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New recordings:
#15- "Czardas" (Vittorio Monti)
#36- "The Huntsman" Trumpet & Wind Ensemble
#01- "Festive Overture" in A Major
#32- "Mary Poppins" Music Medley
#20- "First Driving Lesson" (Music for Young Americans)
#21- "White Christmas" for Symphonic Band
#10- "When Jesus Wept" from New England Triptych
#22- "Variations on a Korean Folk Song"
#24- "Procession of the Knights of the Holy Grail"
#34- "Liebestod" from Tristan and Isolde
New recordings:
#15- "Czardas" (Vittorio Monti)
#36- "The Huntsman" Trumpet & Wind Ensemble
#01- "Festive Overture" in A Major
#32- "Mary Poppins" Music Medley
#20- "First Driving Lesson" (Music for Young Americans)
#21- "White Christmas" for Symphonic Band
#10- "When Jesus Wept" from New England Triptych
#22- "Variations on a Korean Folk Song"
#24- "Procession of the Knights of the Holy Grail"
#34- "Liebestod" from Tristan and Isolde
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 Region X All Region Band, the '71, '72, and '73 TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, and recordings from my high school band, French High School from Beaumont, Tx. I have also included recordings from college, Cal Poly Tech, and various university, All State, Honor Bands, community and jazz bands used for reference in music education.
There are no professional recordings here and every recording is in the Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been digitized and converted from the original analog source, either reel to reel tape recording or vinyl lp, and edited with noise removal elimination software.
The pictures next to each song are the original, scanned lp album covers, except for the reel to reel tape recordings or where the album covers were damaged. Pictured to the left is the "Interlochen Bowl" from the lps when I attended the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp.
Feel free to post your comments here or leave a message. I have several more tapes and lps to convert.
There are no professional recordings here and every recording is in the Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been digitized and converted from the original analog source, either reel to reel tape recording or vinyl lp, and edited with noise removal elimination software.
The pictures next to each song are the original, scanned lp album covers, except for the reel to reel tape recordings or where the album covers were damaged. Pictured to the left is the "Interlochen Bowl" from the lps when I attended the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp.
Feel free to post your comments here or leave a message. I have several more tapes and lps to convert.
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This is a band transcription of Russian Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's 'Festive Overture' which some have suggested secretly celebrates the death of Stalin the year before. He composed this in 3 days in 1954. Performed by the 1977 Cal Poly Band.
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THIS IS THE CONCERT BAND ARRANGEMENT OF 'THE WIND AND THE LION'. IT IS FILLED WITH RICH MELODIC WRITING, EXOTIC SCALES, IN A MIDDLE EASTERN SETTING. COMPOSED BY JERRY GOLDSMITH IN 1975. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
SYMPHONY #9 IN E MINOR, POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE 'NEW WORLD SYMPHONY', WAS WRITTEN BY ANTONIN DVORAK IN 1893 DURING HIS VISIT TO AMERICA (1892 - 1895). IT PREMIERED AT CARNEGIE HALL AMID PERPETUAL CHEERING. PERFORMED BY THE 1976 CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND
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A COMBINATION OF RUSSIAN FOLK DANCES, COMPOSED BY DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH IN 1952. WOODWIND PLAYERS CAN APPRECIATE ALL THE FAST CHROMATIC RUNS. ARR. BY ROBERT REYNOLDS, ALSO OUR DIRECTOR. PERFORMED AT THE 1973 NAT'L MUSIC CAMP BY H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #3.
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THIS IS THE WILDLY FRENETIC FINAL MOVEMENT OF THE ORCHESTRAL SUITE 'HASSENEH' (THE WEDDING) WRITTEN BY JACQUES PRESS IN 1955. BASED ON JEWISH FOLK MUSIC. PERFORMED AT THE NATIONAL ARTS MUSIC CAMP, INTERLOCHEN, MICH., BY H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #2 IN 1972
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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 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 NOW PLAYED BY JAZZ BANDS. PERFORMED BY THE 1974 CAL POLY MARCHING BAND.
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THIS POEM IS RECITED AT THE TMEA MUSIC CONVENTION FOLLOWED BY THE SONG OF THE SAME NAME PERFORMED BY THE ALL STATE CONCERT BAND IN 1979. WELSH POET DYLAN THOMAS COMPOSED THIS POEM FOR HIS DYING FATHER IN 1951. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY ELLIOT DEL BORGO
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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 AT THE 1972 NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND #2.
'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'.
H. OWEN REED WROTE THIS 3 MOVEMENT CONCERT BAND PIECE SUBTITLED 'A MEXICAN FOLK SONG SYMPHONY' IN 1949. MASS IS THE COMPLETE 2ND MOVEMENT AND AZTEC DANCE FOLLOWS PRELUDE IN THE 1ST. PERFORMED AT THE 1972 NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY THE ALL STATE H.S. BAND
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THIS IS A FIVE MOVEMENT WORK BY NORMAN DELLO JOIO DEPICTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOUVRE DURING THE RENAISSANCE. 1-PORTALS, 2-CHILDREN'S GALLERY, 3-KINGS OF FRANCE, 4-NATIVITY PAINTINGS, 5-FINALE. 1973 NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY H.S. CONCERT BAND #1.
A FANTASY BASED ON 'AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL'. ARRANGED BY MAURICE WHITNEY, MUSIC BY SAMUEL WARD, WORDS BY KATHERINE L. BATES. PERFORMED BY THE 1973 TEXAS ALL STATE CHOIR, BAND, & ORCHESTRA. THE COMBINED PERFORMANCES WERE THE FINALE TO THE CONVENTION.
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
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.
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
THE CHALLENGING, BUT POPULAR, BAND ARRANGEMENT OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S OVERTURE TO THE OPERA 'CANDIDE' (1956). THE N.Y. PHILHARMONIC PERFORMED 'CANDIDE' IN ITS HISTORIC CONCERT IN N. KOREA IN FEB. 2008. PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC 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 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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JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THIS IS THE WONDERFUL CONCERT BAND ARRANGEMENT OF IRVING BERLIN'S 'WHITE CHRISTMAS', WHICH HE WROTE IN 1940 AT HIS POOLSIDE. THE VERSION SUNG BY BING CROSBY IS ASSUMED TO BE THE BEST SELLING SINGLE OF ALL TIME.
THIS IS BASED UPON A FOLK TUNE, 'ARRIANG', THAT THE COMPOSER, JOHN BARNES CHANCE, LEARNED WHILE SERVING IN SEOUL, KOREA AS A MEMBER OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY BAND. (1966 OSTWALD AWARD). PERFORMED AT THE 1973 NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1.
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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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.
THIS IS A SYMPHONIC MASTERPIECE WRITTEN BY NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV IN 1892. IT IS A STATELY PROCESSIONAL MARCH FROM AN EXCERPT OF HIS BALLET 'MALDA'. IT IS AN HOMAGE TO KNIGHTS OF MEDIEVAL TIMES. PERFORMED BY THE 1971 TMEA ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
THIS WAS COMPOSED BY ALAN HOVHANESS WHO WAS INSPIRED BY THE ANCIENT CITY OF YEREVAN IN ARMENIA. THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE 1971 TMEA REGION X ALL REGION HIGH SCHOOL BAND FROM BEAUMONT, TX., DIRECTED BY DR. JAMES MATTHEWS OF THE U. OF H.
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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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(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.
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 1973 TMEA ALL STATE CONCERT BAND
(SOUND OF THE WINDS) THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE 1971 TMEA ALL STATE CONCERT BAND, CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM FRANCIS MCBETH. COMPOSED BY CLAUDE T. SMITH. THIS IS AN EXCELLANT EXAMPLE OF HIS CONTEMPORARY ROMANTICISM.
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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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A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR, CHIM CHIM CHER-EE, FIDELITY FIDUCIARY BANK, SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS, STEP IN TIME, JOLLY HOLIDAY, FEED THE BIRDS, LET'S GO FLY A KITE. FROM THE 1964 WALT DISNEY FILM. PERFORMED BY THE 1965 MICHIGAN MARCHING BAND.
THE 'CAPRICCIO ITALIEN' IS A FANTASY FOR ORCHESTRA COMPOSED IN 1880 BY PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY. IT WAS INSPIRED BY A TRIP TCHAIKOVSKY TOOK TO ROME, WHERE HE SAW THE CARNIVAL IN FULL SWING. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 TMEA (TEXAS) ALL STATE SYMPHONIC 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.
PERFORMED BY THE 1971 REGION X ALL REGION BAND. WE WERE THE SECOND BAND TO PREMIERE THIS. COMPOSED BY TOMMY FRY IN 1971. CONVERTED FROM AN LP IN BAD SHAPE. SORRY FOR THE CLICKS & POPS. IF I ELIMINATED ANY MORE, THE RECORDING WOULD SOUND TOO METALLIC.
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.
GIUSEPPI VERDI WROTE THIS MONUMENTAL REQUIEM MASS IN HONOR OF THE ITALIAN POET AND NOVELIST ALESSANDRO MANZONI, WHOM HE MUCH ADMIRED, WHO DIED IN 1873. PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND (1971). WRITTEN IN 1874, ARR. BY EMIL MOLLENHAUER.
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Dedicated to my best friend, Johnny Marshall, the 1st chair clarinet player in this band, '73 All State Concert Band. Johnny and I were both All State B-flat clarinet. He was killed 4 months after this concert and 2 weeks after graduating.
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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 2ND MOVEMENT FROM HOWARD HANSON'S SYMPHONY #2 (1930) PERFORMED BY THE 1972 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. SEE FULL SONG INFO.
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(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 1977 TMEA ALL STATE 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 AT THE 1972 INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY NAT'L MUSIC CAMP IN INTERLOCHEN, MICH. BY HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND #1.
THIS IS THE OPENING MUSIC TO ACT II, SCENE 4, FROM THE OPERA 'LOHENGRIN' WRITTEN BY RICHARD WAGNER IN 1848. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, EMOTIONAL PIECES WRITTEN FOR CONCERT BAND. TRANSCRIBED FOR BAND BY LUCIEN CAILLIET. 1ST PERFORMED IN 1850.
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.
PERCY GRAINGER ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS FOR PIANO AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO HIS MOTHER. IN 1913 HE ARRANGED IT FOR WIND BAND. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, EMOTIONAL SONG, BUT WAS CRITICIZED FOR BEING TOO SENTIMENTAL. PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
FROM THE OPERA 'LOHENGRIN' WRITTEN BY RICHARD WAGNER IN 1848. THIS IS PERFORMED AT THE 1972 NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, INTERLOCHEN, MICH., BY THE HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND #1. PICTURED IS A POSTCARD I GOT AT THE 1972 CAMP OF THE FAMOUS 'INTERLOCHEN BOWL'.
THIS ARRANGEMENT OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH'S MOST FAMOUS ORGAN WORK IS PERFORMED BY THE TMEA (TEXAS) ALL STATE H.S. BAND AT THE TMEA CONVENTION IN 1982. WRITTEN BY BACH BETWEEN 1703 AND 1707 AND TRANSCRIBED FOR BAND BY ERIK LEIDZEN.
THIS SONG TAKES ITS INSPIRATION FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS, 'WHEN HE OPENED THE SEVENTH SEAL, THERE WAS SILENCE IN HEAVEN FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR' (REV 8:1). COMPOSED BY WILLIAM MCBETH (1971). CONVERTED LP OF THE 1974 TEXAS TECH UNIV. BAND CONCERT.
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 SONG HAS DEEPLY RELIGIOUS OVERTONES AND IS A FAVORITE OF MOST BAND DIRECTORS. THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE 1982 TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND. WRITTEN BY FISHER TULL, OF SAM HOUSTON ST. UNIV., IN 1978 AND COMMISSIONED BY THE NEW JERSEY M.E.A..
THIS WAS WRITTEN BY FRENCH COMPOSER CHARLES-CAMILLE SAINT SAENS IN 1869. HE WAS A PROLIFIC COMPOSER, WRITING OVER 300 WORKS INCLUDING 5 SYMPHONIES. PERFORMED BY THE 1982 TMEA ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND, FREDERICK C. EBBS CONDUCTOR (INDIANA UNIV.)
THIS IS AN ARRANGEMENT OF 3 BRITISH SEA SONGS WRITTEN BY ENGLISH COMPOSER RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS IN 1923. I- 'PRINCESS ROYAL', II- 'ADMIRAL BENBOW', III- 'PORTSMOUTH'. HE ALSO WROTE 'ENGLISH FOLK SONG SUITE'. PERFORMED BY THE 1985 LSU WIND ENSEMBLE.
THIS IS THE OVERTURE TO THE COMEDY PLAY 'THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDEL'. THE OVERTURE WAS WRITTEN BY SAMUEL O. BARBER IN 1931 AND REFLECTS THE SPIRIT OF THE COMEDY. THE PLAY WAS WRITTEN BY RICHARD B. SHERIDAN IN 1777. PERFORMED BY THE 1985 LSU WIND ENSEMBLE
THE BEAUTIFUL 'OVERTURE IN C' WAS WRITTEN BY FRENCH COMPOSER - THEORIST CHARLES SIMON CATEL (1773-1830). HE IS NOTED MAINLY FOR HIS THEORY MANUAL 'TRAITE D'HARMONIE' (1802) AND HIS 10 OPERAS. PERFORMED BY THE 1985 LSU WIND ENSEMBLE, FRANK WICKES DIR.
WRITTEN BY AMERICAN COMPOSER BURRILL PHILLIPS IN 1942. PERFORMED BY THE 1985 LSU WIND ENSEMBLE, WILLIAM LUDWIG, BASSOON SOLOIST. THE DIRECTOR OF THE LSU BAND IS FRANK B. WICKES WHO HAS BEEN AT LSU SINCE 1980. HE WAS AT FLORIDA UNIV. FROM 1973 T0 '80.
THIS WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE BAND FRATERNITIES KAPPA KAPPA PSI & TAU BETA SIGMA. WRITTEN BY ITALIAN AMERICAN COMPOSER PAUL CRESTON IN 1959. THIS IS AN EXCITING PIECE AND A STAPLE OF THE BAND REPERTOIRE. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 N. DAKOTA ST. UNIV. BAND.
THE TOTAL SPECTRUM OF BAND COLOR APPEARS IN THIS BRILLIANT COMPOSITION BY ALFRED REED, WRITTEN IN 1973. IT IS A FAST-SLOW-FAST FORM WITH A BEAUTIFUL LYRIC MIDDLE SECTION. PERFORMED BY THE '77 N. DAKOTA ST. UNIV. GOLD STAR BAND, ORVILLE EIDEM DIRECTOR
THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO THE BLUE LAKE FINE ARTS CAMP IN TWIN LAKE, MICHIGAN. IT WAS WRITTEN BY THE LATE JOHN BARNES CHANCE IN 1971. ONE YEAR LATER, MR. CHANCE WAS TRAGICALLY ELECTROCUTED. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 NORTH DAKOTA ST. UNIV. GOLD STAR BAND.
THIS 4 MOVEMENT COMPOSITION BY KENNETH SNOECK (1971) WAS VOTED BEST ORIGINAL WRITING FOR BAND IN 1973 BY THE COLLEGE BAND DIRECTORS NATIONAL ASSOC. MUCH MELODIC USE IS MADE OF THE PERCUSSION. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 N. DAKOTA STATE UNIV. GOLD STAR BAND
'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
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.
SHOSTAKOVICH WROTE HIS 5TH SYMPHONY IN JULY 1937, GAINING UNPRECENDENTED TRIUMPH. THE PUBLIC HEARD IT AS AN EXPRESSION OF THEIR SUFFERING UNDER STALIN. PERFORMED IN 1973, NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, INTERLOCHEN, MICH., H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND. CONVERTED FROM LP
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.
THIS CLASSIC BY DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH WAS COMPOSED IN 3 DAYS IN NOVEMBER 1954. PREMIERED NOV. 6 AT THE BOLSHOI THEATRE. THIS IS PERFORMED IN 1975 BY THE CAL POLY TECH SYMPHONIC BAND, SAN LUIS OBISPO, MY SOPHOMORE YEAR. CONVERTED FROM THE ORIGINAL LP.
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THIS IS ANOTHER PERFORMANCE BY THE CAL POLY CONCERT BAND, THIS ONE FROM 1974. WILLIAM V. JOHNSON WAS THE CONDUCTOR FROM 1966 TO 1992. SHOSTAKOVICH WROTE THIS IN 1954. SOME SAY IT SECRETLY CELEBRATES THE DEATH OF STALIN THE YEAR BEFORE.
The death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 was followed by a pronounced relaxation of the restraints that had affected the work of composers and other creative artists in the Soviet Union. Dmitri Shostakovich was able to finally complete this in 1954.
'FESTIVE OVERTURE' WAS WRITTEN BY SHOSTAKOVICH IN ONLY 3 DAYS IN 1954. IT WAS WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOLSHOI THEATRE'S CONDUCTOR, WHERE IT PREMIERED, TO MARK THE 37TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION. PERFORMED BY THE 1966 RICE UNIV. BAND
Shostakovich wrote the Festive Overture (1954) in just three days, to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution. It was commissioned by the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra. Performed by the 1969 Illinois Univ. Symphonic Band.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL COMPOSITION BY SALVADOR 'TUTTI' CAMARATA, WHO WAS ALSO A TRUMPETER. HE WROTE THIS FOR CONRAD GOZZO, WHO PLAYED ONE OF THE PUREST TRUMPETS EVER. NARRATED BY RAY LANDERS, PERFORMED BY THE 1966 RICE UNIVERSITY CONCERT BAND.
THIS COMPOSITION IS CAST IN A SINGLE UNINTERRUPTED MOVEMENT, BEGINNING WITH A HEAVY DRAMATIC OPENING. PERFORMED BY (1979) AND WRITTEN FOR THE BAYLOR UNIV. BAND BY DR. RICHARD WILLIS (1971) PROFESSOR & COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE AT BAYLOR FOR OVER 20 YRS.
THIS IS PERFORMED BY AND WRITTEN FOR THE BAYLOR UNIV. CHAMBER WINDS IN 1973 BY DR. RICHARD WILLIS, PROF. OF COMPOSITION AT BAYLOR. IT PREMIERED AT THE MENC (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION) CONVENTION THAT YEAR UNDER THE COMPOSER'S DIRECTION
1-SEVENTEEN COME SUNDAY, 2-MY BONNY BOY, 3-FOLK SONGS FROM SOMERSET. PERFORMED BY THE 1973 REGION X ALL REGION BAND. WRITTEN BY RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS IN 1923, HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK FOR MILITARY BAND.
A CORNERSTONE IN THE CONCERT BAND REPERTOIRE. MVMT. I- CHACONNE, II- INTERMEZZO, III- MARCH. WRITTEN BY GUSTAV HOLST IN 1909. PERFORMED BY THE 1973 TMEA ALL STATE CONCERT BAND. HIS 'SECOND SUITE IN F' (NEXT) IS LONGER AND CONSIDERED MORE DIFFICULT.
THE COMPLETE PERFORMANCE OF GUSTAV HOLST'S 'SECOND SUITE IN F FOR MILITARY BAND' (1911), IS PERFORMED BY THE 1972 BEAUMONT FRENCH HIGH SCHOOL BAND. THIS WAS ONE OF OUR CONCERT PIECES FOR UIL CONTEST (CLASS 4A), RECORDED ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE CONTEST.
THIS IS A PERFORMANCE BY THE FRENCH H.S. BAND FROM BEAUMONT, TX. IN SPRING OF 1972. THIS WAS THE MARCH FOR UIL CONCERT & SIGHTREADING CONTEST AND ALSO THE FINAL MARCH AT UIL MARCHING CONTEST IN NOV. '73. THIS IS FROM A PRACTICE CONCERT BEFORE CONTEST
THE 4 MOVEMENTS OF THIS COMPOSITION BY MARTIN MAILMAN (1963) ARE TAKEN FROM THE PROPER AND ORDINARY SECTIONS OF THE MASS. I- INTROIT, II- KYRIE, III- GLORIA, IV- ALLELUIA. PERFORMED BY THE 1971 BEAUMONT FRENCH H.S. BAND 6 WEEKS BEFORE UIL CONTEST.
MUSIC FROM THE STORY OF ROMEO AND JULIET, TAKEN FROM TCHAIKOVSKY'S SYMPHONIC POEM COMPLETED IN 1880, BASED ON SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY. THE FAMOUS LOVE SONG IS PART OF THE 3 STRANDS OF THIS 19 MINUTE SONG. PERFORMED BY THE 1969 ILLINOIS UNIV. CONCERT BAND.
THIS WAS COMPOSED BY ITALIAN MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643), ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPOSERS OF KEYBOARD MUSIC IN THE LATE RENAISSANCE PEROID. ARRANGED BY EARL SLOCUM. PERFORMED BY THE 1973 WHEATON COLLEGE CONCERT BAND.
COMPOSED BY CLAUDE SMITH, DEDICATED TO HIS WIFE MAUREEN. PREMIERED BY THE N. CAROLINA BANDMASTERS HONORS BAND IN 1975. MR. SMITH DIED OF A HEART ATTACK IN 1987 AFTER CONDUCTING A CHRISTMAS CONCERT AT HIS CHURCH. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 TEXAS TECH 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.
MVMT. I- INTRADA, II- MISTERIOSO, III- ALLA MARCIA, IV- PASTORAL, V- BURLA, VI- ARIA, VII- EPISODE, VIII- EPILOGUE. DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN LENNON. WRITTEN BY BRUCE YURKO. PERFORMED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF N. COLORADO WIND ENSEMBLE.
1-LA MOURISQUE, 2-BRANLE QUATRE BRANSLES, 3-RONDE & SALTERELLE, 4-RONDE MON AMY, 5-ALLEMAIGNE, 6-PAVANE MILLE REGRETEZ, 7-BASSE DANSE BERGERET, 8- DANSE DU ROY, 9-RONDE, 10-PASSE ET MEDIO, 11-RONDE, 12-PAVANE LA BATAILLE. UNIV. N. COLORADO WIND BAND.
THE SHEYENNE RIVER RUNS THROUGH VALLEY NORTH, N.D. AND FLOWS INTO THE HUDSON. EACH YEAR THE RIVER FREEZES MAKING A WINDING RIVER OF ICE. WRITTEN BY ROSS LEE FINNEY, BASED ON CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, IN 1978. PERFORMED BY THE '79 N. COLORADO WIND ENSEMBLE.
WRITTEN BY THE 'DEAN OF AMERICAN MUSIC', AARON COPLAND, IN 1964. A HINT OF THE WELL KNOWN HYMN 'AMAZING GRACE' CAN BE HEARD IN THE MUSIC. MR. COPLAND SAID THE TITLE REFERS TO MUSICAL STATES OF BEING. PERFORMED BY THE UNIV. N. COLORADO WIND ENSEMBLE.
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN MEMORY OF A CONCERTMASTER WHO TRAGICALLY DIED IN HIS YOUTH. THE THEME CENTERS AROUND 2 HYMNS, 'JESUS MEINE SUVERSICHT', AND 'MARTHYR TYDVIL'. COMPOSED BY WARREN BENSON IN 1974. PERFORMED BY THE 1979 UNIV. N. COLORADO WIND ENSEMBLE
MVMT. I- PROLOGUE, II- ALLEGRO. THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1967 BY COMPOSER AND FRENCH HORN PLAYER DAVID AMRAM. HE WAS ALSO COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE FOR THE N. Y. PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN 1966 & 1972. PERFORMED BY THE 1979 UNIV. OF N. COLORADO WIND ENSEMBLE.
THE BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS CONSTITUTE A SERIES OF 9 SUITES COMPOSED BY BRAZILIAN COMPOSER HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS BETWEEN 1930 - 1945. SUITE #4 WAS WRITTEN FOR PIANO IN 1942, ARRANGED FOR BAND BY ALFRED REED. PERFORMED BY THE 1967 CASS TECHNICAL H.S. BAND.
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. THIS IS PERFORMED AT THE 1972 NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY THE HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND #1
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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 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.
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 BY THE 1974 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 IN 1974. WILLIAM V. JOHNSON WAS THE CONDUCTOR.
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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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.
(SOUND OF THE WINDS) THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL SONG WRITTEN BY CLAUDE T. SMITH IN THE LATE '60'S. THIS IS AN EXCELLANT EXAMPLE OF HIS CONTEMPORARY ROMANTICISM. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 TEXAS TECH SYMPHONIC BAND.
THE SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN E MINOR OP. 95, POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE 'NEW WORLD SYMPHONY', WAS COMPOSED BY ANTONIN DVORAK IN 1893 DURING HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES FROM 1892-1895. THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE 1977 FROSTBURG STATE COLLEGE SYMPHONIC BAND.
THIS IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GRANDEST OF ALL BACH'S COMPOSITIONS FOR ORGAN. IT LENDS ITSELF PERFECTLY TO THE SOUND AND SONORITIES OF THE CONCERT BAND. WRITTEN BY BACH BETWEEN 1703 - 1707 IN ARNSTADT, GERMANY. PERFORMED BY THE 1969 ILLINOIS UNIV BAND
IN MEMORY OF MY DAD WHO PASSED AWAY JUNE 18, 2009. THIS IS A COMMUNION HYMN BASED ON A MEDIEVAL KIEVAN CHANT MELODY AND PSALM 74. WRITTEN BY PAVEL TCHESNOKOV IN 1912, ARRANGED FOR BAND BY BRUCE HOUSEKNECHT. PERFORMED BY THE '73 ALL STATE CONCERT BAND
CLOSING WORDS AND PERFORMANCE AT THE TEXAS (TMEA) MUSIC CONVENTION PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR ACCOMPANIED BY THE ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND & ORCHESTRA IN 1971. WORDS-DANIEL C. ROBERTS (1876), MUSIC-GEORGE W. WARREN (1888).
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.