Name: BEOWOLF - AN HEROIC TRILOGY
Duration: 9 min 53 s
Description: 'BEOWOLF' IS A SYMPHONIC POEM BASED ON 3 STATEMENTS FROM THE EPIC POEM. MVMT. I- THE GREAT HALL, II- THE SCION OF CAIN, III- BEOWOLF-A FEAST OF LIFE. COMPOSED BY WILLIAM F. MCBETH. PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS TECH CONCERT BAND. CONVERTED FROM THE LP.

BEOWOLF - AN HEROIC TRILOGY

Symphonic Band Performances

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'BEOWOLF' IS A SYMPHONIC POEM BASED ON 3 STATEMENTS FROM THE EPIC POEM. MVMT. I- THE GREAT HALL, II- THE SCION OF CAIN, III- BEOWOLF-A FEAST OF LIFE. COMPOSED BY WILLIAM F. MCBETH. PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS TECH CONCERT BAND. CONVERTED FROM THE LP.

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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 #78

Peak in subgenre #13

Rights

public domain

Uploaded

September 01, 2009

Track Files

MP3

MP3 13.6 MB • 192 kbps • 9:53

Story behind the song

William Francis McBeth was born March 9, 1933 in Ropesville, Texas (near Lubbock). He attended Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. McBeth is a prolific composer, whose musical repertoire has become a universal standard in wind band literature. He is also one of the most respected conductors of the present day.
McBeth has received the ASCAP Special Award every year since 1965. In 1988, he was awarded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia's Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award for his achievement and continued contribution to American music.
From 1957 until his retirement in 1996, McBeth taught at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. In 1975, he was named Composer Laureate of Arkansas, the first Composer Laureate named in the United States. 
His major wind works include:
Chant and Jubilo 
Praises 
Canto 
Cavata 
Masque 
Kaddish 
Joyant Narrative 
To Be Fed By Ravens 
Capriccio Concertant 
Drayton Hall Esprit 
Wine From These Grapes 
Of Sailors and Whales 
When Rossi Strikes 
When Honor Whispers and Shouts 
The Dream Catcher 
Divergents 
The Seventh Seal 
Drammatico 
Scaramouche 
Estampie
In 1962, McBeth conducted the Arkansas All-State Band. One of its members of the tenor saxophone section was future president Bill Clinton.
He served as the third conductor of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra from 1970 until 1973.
In a recent visit to Christopher Newport University, McBeth said, "I've always hated The Beatles. Four boys from Liverpool with fake Alabama accents... and everything they play, they stole from Little Richie."