SONUS VENTORUM (SOUND OF THE WINDS)

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(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.

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Symphonic Band Performances

Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi

Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.

Song Info

Genre

Classical • Symphonic

Charts

Peak #114

Peak in subgenre #13

Rights

public domain

Uploaded

September 12, 2009

Track Files

MP3

MP3 8.5 MB • 192 kbps • 6:12

Story behind the song

Claude Thomas Smith (March 14, 1932-December 13, 1987) was an American band conductor and composer as well as an educator. Notable among his over 100 band compositions, twelve orchestral works and fifteen choral are "Flight" and "Eternal Father Strong to Save". The National Air and Space Museum has taken the first of these as its official march. The second, titled for the hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save", was a commissioned 1975 piece that premiered at a Kennedy Center celebration of the 50th anniversary of the United States Navy Band. Smith was born in Monroe City, Missouri, and he died in Kansas City, Missouri. He was educated at Central Methodist University and University of Kansas. His instructional methodologies were codified in band instruction books.