R. Mark Rogers

The Merry King' is a folk song from Sussex, England. Percy Grainger originally transcribed the melody in 1905, sketched for chorus within the year after, then set it for piano or small orchestra betwe...

Leroy Anderson was very versatile in the realm of light classics, composing music depicting a ticking clock (The Syncopated Clock), a sleigh ride (Sleigh Ride), a typewriter (The Typewriter), and this...

Leroy Anderson was very versatile in the realm of light classics, composing music depicting a ticking clock (The Syncopated Clock), a sleigh ride (Sleigh Ride), a typewriter (The Typewriter), and this...

This new 2020 revision by R. Mark Rogers addresses errors found in the previous edition and follows Grainger's scoring practices and concept of instrumental color more closely. One of the absolute gem...

Also titled 'Der alte Brummbar' (The Old Grumbling Bear). By Julius Fucik, justifiably called the 'Czech March King', this 'polka comique' came to the attention of the editor when he began searching f...

This popular tune from the Beef commercials expertly arranged here for Concert Band by R. Mark Rogers.

Danzón Cubano was composed in the fall of 1942, as a birthday piece to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the League of Composers. In its original form for two pianos, it was first played by Leonard Be...

The extensive passages for orchestra alone in The Many Moods of Christmas suites represent some of Robert Russell Bennett's most brilliant and attractive writing based on familiar carols. This Mark Ro...

This all-new setting of Robert Russell Bennett's enchanting Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1 for wind band alone, consists of approximately eight of the original twelve minutes of the original sui...

Among Goldman's many contributions to the band's repertoire, his pastiche marches such as Children's March and the Christmas March have been especially popular. Familiar seasonal tunes include Good Ki...

Included within this first-ever setting for band alone of THE MANY MOODS OF CHRISTMAS, SUITE THREE, are What Child Is This, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella, concluding...

Morton Gould's setting of JINGLE BELLS calls to mind the quiet sounds of a horse-drawn sleigh passing through newly fallen snow. Beginning softly, as if the sleigh is approaching the listener from a d...

Morton Gould's setting of JINGLE BELLS calls to mind the quiet sounds of a horse-drawn sleigh passing through newly fallen snow. Beginning softly, as if the sleigh is approaching the listener from a d...

This stately, pastoral work incorporates the chorus of O Come All Ye Faithful (or Adeste Fideles) into the writing. The original melody by Yon is rather remarkable in its elegant beauty and sounds tim...

The second movement of Shostakovich's masterful and subversive Fifth Symphony, written as his career as a composer in communist Russia teetered in the balance, could suggest a barely literate composer...

Initially commissioned by Ida Rubenstein as a ballet work initially, Maurice Ravel's BOLERO has become his most popular and often-performed orchestra composition, which was a surprise to the composer...

Initially commissioned by Ida Rubenstein as a ballet work initially, Maurice Ravel's BOLERO has become his most popular and often-performed orchestra composition, which was a surprise to the composer...

Carnival of Venice was originally written for saxophonist Adolphe Mayeur, who was a student of Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the instrument. The solo part is edited by Fred Hemke and the band accompani...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Variations on a Theme by Glinka" was written for solo oboe accompanied by wind band. This rather unusual combination is due to the fact that at the time of its composition,...