This beautiful and frequently performed lullaby is thought to be of African American origin. This lovely setting for woodwind quintet is not technically difficult, though because it is soft and slow,
This beautiful and frequently performed lullaby is thought to be of African American origin. This delicate and lush setting for concert band will stretch and showcase your ensemble's...
In this arrangement of a classic hymn, the introductory sixteen measures are melody-only. Most parts show cue notes, allowing the conductor to choose any single instrument, or combination of instruments, to
Excerpts from two suites by Edward MacDowell, Sea Pieces and Woodland Sketches, are included in this clarinet choir transcription which can be performed with as few as five players. The
This music, borrowed from Choctaw worship, mixes a woodwind quartet with groups of pitched and unpitched percussion. The mallet instruments are backed up with an optional piano part in the event some, or
Perhaps the most beautiful of Johann Sebastian Bach's melodies, Come, Sweet Death has been transcribed for band reflecting performance interpretations created by conductor/orchestrator Leopold
Perhaps the most beautiful of Johann Sebastian Bach's melodies, Come, Sweet Death has been transcribed for clarinet quartet reflecting performance interpretations created by organist, Virgil Fox,
Perhaps the most beautiful of Johann Sebastian Bach's melodies, Come, Sweet Death has been transcribed for clarinet choir reflecting performance interpretations created by organist, Virgil Fox, and
This classic funeral march, rescored for concert band, provides a rewarding musical challenge as well as a deep emotional response from both musicians and audiences. The dramaticism, when tastefully
Numerous transcriptions and arrangements have come from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. Though written for the Virginal, a keyboard instrument preceding the Harpsichord, many of the wonderful pieces
Early American folk tunes and composed hymn tunes provide delightful, spirited melodies which offer present-day opportunities for exploration of new harmonies and rhythms. Oliver Holden's hymn
Fanfare and Frolic is a mixture of the serious and the not-so-serious.... The fanfare is stately in an A-B-A format with the middle section in contrast, not unlike the trio of a march. The 'Frolic'
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
This descriptive work combines the sounds of birds and babbling water in its portrayal of a small country chapel in central Virginia. There are light moments where woodwinds play and times when dark
This romantic work lends itself to creative interpretation on the part of both soloist and accompanist. It has a singing, pastoral quality that feels almost like a spiritual. The piano often becomes the
The melody of Beach Spring is pentatonic, as were many tunes of the shaped-note tradition. It was composed by Benjamin Franklin White who, starting in 1844, produced several editions of The
Mozart composed a set of five Divertimentos for woodwind trio (two clarinets and bassoon). These provided source material to an unknown arranger who converted portions of them into Six Viennese
This work is built on one of the composer's most known canons and is a flowing, musical representation of this classic. Soloists, muted brass sections, and effective counterpoint attempt to capture the text