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One of the many great masterpieces by J.S. Bach, these transcribed organ works (known as 'The Great' Fugue) are wonderful pieces to hear and play. Carefully edited for the colors available in wind ban...

This classic of the Ludwig Music library is a wonderful reworking of one of Richard Strauss' lovely and haunting early art songs. The wind band arrangement is extremely respectful of the original work...

A great recording of this unique Fennell Edition is available through Ludwig Music on Kosei 31992816.

Evoking 'jog trot' images and moving steadily from beginning to end, this wonderful tune, first presented by the woodwinds in a variety of colorful voicings and punctuated by brass voices, eventually,...

Written as a tribute to a high school band director killed in a car accident three months after starting his first teaching job, this work is sensitive without being maudlin. A great combination of cl...

Dana Wilson always strives to introduce students and audiences to new ways of thinking about music and performance practices. This work serves somewhat as an incantation, a summoning up of, by means o...

As a composer with great skills and an avowed desire to artfully combine traditional band forms and formats with contemporary techniques and colors, Tom Duffy has fashioned this one-movement tone poem...

A lighthearted work broadly invoking the composer's vision of life in the upper plains states, it is good, solid music well-scored for band. In one continuous movement, its moods include fanfarish, op...

One of the masterpieces of 20th century music, regardless of medium, Stravinsky's Firebird is a magnificent and stunning addition to the wind band repertoire. Respectfully transcribed by Randy Earles...

While not greatly taxing, technically, for players becoming more advanced and confident, this work is a nice exploration into larger, more extended forms. Including six percussion parts using a wide v...

A piece that works extremely well for good middle school bands as well as high school bands. Not outrageously demanding, with some very exciting percussion parts, it is a great combination of artistry...

The continuation of Hearshen's epic symphony on Sousa themes, the second movement is based on The Thunderer. It is presented in a largamente tempo and the settings range from chorale-like, to mysterio...

Hearshen's ingenious treatments of Sousa themes in symphonic form continues with the third movement, based on Fairest of the Fair. Presented as a light, scherzo-like movement, there is quick interplay...

With "Chaconne For Winds", the renowned Ludwig Music Publishing Company presents an impressive work for modern concert band that masterfully blends historical tradition with fresh musical vitality. Th...

These masterworks of J.S. Bach's organ oeuvres are respectfully and masterfully presented in this wonderful transcription by the late John P. Paynter. A terrific recording is also available through Lu...

Having made an indelible musical mark with his amazing Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa, and Divertimento for Band, master Hollywood film composer/arranger Ira Hearshen has once again turned to...

This is an attractive rhapsody of songs which were popular with sailors during the grand era of 'wooden ships and iron men.' Short solos are included for numerous instruments along with extensive perc...

The composer has carefully prepared a band version of his highly successful orchestral work. The entire composition grows from the opening three-note motive. This is a rhythmically charged, dynamic wo...

Colorful, sophisticated, challenging, rewarding and fun are all words that come to mind in Duffy's tribute to the automobile industry. Composed in five continuous sections, 'Cold Starts,' 'Chasing the...

Glass Reflections is an original and colorful tone poem for band by this respected composer. Appropriate for contest and concert programs, this is a very playable and exciting work. Percussion scoring...

Sousa was a prominent composer of operettas or musical comedy, his most successful being El Capitan (1895). It has been noted that if he had not established his popular and world famous professional b...

Originellement pour orchestre, l'ensemble de la composition se développe à partir du motif initial de trois notes. Il s'agit d'une œuvre rythmiquement chargée et dynamique, avec de belles sections lyr...

Ce morceau plein d'entrain et vraiment captivant pour les orchestres de première année n'utilise que des rythmes de notes entières, de demi-notes et de noires pour les vents, et de croches pour les pe...