Frank Erickson Publications

The word 'peace has many connotations: 'a state of tranquility or quiet, freedom from war and harmony among neighbors', and more personally, 'freedom from disquieting thoughts and emotions'. This piec...

The word 'peace has many connotations: 'a state of tranquility or quiet, freedom from war and harmony among neighbors', and more personally, 'freedom from disquieting thoughts and emotions'. This piec...

The word 'peace has many connotations: 'a state of tranquility or quiet, freedom from war and harmony among neighbors', and more personally, 'freedom from disquieting thoughts and emotions'. This piec...

Tchaikovsky's musical progress was based upon impulse, rather than upon intellectual conviction. It was his sincere response to emotional impulse and the freedom with which he ranged over almost every...

Tchaikovsky's musical progress was based upon impulse, rather than upon intellectual conviction. It was his sincere response to emotional impulse and the freedom with which he ranged over almost every...

Royal Fireworks Music

Royal Fireworks Music

Royal Fireworks Music

This arrangement is derived from the music in Act 2 with Hansel and Greta lost and lying down to sleep in the woods. The Prologue begins with the sandman sprinkling sand on to the children's eyes. Han...

This arrangement is derived from the music in Act 2 with Hansel and Greta lost and lying down to sleep in the woods. The Prologue begins with the sandman sprinkling sand on to the children's eyes. Han...

This arrangement is derived from the music in Act 2 with Hansel and Greta lost and lying down to sleep in the woods. The Prologue begins with the sandman sprinkling sand on to the children's eyes. Han...

Frank Erickson passed away before he could provide rehearsal suggestions for this piece. March with Fanfares was one of his final numbers.

Frank Erickson passed away before he could provide rehearsal suggestions for this piece. March with Fanfares was one of his final numbers.

Two Songs Without Words was composed in 1906 and was dedicated to Ralph Vaughan Williams and is similar in style to his two suites for band. The Country Song opens with the principal theme as an unacc...

Two Songs Without Words was composed in 1906 and was dedicated to Ralph Vaughan Williams and is similar in style to his two suites for band. The Country Song opens with the principal theme as an unacc...

Two Songs Without Words was composed in 1906 and was dedicated to Ralph Vaughan Williams and is similar in style to his two suites for band. The Country Song opens with the principal theme as an unacc...

In western culture the richest heritage of folk music is undoubtedly of British origin. Even our American folk songs owe much to this tradition and the same can be said of Nordic (Scandinavian) folk s...

In western culture the richest heritage of folk music is undoubtedly of British origin. Even our American folk songs owe much to this tradition and the same can be said of Nordic (Scandinavian) folk s...

this, in addition to Balfe's heritage, could account for its Irish folk-song quality.

this, in addition to Balfe's heritage, could account for its Irish folk-song quality.

Mystique: 'a complex of attitudes developing around an idea and a special skill, essential in an activity'. The 'attitude' in this composition is that of the excitement, as well as the subtleties of p...

Mystique: 'a complex of attitudes developing around an idea and a special skill, essential in an activity'. The 'attitude' in this composition is that of the excitement, as well as the subtleties of p...

Mystique: 'a complex of attitudes developing around an idea and a special skill, essential in an activity'. The 'attitude' in this composition is that of the excitement, as well as the subtleties of p...

This arrangement is derived from the music in Act 2 with Hansel and Greta lost and lying down to sleep in the woods. The Prologue begins with the sandman sprinkling sand on to the children's eyes. Han...

The work is simple in conception but full of the characteristics that have been trademarks of Erickson's compositions for band. It begins simply with the snare drum stating its simple cadence. This is...