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Concert Band.

American composer and band director John Joseph Morrissey (1906-1993) served as an officer in the music branch of the U.S. Army Special Services during World War II before beginning a long career as h...

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) was a pupil of Michael Haydn. Before he was fifteen years old he had already composed an opera, a mass and piano music. He was subsequently director of the Prague Oper...

The popular third piano concerto is one the most well known piano concertos. Virtusosically written, strong and full of spirit. It was composed in 1803, and premiered in Vienna with Beethoven himself...

Feste Romane est un poème symphonique écrit en 1928, le troisième œuvre orchestrale de son Roman Trilogy. Chacun des quatre mouvements décrit un tableau de la Rome antique. Le premier, Cirenses, dépei...

By popular demand we have a favourite from Andre Rieu in the catalogue this year: The medley Carnival of Venice. Who doesn't know the Italian folksong O Cara Mama Mia, better known as Carnival of Veni...

Cet oeuvre était écrit en 1872 comme mouvement de la Suite Burlesque pour piano. Cette suite était destinée à parodier le personnage de Henry Chorley, un critique de musique. Après avoir fini la pièce...

Le célèbre "Dreigroschenoper" de Weill, dans lequel les conventions dominantes de l'opéra sont ridiculisées. La première partie est une ouverture "sérieuse", presque baroque, suivie d'une ballade faci...

The "Finale" to Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony ("with Organ") is a shimmering, sparkling explosion of color that stands out among the classical repertoire as one of its most exciting endings! Evan VanDoren...

La musique du ballet de 'Casse Noisettes' (1892) est l'une des pièces favorites écrites pour le ballet. Voici un succès assuré !

Here's a delightful combination of opera's greatest hits that proves that opera can indeed be fun. Your audience will love it!

Written in a single summer month while World War II was still raging in 1944, Prokofiev's 'Symphony No. 5' would become not only one of the composer's most celebrated and performed works, it would sta...

Arranged for xylophone solo(s) and band, this exciting feature spotlights one or more keyboard percussionists in front of the band.

Le deuxième mouvement de la magistrale et subversive Cinquième Symphonie de Chostakovitch, écrite alors que sa carrière de compositeur dans la Russie communiste vacillait, pourrait suggérer qu'un comp...

Imagine strolling along the trail through a bucolic countryside on a sunny spring day, whistling all the way. The Penny Whistle Song conjures that very mood, featuring a trio of flutes on the melody w...

This work was written by Leroy Anderson in 1951 and premiered by him when he recorded it for Decca. Interestingly, in 1956 the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps of Rockford, Illinois changed their...