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For centuries, music has played an integral part in the daily lives of Native Americans. From the ancient burial mounds of the Southeast to the cliff dwellings of the Southwest, Indian musical instrum...

This celebration of salsa music begins with an evocative introduction that is followed by an array of salsa rhythmic styles. Included are the mambo, the cha-cha, and the son-montuno, which differ wide...

Cast in triple meter, this original composition begins with a delightful melody in the clarinet section. Although the tune sounds intricate, it falls well in the fingers - once mastered it will deligh...

Cast in triple meter, this original composition begins with a delightful melody in the clarinet section. Although the tune sounds intricate, it falls well in the fingers - once mastered it will deligh...

Robert W. Smith has scored a hit with this Irish treatment, based on the holiday classic 'What Child Is This?'. Beginning with a piccolo solo staged over the tuba, the work builds to a frenzy. This ye...

Following a year of studying Mexican folk music, Reed created this work which is subtitled A Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Concert Band. Set in three contrasting movements, the entire work musically...

This enchanting melody from Lakme has been arranged for your choice of performers. In the opera, Lakme and Mallika sing this pastoral duet as they begin their morning tasks. The director can choose to...

A stunning new setting of this time-honored classic, James Ployhar's Amazing Grace features a trumpet soloist at the beginning and end of his arrangement. One of the most well known traditional melodi...

The renowned book 'Ivanhoe' by Sir Walter Scott (1791) formed the starting point when writing this heroic composition. In fact it's the emotional tension and atmosphere of the book (instead of the ori...

This Hollywood blockbuster from 1962, is an historic and epic drama that turned out to be a massive box-office hit, despite the unknown cast. Its success can undoubtedly be attributed in part to the e...

Aurora Borealis, more popularly known as the Northern Lights, was a source of superstition in the Middle Ages. This dazzling spectacle, which is accompanied by whispering sounds, put the fear of God i...

Rapunzel' is based on the famous Grimm fairy tale of the same name. The 4 parts of this piece tell the musical story of fantasy, drama and adventure. This refreshing composition with a low level of di...

As well as being a living legend in German showbiz, Udo Jürgens is also popular in many other European countries. Despite his considerable age, he can still be seen on international stages and his per...

Smoke on the Water - Knock on Wood - Eye of the Tiger - Verdammt lang her

The sun glides over the white-blue rock, the glaring back-light on the snowflakes whisked up by the wind, mirror-images in waterfalls and ice-fields, glaciers veined with moraines, further on the dark...

This work is based on Daniel Defoe's world-famous 1719 novel and with broad brushstrokes typifies the hero's life in four parts. The first part describes his life as a seaman. The second part is an im...

El batallón de los zapatos rotos' literally means 'the regiment of the wornout shoes'. This composition is a sort of hybrid between the typically Spanish paso doble and a Belgian hunters' march. The t...

Deliverance is an exciting concert suite by Etienne Crausaz. The first movement is in the style of a siciliana, starting out quiet and calmly, then slowly building in excitement and energy. The second...

In On Wings Bart Picqueur cleverly portrays the sense of freedom and joy that music can bring. On Wings was commissioned by the VLAMO of East Flanders (Belgium). VLAMO is an umbrella association that...

This beautiful chorale illustrates the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. Describing the end of nature's cycle, it has a rather melancholic character until the final chord which symbolise...

Written for the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.

Based on four American folk songs: My Little Mohee ' Shantyman's Life ' Sourwood Mountain ' Sweet Betsy from Pike.

Contents: Colorado Trail ' Git Along, Little Dogies ' Careless Love ' Turkey in the Straw.

One of the early publications from master composer/arranger, Clare Grundman, Fantasy on American Sailing Songs (1952) offers jaunty and skillfully orchestrated versions of tuneful folk melodies. Based...

Written in 1979, this piece is based on six old Norse folk melodies. (6:00)