Ron Nelson Sheet Music for Concert Band

Homage to Leonin evokes his sinuous melodic style and use of Gregorian chant. It is a mood piece in which a chant on the Dorian mode is gradually transformed into a perfectly symmetrical eight-tone sc...

Duration: ca. 11 minutes

Duractiona: ca. 5 1/2 minutes

For solo euphonium and band, this is a truly beautiful work that allows soloist and ensemble to all enjoy opportunities to shine. Homage is paid through a few harmonic devices characteristic of Howard...

Night Song, resolutely melodic and romantic solo for euphonium, was written in homage to Howard Hanson, with whom the Composer studies during the years he attended the Eastman School of Music. Dr. Han...

Homage to Perotin springs from his Viderunt - with its driving rhythmic intesnity, repetition, and pedal points. The opening section features dissonances in alternation with brass fanfare-like passage...

Simply stated by its title, this is a celebration of each day's bright morning sunshine and the optimism it brings. Calling for extensive mallet percussion and piano, vocalizations through the players...

A worthy study in contemporary compositional and performance techniques, the six parts of this work are made up of boxes of activity, (the duration of which is solely determined by the conductor) each...

Commissioned by the United States Air Force Band, Lauds (Praise High Day, one of the seven canonical hours) is an exuberant, colorful work that expresses feelings of praise and glorification. An ensem...

Concluding the series of exciting overtures begun in 1953 with his extremely successful Savannah River Holiday, this entry also evokes pleasant images and allusions, this time of night, sunrises, nati...

Over the years, Ron Nelson has proven his compositional virtuosity time and again. With Passacaglia (homage on the tones represented in the name B-A-C-H), his efforts were rewarded by winning the Ostw...

Using as its harmonic basis a constantly repeating 8-bar chord pattern (hence, Chaconne), this single-movement, elegiac, and lovely treatment is a combination of interwoven constantly shimmering wind...

One of the best selling titles in the Ludwig Music catalog, this classic Ron Nelson work is a terrific addition to any band's repertoire. While offering a challenge to grade 3-level bands, it works eq...

Simply stated by its title, this is a celebration of each day's bright morning sunshine and the optimism it brings. Calling for extensive mallet percussion and piano, vocalizations through the players...

A worthy study in contemporary compositional and performance techniques, the six parts of this work are made up of boxes of activity, (the duration of which is solely determined by the conductor) each...

Commissioned by the United States Air Force Band, Lauds (Praise High Day, one of the seven canonical hours) is an exuberant, colorful work that expresses feelings of praise and glorification. An ensem...

Concluding the series of exciting overtures begun in 1953 with his extremely successful Savannah River Holiday, this entry also evokes pleasant images and allusions, this time of night, sunrises, nati...

Over the years, Ron Nelson has proven his compositional virtuosity time and again. With Passacaglia (homage on the tones represented in the name B-A-C-H), his efforts were rewarded by winning the Ostw...

Using as its harmonic basis a constantly repeating 8-bar chord pattern (hence, Chaconne), this single-movement, elegiac, and lovely treatment is a combination of interwoven constantly shimmering wind...

Clusters of sound, brilliant brass fanfares, bravura ensemble writing, and a stunning conclusion make this a wonderful, declamatory opener for any concert or celebratory occasion. Extensive percussion...

This is a suite of Renaissance dances which were characteristic to five different European countries. The festival opens with a fanfare-like Intrada followed by Basse Dance (France), Pavane (England),...

December 21, 1539 Partitur und Stimmen - mit Chorpartitur Gemischter Chor (SATB), Blasorchester, Klavier (2 Klaviere), Schlaginstrumente und elektronische Orgel, Kontrabass ad lib., Elektro-Piano ad l...