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Like most of Leroy Anderson's efforts, "Belle of the Ball" is light, effervescent, and devoid of conflict or disharmony. Anderson looked upon the piece as a modern-day American revival -- or revitaliz...

Like most of Leroy Anderson's efforts, "Belle of the Ball" is light, effervescent, and devoid of conflict or disharmony. Anderson looked upon the piece as a modern-day American revival -- or revitaliz...

This classic holiday work for woodwind choir by Leroy Anderson includes cues of the contrabassoon and contrabass clarinet parts in the bassoon and bass clarinet to offer instrumentation flexibility. C...

This musical portrait of the beautiful Colorado River canyon in Utah/Arizona features majestic opening and closing themes with a more lyrical interlude between. Simple countermelodies add harmonic dep...

This musical portrait of the beautiful Colorado River canyon in Utah/Arizona features majestic opening and closing themes with a more lyrical interlude between. Simple countermelodies add harmonic dep...

Bach and Before for Band is a new collection of 19 four-part chorales for concert band. Scored in the new Kjos Total Option format it is also a book of solos, a book of duets, a book of larger ensembl...

Written in 1874, the orchestral tone poem Danse Macabre Op. 40 by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) premiered in January of 1875 and was not well received by the audience. 21st century scholar Roger Nic...

The Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963) wrote many works labelled as "Afro-Cuban," and sorting them all can be difficult. While some are lost and others are scattered about, the 193...

The Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963) wrote many works labelled as "Afro-Cuban," and sorting them all can be difficult. While some are lost and others are scattered about, the 193...

Karelia Suite, Op. 11, No. 3: Alla marcia, arranged for band by Richard Franko Goldman, originates from Jean Sibelius's (1865-1957) Karelia music, composed in 1893 for a historical pageant celebrating...

Percy Aldridge Grainger's tone poem "The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart" was commissioned in 1947 to both commemorate the 25th anniversary of the League of Composers and to celebrate the 70th b...

Percy Aldridge Grainger's tone poem "The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart" was commissioned in 1947 to both commemorate the 25th anniversary of the League of Composers and to celebrate the 70th b...

Originally written in 1899 by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) for solo piano, and later orchestrated by the composer, PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DÉFUNTE (PAVANE FOR A DEAD PRINCESS) remains one of the enduring...

Originally written in 1899 by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) for solo piano, and later orchestrated by the composer, PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DÉFUNTE (PAVANE FOR A DEAD PRINCESS) remains one of the enduring...

American composer and band director John Joseph Morrissey (1906-1993) served as an officer in the music branch of the U.S. Army Special Services during World War II before beginning a long career as h...

Kenneth Whitcomb (1926-1997) was the staff arranger for the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. He later became the conductor of the 30th United States Army Band. Evening Breeze for Tru...

Kenneth Whitcomb (1926-1997) was the staff arranger for the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. He later became the conductor of the 30th United States Army Band. Evening Breeze for Tru...

Philip Gordon, the arranger of RENAISSANCE MASTERS SUITE, taught as a professor of music at Chicago Musical College, Westminster Choir College, and Seton Hall University. In addition to his achievemen...

GASPARILLA DAY was written for the Tampa Mardi Gras-type festival which takes place the second week of each February. The work was first performed during the 1971 Gasparilla Day parade by the King Hig...

GASPARILLA DAY was written for the Tampa Mardi Gras-type festival which takes place the second week of each February. The work was first performed during the 1971 Gasparilla Day parade by the King Hig...