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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WIND BAND LITERATURE WAS WRITTEN IN AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS IN 1944 BY ALFRED REED. MOVEMENT I- CAROL OF THE LITTLE RUSSIAN CHILDREN, II- ANTIPHONAL CHANT, III-VILLAGE SONG, IV- CATHEDRAL CHORUS.
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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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RUSSIAN COMPOSER DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH COMPOSED THIS IN 3 DAYS IN 1954. SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THIS SECRETLY CELEBRATES STALIN'S DEATH THE YEAR BEFORE. FROM MY SENIOR YEAR IN THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND, SAN LUIS OBISPO. 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 OR FOR THE KID IN ALL OF US. 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, 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
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.
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
'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.