In 1609, Michael Praetorius harmonized the version of Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming with which most of us are familiar. His contemporary, Melchior Vulpius, created a four-voice canon on the same
Four familiar carols and hymns: Good King Wenceslas; Il Est Ne (He is Born); Angels We Have Heard on High and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing for two trumpets, horn in F, trombone,
This is an abridged transcription of the Gloria from John Taverner's 1530 mass, "Western Wynde (Wind)," for flexible brass quartet. Parts are provided for two trumpets (the second is a duplicate of the F
A late medieval Christmas carol first published in 1582 as a single-line melody with Latin text. This arrangement for brass sextet and organ is animated and exciting, suggestive of the tintinnabulation of
Swing Low Sweet Chariot is perhaps one of the best-known spirituals and lends itself to a variety of interpretations. This clever arrangement for brass sextet is based on a shuffle rhythm,