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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...

Michael Vertoske has crafted an arrangement of stunning simplistic beauty. This familiar carol has been transformed into an instrument of heavenly tones and deepest reverence. It is the perfect vehicl...

Quintessential Mozart for the young band is hard to come by, but this sparkling arrangement from a veteran writer perfectly fits the bill. Everything youngsters need to know about the classical style...

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...

Sousa wrote much more than marches. This particular work arranged by Loras John Schissel is from a suite entitled Camera Studies---Music for an Imaginary Film. It is clearly Sousa but not the Sousa of...

Homestretch Galop arranged by Gene Milford can be a march or a galop. It all depends on the tempo your group can handle and what your musicality tells you. It's another magnificent work from the pen o...

Nathaniel Dett was one of John Philip Sousa's favorite composers, even in a time when racial relations in the United States were less than optimal. Dett's music is filled with melodic charm and harmon...

Japanese Suite (Op. 33, H. 176) was written in 1915 for Japanese dancer Michio Ito and was Holst's last composition before writing The Planets. The themes were provided by Mr. Ito with the exception o...

Listen to the Lambs is, in its original form, an a cappella choral work. Called "a religious characteristic in the form of an anthem" by its composer, the composition is one of breath-taking beauty an...

Troldhaugen, or "knoll of the trolls," was the name given to the villa where Grieg lived from 1885 until his death. This work began as a piano piece intended to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his...

Elgar's opera was written about a British chieftain who fought against the Roman conquerors. This bold and aggressive Triumphal March is the popular conclusion to the opera and the only music from the...

Johannes Brahms was not a religious man in the usual sense of the term, so it should be of no surprise that when he wrote the German Requiem; it did not follow the prescribed five movement form of the...

Young players enjoy playing in minor keys because they are often filled with excitement and drama. This melodic new work capitalizes on that fondness for minor keys and has all the energy and drama th...

Evoking "jog trot" images and moving steadily from beginning to end, this wonderful tune is classic Grainger. This arrangement of the Joseph Kreines edition of Mock Morris for flexible instrumentation...

This famous melody of St. Anthony Chorale has been attributed to Haydn, but there is doubt as to whether or not he was the composer or simply quoted an older theme taken from an unknown source. Whatev...

William Hebert was the principal flute of the Cleveland Orchestra for many years. This arrangement of Concerto for Piccolo or Oboe and Band for the Baldwin Wallace College (now University) Concert Ban...

For trumpet or flute quartet and band, Cascading Trumpets by Albert O. Davis is a bright, shimmering cascade of excitement. Scored to allow either ensemble to be heard well, both band and ensemble par...

The Battle Pavane '(from alderhande Danserye (1551) 'by Tielman Susato, arranged for concert band by Bob Margolis.

The Battle Pavane '(from alderhande Danserye (1551) 'by Tielman Susato, arranged for concert band by Bob Margolis.

In this transcription of Debussy's THE ENGULFED CATHEDRAL, I have tried to create a work that will display the tonal beauty as well as the power and grandeur of the modern symphonic band. Unusual inst...

In this transcription of Debussy's THE ENGULFED CATHEDRAL, I have tried to create a work that will display the tonal beauty as well as the power and grandeur of the modern symphonic band. Unusual inst...

With the possible exception of Mozart, no other composer in the history of music ever surpassed Franz Schubert's genius for melodic writing. His 'lieder' (art songs for voice and piano) were composed...

With the possible exception of Mozart, no other composer in the history of music ever surpassed Franz Schubert's genius for melodic writing. His 'lieder' (art songs for voice and piano) were composed...