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This is the most popular and often performed setting by Bruckner. When this work was written Bruckner had just finished a five year course of contrapuntal study during which he was forbidden to write...

The Golden Age is a piece written in the carefree style of the music written in North America at the turn of the Twentieth Century. The concerts in bandshells throughout Canada and the United States c...

The Fairy Queen is one of Henry Purcell's semi-operas which was derived from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Symphony is an all-instrumental work which opens Act IV of the opera. It was o...

Antonio Vivaldi wrote this work for two natural trumpets and strings and it has become the most popular double concerto for trumpets. The music is simple and elegant, utilizing the non-chromatic capab...

Cavatine (Op. 144) for Trombone and Piano was published in 1915. It is the only work for solo trombone that Saint-Saens wrote but it shows that he had a remarkable feel for the capabilities of the ins...

The Girl With The Flaxen Hair and Golliwog's Cakewalk are two of Claude Debussy's most popular piano works. It has been said that The Girl With The Flaxen Hair, with its impressionistic and progressiv...

Composed by Herman Bellstedt, Napoli is a set of variations on Luigi Denza's Funiculi Funicula. Originally for cornet soloist and concert band with subsequent editions for cornet and piano, this arran...

The Sonata a 7 was originally scored for 6 trumpets and timpani. This arrangement for brass quintet and optional timpani incorporates the additional instrumental ranges available in a modern brass qui...

This is a lesser known Christmas piece dating from around 1550. It is rhythmic and colorful with melody in several voices. The opening is a call and response between the trombone and the remainder of...

This peaceful carol is beautiful in its simplicity and elegance. Melody is found in all voices and some interplay between the pair of trumpets and horn/trombone rounds out a good arrangement.

It begins with no introduction, just as we are used to hearing carols sung at gatherings or on street corners. Twice more it is repeated in chorale form, ending with majestic style.

The original version of 'New Trix' was written for an Anchorage brass quintet made up of local band directors (old dogs with some younger blood). Most of it was composed while jogging the Seward Highw...

Rustiques is one of the most popular contemporary works for trumpet and piano. It has been performed and recorded by countless soloists ranging from college and university students to the top professi...

Queen Anne's Revenge was the final ship sailed by Edward Thatch, also known as the pirate, Blackbeard. To give the 'Pirate-like' feeling to the music, it has been composed in 6/8 time, as have many pi...

Sometimes all you need is a couple of notes to get your juices going. A four note motif sets the stage for this humdinger. Affix to this motif a few angular, bebopish lines for added seasoning . Thing...

This beautiful folk song has been used as the melody for several popular hymns including: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say, O Sing a Song of Bethleheim, I Feel the Winds of God Today and several others....

Spring is the time for renewal. We shed our heavier clothes in exchange for warmer weather, plant growth and new animal births. This 5 minute work is divided into 3 sections: The Call to Spring, A Spr...

This very popular piece has been arranged many times for various instruments. It has been adapted here for brass quintet and organ. The chorale is played before the popular triple metre theme. All voi...

A burlesque can be defined as an artistic composition, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity. So it is with this quintet which recalls...

Czech's in the Mail Polka was written as a tribute to the German-Czech style polkas that the composer became so familiar with during his undergraduate years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He w...

The tunes that comprise this cleverly written medley have a warm place in the hearts of us all, either through our own remembrances, or from those of our children. These tunes include: 'The Bear Went...

Inventions have changed our lives. Whether it be the wheel, electricity, car, telephone or the microchip, inventions have allowed us to live better, and sometimes longer, lives. This piece is about th...

This is one of the most popular Dixieland pieces of all times. There are written out solos (with changes) and melody spread throughout the group. This is an audience pleaser and fun to play!

This is some international flavor for brass quintet. This piece was inspired by the traditional classical music of South India, carnatic music. Using a South Indian scale as the bass, the trumpets and...

This popular piece is commonly used during wedding ceremonies. It is quite short and can be repeated as many times as required to facilitate timing considerations such as the bridal party coming down...