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La Boheme is an operatic favorite and this arrangement of the Act II excerpt is especially delightful. Beginning with military snare drum and the sound of far-off trumpets, this selection sparkles fro...

This theme and variation is based upon the well-known hymn Amazing Grace. The first variation states the melody playfully in the piccolo and trumpet parts. The second variant is more angular and power...

This theme and variation is based upon the well-known hymn Amazing Grace. The first variation states the melody playfully in the piccolo and trumpet parts. The second variant is more angular and power...

Bencriscutto The Symphonic Jazz Suite is a composition for jazz soloists, jazz-rock combo and concert band. It integrates the intimacy and improvisational possibilities of the small ensemble with the...

This piece has become part of the standard band repertoire and is a marvelous introduction to contemporary techniques. An epinicion is a song of victory which was sung by ancient Greeks at the end of...

A great traditional concert opener, this light Italian overture from the opera Tancredi is an orchestral favorite! A wonderful piece for reinforcing triplet and dotted eighth/sixteenth rhythm patterns...

A great traditional concert opener, this light Italian overture from the opera Tancredi is an orchestral favorite! A wonderful piece for reinforcing triplet and dotted eighth/sixteenth rhythm patterns...

The primary ideas of this work are stated by the woodwinds and horns in the introduction and germinate from two basic ideas: the rhythmic figure and the melodic interval of a tritone. Ostinato and lyr...

The primary ideas of this work are stated by the woodwinds and horns in the introduction and germinate from two basic ideas: the rhythmic figure and the melodic interval of a tritone. Ostinato and lyr...

From the ballet music of this famous opera, Le Cid is colorfully scored for concert band. It consists of three Spanish dances, including the vivacious Castillane, the gypsy Andalouse and the beautiful...

From the ballet music of this famous opera, Le Cid is colorfully scored for concert band. It consists of three Spanish dances, including the vivacious Castillane, the gypsy Andalouse and the beautiful...

Dance Variations is a theme, with six variations. The theme, which is made up of a unique combination of intervals, is stated three times in the opening. Each variation stresses a different tempo, tim...

Danse Slave is a joyful ballet music from Act III of Emmanuel Chabrier's comic opera Le Roi Malgre Lui (A King in Spite of Himself). This opera is generally considered to be Chabrier's masterpiece alt...

Fugue in D Minor is the first of six movements in the First Suite in D Minor, which is musically reminiscent of the Nutcracker Suite. As arranged here, this fugue makes an excellent exercise in articu...

Fugue in D Minor is the first of six movements in the First Suite in D Minor, which is musically reminiscent of the Nutcracker Suite. As arranged here, this fugue makes an excellent exercise in articu...