Marches for Concert Band

Marche Slav is a rousing patriotic work based on Serbian and Russian folk themes. Tchaikovsky was commissioned to write the piece specifically for a concert to benefit Serb soldiers wounded while figh...

Marche Slav is a rousing patriotic work based on Serbian and Russian folk themes. Tchaikovsky was commissioned to write the piece specifically for a concert to benefit Serb soldiers wounded while figh...

The most well-known of the Elgar's six marches, March No. 1 in D was completed in July 1901. Its central melody hails from before these dates, and as Elgar told a friend, "I've got a tune that will kn...

Of all four marches that came after the overwhelmingly successful No. 1, March No. 4 seems to many people to be most closely related in general effect to the first. Just why this should be so is diffi...

In 1899, the Italian city of Como hosted a celebration of scientist Alessandro Volta, for whom the electrical term volt is attributed. Renowned opera composer Giacomo Puccini was commissioned to write...

Although best known for his circus and university marches, King also composed regimental style marches. This classic, composed while he was playing baritone horn in the Thayer Military Band in Canton,...

Written in 1866 the day he heard his good friend and Norwegian nationalist Rikard Nordraak died, the original monument to the memory of his dear friend was composed by Edvard Grieg for piano. One year...

Although best known for his circus and university marches, King also composed regimental style marches. This classic, composed while he was playing baritone horn in the Thayer Military Band in Canton,...

Columbian is one of King's great mid-level marches. Composed early in his career, it is brimming with all of the characteristics which have made his marches favorites with bands for almost a century:...

Originally published under the pseudonym Carl Lawrence, The Flying Squadron march is in the distinctive King style. Composed during his days as a circus musician, it contains all of the melodic and rh...

Gene Milford has once again delivered a solid edition of a Karl King March. Written in 1911 for a close friend, Imperial March is one of a number of marches published by Agnew under King's own name, i...

Karl King wrote this work while still in his teens and it was first published as #3 in the Artarmo Band Book for young bands. Gene Milford has adapted this work for modern instrumentation to fit your...

John Philip Sousa himself was a fan of the music of this important African-American composer. Cave of the Winds is an inventive and highly original march scored for band by Percy Grainger expert Dana...

Karl King wrote this work while still in his teens and it was first published as #3 in the Artarmo Band Book for young bands. Gene Milford has adapted this work for modern instrumentation to fit your...

Andrew Balent has taken this popular Gounod theme, originally written for the unfinished Suite Burlesque, but best known today as the theme song of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV show, and created a...

A stunning original work by our beloved "March King," America paints a beautiful and exciting picture of the building of a great nation. Complete with clanging steel, burnished axes clearing the fores...

Another stellar march from one of the masters of the genre, The Huntress has all of the great melodies, countermelodies, and bold brassiness that made Karl King so popular. Gene Milford has skillfully...

Einar Englund (1916-1999) was a major Finnish composer of symphonies, concertos and film music. His first symphony (1946) bears the title "War Symphony", not given by the composer. He preferred to thi...