WRITTEN BY 20 YEAR OLD RUSSIAN COMPOSER ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV IN 1885. THE COMPOSITION DRAMATIZES AND ROMANTICIZES THE CAREER OF STENKA RAZIN WHO, AFTER LEADING RAIDS AGAINST THE TSARIST REGIME, WAS CAPTURED AND EXECUTED IN 1672.
'SALOME' IS A ONE ACT OPERA WRITTEN BY RICHARD STRAUSS IN 1905. IT IS FAMOUS (INFAMOUS AT 1ST PREMIERE) FOR ITS 'DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS' AND THE SHOCKING SCENE AFTER SALOME'S DANCE WHERE SHE DECLARES HER LOVE TO THE SEVERED HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
THIS IS BASED ON THE COMPOSER'S (ALAN HOVHANESS) MUSIC OF HIS ARMENIAN ANCESTRY. HE WAS BORN OF SCOTTISH AND ARMENIAN DESCENT AND TOOK AN INTEREST IN INDIAN AND ARMENIAN MUSIC. HE FAMOUSLY DESTROYED OVER 1,000 OF HIS EARLY WORKS BECAUSE OF CRITICISM.
A VERY UNUSUAL WORK FOR WIND BAND. INSPIRED BY MT. ARARAT, AN EXTINCT VOLCANO NEAR THE ARMENIAN BORDER WHERE NOAH'S ARK CAME TO REST. EARTHQUAKES, AVALANCHES, ROUGH STONES, CAVES, ROCKS SCULPTERED BY TORNADOES INSPIRED THIS SYMPHONY BY ALAN HOVHANESS
I- DANCE WITH PENNONS, II- MOURNING DANCE, III- DANCE WITH SWORDS. WRITTEN IN 1933 BY BERNARD ROGERS. CONSIDERED A MASTER ORCHESTRATOR, HIS COMPOSITIONS WERE A DISPLAY OF CHANGING TONAL COLORS. PERFORMED BY THE '80 ALL NORTH JERSEY H.S. WIND ENSEMBLE
THIS IS THE FOURTH AND FINAL MOVEMENT IN FRENCH COMPOSER CHARLES-CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS' SYMPHONIC POEM 'SUITE ALGERIENNE' WRITTEN IN 1880. THIS HAS BECOME FAMOUS INDEPENDENTLY AS AN ORCHESTRAL FAVORITE AND AS A CONCERT MARCH FOR CONCERT BAND.
MARCHE HONGROISE (HUNGARIAN MARCH) IS A SECTION OF 'LE DAMNATION DE FAUST' OP. 24, A WORK FOR ORCHESTRA, CHORUS, AND VOICES WRITTEN BY HECTOR BERLIOZ IN 1846. IT IS BASED ON JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE'S DRAMATIC POEM 'FAUST'. ORIGINAL MANUSKRIPT PIC.
'AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN ARTIST, OPUS 14' WAS WRITTEN BY FRENCH COMPOSER HECTOR BERLOIZ IN 1830. MVMTS. IV- 'MARCH TO THE GALLOWS' & V- 'DREAM OF THE WITCHES' SABBATH'. HISTORY SUGGESTS HE COMPOSED A PORTION OF THIS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OPIUM.
I.- DERBYSHIRE CALVARY MARCH NO.1 (1795), II.- DERBYSHIRE CALVARY MARCH NO. 2 (1796), III.- MARCH FOR THE PRINCE OF WHALES (1792). THESE WERE WRITTEN BY THE PROLIFIC AUSTRIAN COMPOSER, FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDEN, ON COMMISSION WHILE HE WAS VISITING ENGLAND.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH'S 51 PRELUDES AND FUGUES. THERE ARE OVER 1000 KNOWN COMPOSITIONS BY BACH. BECAUSE OF THE SONOROUS SOUNDS OF THE CONCERT BAND INSTRUMENTS, THERE ARE NOW HUNDREDS OF BACH ARRANGEMENTS FOR BAND.
THIS COMPOSITION FEATURES A FANTASTIC TRUMPET SOLO PERFORMANCE BY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BANDSMAN, JAMES DOUGLAS. THIS RECORDING IS FROM A LIVE CONCERT IN 1965 PERFORMED BY THE GREAT MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY BAND. THE CONDUCTOR WAS DR. WILLIAM D. REVELLI.
PERFORMED BY THE TMEA REGION X ALL REGION BAND, MY FRESHMAN YR. COMPOSED BY TOMMY FRY (1971). A TERRIFIC PERFORMANCE BY THE BAND, BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR THE QUALITY OF THE RECORDING. IF I ELIMINATED ANY MORE NOISE, THE RECORDING WOULD SOUND TOO METALLIC
THIS BEAUTIFUL COMPOSITION WAS WRITTEN BY VINCENT PERSICHETTI IN 1952 AND IS A STANDARD IN THE BAND REPERTOIRE. IT CONSISTS OF 3 SECTIONS 'CONSTRUCTED FROM A SINGLE GERMINATING HARMONIC IDEA'. PERFORMED BY THE 1968 UNIV. S. MISSISSIPPI SYMPHONIC BAND
COMPOSED BY INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CZECH COMPOSED VACLAV NELHYBEL IN 1966. HE WROTE MANY PIECES FOR CONCERT BAND: FESTIVO, DIVERTIMENTO, AND HIS MOST POPULAR TRITTICO, ARE ALL LISTED HERE. PERFORMED BY THE 1968 UNIV. S. MISSISSIPPI SYMPHONIC BAND.
THIS IS PERFORMED IN 1968 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SYMPHONIC BAND, CONDUCTED BY ALAN H. DRAKE. NOW OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS SOUTHERN MISS, IT IS A LARGE PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY WITH ONE OF THE FINEST FINE ARTS PROGRAMS IN THE SOUTHEAST
THE KASHMERE STAGE BAND WAS AN ELITE PERFORMING BAND FROM KASHMERE H.S. IN HOUSTON FROM THE LATE 60'S TO 1978. THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED IN A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, KASHMERE GARDENS. THE BAND PERFORMS GEORGE GERSHWIN'S JAZZ & PIANO COMPOSITION
THIS PERFORMANCE BY THE LEGENDERY KASHMERE STAGE BAND (1974) IS A MIX OF FUNKY, JAZZ, & ROCK. KSB'S DIRECTOR, THE LATE CONRAD JOHNSON, GOT THE IDEA FOR KSB AFTER ATTENDING AN OTIS REDDING CONCERT. HE DIED IN FEB 2008, JUST HOURS AFTER A KSB REUNION.
CZECH COMPOSER KAREL HUSA WROTE THIS EPIC 4 MOVEMENT PIECE SOON AFTER THE SOVIET UNION INVADED HIS HOME COUNTRY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA, IN SPRING 1968. DEEPLY MOVED, HE WROTE THIS TO MEMORIALIZE THE EVENTS. PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
MVMT I- APOTHEOSIS, II- TRAGEDY OF DESTRUCTION, III- POSTSKRIPT. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST SERIOUS COMPOSITIONS FOR CONCERT BAND, WRITTEN BY CZECH COMPOSER KAREL HUSA, IN 1971. PERFORMED BY THE 1979 UNIVERSITY OF N. COLORADO WIND ENSEMBLE.
'AL FRESCO' IS ANOTHER OF THE BRILLIANT CONTEMPORARY WORKS WRITTEN BY CZECH COMPOSER KAREL HUSA IN 1975. HIS COMPOSITIONS EMIT SERIOUS MESSAGES, I.E. - ENVIRONMENTAL WARNINGS, WAR, HUNGER, EVERYDAY KILLINGS. PERFORMED BY THE 1987 BAYLOR WIND ENSEMBLE
MVMT. I- RIO GRANDE, II- ROUND UP, III- WAGON TRAIN, IV- FIESTA. COMPOSED BY MORTON GOULD IN 1956. HE WAS A CHILD PRODIGY WHO HAD HIS FIRST COMPOSITION PUBLISHED AT AGE 6. PERFORMED BY THE 1969 ILLINOIS UNIV. SYMPHONIC BAND.
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THIS IS AN ARRANGEMENT OF THE POP STANDARD WRITTEN BY BOBBY SCOTT AND RICK MARLOW IN 1960 FOR THE BROADWAY PLAY 'A TASTE OF HONEY'. THE SONG WON 2 GRAMMYS. PERFORMED MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN THE CAL POLY, SAN LUIS OBISPO, MARCHING BAND.
THIS FEATURES THE TENOR SAX AND TRUMPET SOLOISTS, OF THE CAL POLY MARCHING BAND FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA DURING MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN THE BAND. WILLIAM V. JOHNSON WAS AND STILL IS THE CONDUCTOR.
THIS IS A CONCERT BAND ARRANGEMENT, WRITTEN BY SAMMY NESTICO. THIS POPULAR SONG WON THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG IN 1940 FOR THE WALT DISNEY MOVIE 'PINOCCHIO'. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY GOLD STAR BAND.
NOTED TRUMPETER DON 'JAKE' JACOBY IS FEATURED WITH THE TEXAS ALL STATE CONCERT BAND AT THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATOR'S CONVENTION-CONCERT IN 1968. ALFRED REED COMPOSED THIS IN 1956 SPECIFICALLY FOR HIM. MR. JACOBY TAUGHT IN DENTON TX. FOR MANY YEARS.
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THE MICHIGAN MARCHING BAND HAS BEEN PLAYING A VERSION OF 'TEMPTATION' ARRANGED BY JERRY BILIK FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THEY ALSO PLAY A SHORTENED VERSION WHENEVER AN OPPONENT IS STOPPED ON 3RD DOWN. THIS IS A TAPE RECORDING FROM A JANUARY 1965 CONCERT.
ZEQUINHA DE ABREU, PROMINENT BRAZILIAN COMPOSER WHOSE FAMOUS COMPOSITION 'TITO-TITO' WAS RECORDED WORLDWIDE, WROTE THIS PIECE IN 1931. HE WAS ALSO MAYOR OF A SMALL TOWN IN THE SAO PAULO STATE. PERFORMED BY THE 1968 TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
(LA FILLE DU TAMBOUR-MAJOR) THE OVERTURE TO THE 3 ACT OPERETTA 'THE DRUM-MAJOR'S DAUGHTER'. THIS WAS WRITTEN BY FRENCH COMPOSER JACQUES OFFENBACH (1879) SET DURING THE AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION OF ITALY. PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.