SKU: CL.012-3902-75
One of the most dramatic selections ever presented for band, Andrea Chenier has been a staple of mature and professional bands for over a century. This intense and exciting work includes some of the most passionate moments from the Italian opera into a breathtaking tour de force for mature bands. Prominently featuring bel-canto solos for euphonium and cornet/trumpet, the gorgeous melodies and dramatic musical climaxes will both thrill and excite performers and audiences alike. This striking new arrangement includes full score, and is carefully re-orchestrated to be more idiomatic to the wind band medium. Not for the faint-of-heart, and musically challenging, Andrea Chenier is ideal for experienced bands, and is not to be missed!
About Gems of the Concert Band
A series of transcriptions and other works in varying styles, representative of the programming of the Great American Classic Concert Band era of a century ago, as exemplified by John Phillip Sousa, Edwin Franko Goldman, Karl L. King, and Leonard B. Smith
SKU: HL.49016216
ISBN 9790001113229. 8.5x11.75x1.75 inches.
Carl Orff wrote his little world-theatre Der Mond [The Moon], based on old fables, between 1936 and 1938. The score written for actors who sing, a narrator and large orchestra, also contains parts important for wind band. Four scenes have been selected for the present arrangements which are best performed on different sets of instruments. The arranger, Hermann Regner (born 1928), worked very closely with Carl Orff for many years. This work is sure to be a success in concerts for bands at an advanced level.2 Fl. (2. auch Picc.) * 2 Ob. * Fag. - Klar. in Es * 3 Klar. in B * B.-Klar. * 2 Altsax. * 2 Tenorsax. * Baritonsax. in B - 4 Hr. * 3 Trp. * 3 Pos. * 2 Flhr. * Tenhr. * Bar. (Euph.) * 2 Tb. - Kb. - Zither (ossia Keyb.) - P. S. (Glspl. * Xyl. * Trgl. * Beck. * hg. Beck. * Tamt. * kl. Tr. * Ruhrtr. * Schellentr. * gr. Tr. * Ratsche) (4 Spieler).
SKU: HL.49012057
ISBN 9790001113212. 8.25x11.75x0.259 inches.
Carl Orff wrote his little world-theatre Der Mond [The Moon], based on old fables, between 1936 and 1938. The score written for actors who sing, a narrator and large orchestra, also contains parts important for wind band. Four scenes have been selected for the present arrangements which are best performed on different sets of instruments. The arranger, Hermann Regner (born 1928), worked very closely with Carl Orff for many years. This work is sure to be a success in concerts for bands at an advanced level.2 Fl. (2. auch Picc.) * 2 Ob. * Fg. - Klar. in Es * 3 Klar. in B * B.-Klar. * 2 Altsax. * 2 Tenorsax. * Baritonsax. in B - 4 Hr. * 3 Trp. * 3 Pos. * 2 Flhr. * Tenhr. * Bar. (Euph.) * 2 Tb. - Kb. - Zither (ossia Keyb.) - P. S. (Glsp. * Xyl. * Trgl. * Beck. * hg. Beck. * Tamt. * kl. Tr. * Ruhrtr. * Schellentr. * gr. Tr. * Ratsche) (4 Spieler).
SKU: HL.49012043
ISBN 9790001100762. UPC: 073999252873. 8.25x11.75x0.108 inches.
Hans Werner Henze, adhering to his intentions as a composer and teacher, had already made provision for participation by a ,banda' of amateur musicians in the original version of his arrangement of Giovanni Paisiello's Don Chisiotte (1769) which was given its first performance in 1976 at the first Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte in Montepulciano. The movements contained in the opera were combined in a suite. Norbert Studnitzky has arranged the pieces for wind band in the orchestration which is internationally recognized. It is sonorous, freshly conceived old music for bands at lower advanced level.Picc. * 2 * 1 * Engl. Hr. (ad lib.) * Es-Klar. * 3 * Altklar. (ad lib.) * Bassklar. * 2 Altsax. * Tenorsax. * Baritonsax. (ad lib.) * Fg. - 4 * 3 * 2 Flhr. * Tenorflhr. * 3 * 2 * Bombardon - P. S. (Trgl. * hg. Beck. * Beckenpaar * kl. Tr. * gr. Tr.) (3 Spieler).
SKU: CF.SPS78
ISBN 9781491152553. UPC: 680160910052. Key: Bb major.
Festival March is presented in a new edition arranged by Richard Summers. It is a tour de force composition for advanced bands and hearkens back to a bygone era during the golden age of the band movement. Directors and students will hear operatic music from composer Victor Herbert who is best known for his Christmas classic, Toyland. This is a richly scored masterpiece that deserves to return to standard status in concert band repertoire. We are proud to bring you this new setting of this cherished classic.Festival March by Victor Herbert was written for the Pittsburgh Symphony and first performed under Herbert’s direction in Chicago on Dec. 9, 1901 celebrating the 12th anniversary of Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. Also known as the Auditorium Festival March, he included it many times for programs of a festival nature. The main theme Auld Lang Syne, a famous Scottish folk song, is incorporated many times along with brass fanfares, interludes and march melodies. This band arrangement is very similar to the original orchestral composition. The missing string parts, the addition of the saxophone section and other band instruments, editing of the superimposed triplets against sixteenth notes, to one or the other, and articulations suitable for the band, were major challenges. The style of early twentieth-century American music is captured here. This arrangement will give band musicians access to a fine piece of music that could only be appreciated by orchestra musicians up to now. Although suitable for many occasions, this piece is a great way to begin or end a December holiday concert.  Notes to the ConductorVictor Herbert’s music can be interpreted in a romantic style, which is the conductor’s responsibility to read in nuance and musicality. The beginning and other triple-tonguing sections of this piece have a March of the Toys quality to it.  The interludes and Auld Lang Syne sections are legato and musical. The March sections can also be shaped musically.About the ComposerVictor Herbert was born in Ireland in 1861 and raised in Germany. When he moved to America in 1886, he joined the Metropolitan Opera as principal cellist and eventually composed many works including forty-three operettas on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I, including Naughty Marietta and Babes in Toyland. Victor Herbert conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1898 to 1904 and then was the conductor of his own Victor Herbert Orchestra. He formed ASCAP with a group of composers in 1914 and was the director until his death in 1924. Among his thirty-one compositions for orchestra, Festival March was a favorite of his and was eventually published by Carl Fischer Music.  .
SKU: CF.SPS78F
ISBN 9781491153239. UPC: 680160910731.
Festival March is presented in a new edition arranged by Richard Summers. It is a tour de force composition for advanced bands and hearkens back to a bygone era during the golden age of the band movement. Directors and students will hear operatic music from composer Victor Herbert who is best known for his Christmas classic, Toyland. This is a richly scored masterpiece that deserves to return to standard status in concert band repertoire. We are proud to bring you this new setting of this cherished classic.About the CompositionFestival March by Victor Herbert was written for the Pittsburgh Symphony and first performed under Herbert’s direction in Chicago on Dec. 9, 1901 celebrating the 12th anniversary of Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. Also known as the Auditorium Festival March, he included it many times for programs of a festival nature. The main theme Auld Lang Syne, a famous Scottish folk song, is incorporated many times along with brass fanfares, interludes and march melodies. This band arrangement is very similar to the original orchestral composition. The missing string parts, the addition of the saxophone section and other band instruments, editing of the superimposed triplets against sixteenth notes, to one or the other, and articulations suitable for the band, were major challenges. The style of early twentieth-century American music is captured here. This arrangement will give band musicians access to a fine piece of music that could only be appreciated by orchestra musicians up to now. Although suitable for many occasions, this piece is a great way to begin or end a December holiday concert.  Notes to the ConductorVictor Herbert’s music can be interpreted in a romantic style, which is the conductor’s responsibility to read in nuance and musicality. The beginning and other triple-tonguing sections of this piece have a March of the Toys quality to it.  The interludes and Auld Lang Syne sections are legato and musical. The March sections can also be shaped musically.About the ComposerVictor Herbert was born in Ireland in 1861 and raised in Germany. When he moved to America in 1886, he joined the Metropolitan Opera as principal cellist and eventually composed many works including forty-three operettas on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I, including Naughty Marietta and Babes in Toyland. Victor Herbert conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1898 to 1904 and then was the conductor of his own Victor Herbert Orchestra. He formed ASCAP with a group of composers in 1914 and was the director until his death in 1924. Among his thirty-one compositions for orchestra, Festival March was a favorite of his and was eventually published by Carl Fischer Music.  .
SKU: HL.44012421
English-German-French-Dutch-Japanese.
Italian composer Ottorino Respighi wrote several operas, ballet music, chamber music, piano and organ works as well as Cantatas in a style much influenced by the French Impressionists mixed with his unique personal style. The Japanese arranger Yoshihiro Kimura has skilfully adapted Respighi?s symphonic poem Fontane di Roma for concert bands of an advanced level.
SKU: HL.49012041
ISBN 9790001100731. UPC: 073999895995. 9.0x12.0x0.315 inches.
This work was originally written for brass band (see there). At the composer's request, his former pupil Marcel Wengler wrote an arrangement for Symphonie wind band, which is equal to the original in ever-yway. Here Henze and Wengler have given wind players a work which successfully combines a popular style and to some extent extremely witty elements with the resources of new music. It is excellent concert music for advanced and Professional orchestras.Hans Werner Henze belongs to a small circle of internationally known cornposers of serious contemporary music. In his operas, symphonies, and music for ensembles and chamber music groups, as well as in his contributions to music for amateurs, there are works with a distinctive sense of form, delicate tonality and rhythmic variety which nonetheless never lose sight of that dimension of humanity.Marcel Wengler (born 1946) is now a freelance composer. He lives in Luxemburg.Picc. * 1 * 2 (ad lib.) * Engl. Hr. (ad lib.) * Es-Klar. * 3 * Altklar. (ad lib.) * Bassklar. (ad lib.) * 2 Altsax. * 2 Tenorsax. * Baritonsax. (ad lib.) * 1 (ad lib.) - 4 * 2 Flhr. * Tenorflhr. * 3 * 3 * 2 Bombardini * 2 * 2 Kb.-Tb. - P. S. (Glsp. * Xyl. [oder 3 Tempelbl.] * Trgl. * Beckenpaar * 3 Bong. * kl. Tr. * 3 Tomt. * gr. Tr. * Woodbl.) (3 Spieler).
SKU: HL.49012042
ISBN 9790001100748. UPC: 073999330540. 8.5x12.0x2.22 inches.
SKU: CF.SPS38F
ISBN 9780825870736. UPC: 798408070731.
A passionate new lyrical piece based on themes from Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino. Composer Gregory Rudgers morphs these themes and makes them his own in a welcome addition to the band repertoire for more advanced groups. It will stretch the musiciality of all groups that wisely choose to program this substantial work.
SKU: AP.6-490246
ISBN 9780486490243. English.
This full-score miniature edition contains a treasury of orchestral works by Czech composer Bedrich Smetana, including The Moldau and From Bohemian Fields and Groves from Ma vlast (My Fatherland) in addition to the Overture and three dances---Polka, Furiant, and Dance of the Comedians---from the opera The Bartered Bride. The works are reproduced here from authoritative editions, complete with bar-numbered movements for easy reference. Affordable, durable, and portable, this miniature score edition is ideal for study in the classroom, at home, or in the concert hall.
SKU: BT.DHP-1063989-040
9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Italian composer Ottorino Respighi wrote several operas, ballet music,chamber music, piano and organ works as well as Cantatas in a stylemuch influenced by the French Impressionists mixed with his uniquepersonal style. The Japanese arranger Yoshihiro Kimura has skilfullyadapted Respighi?s symphonic poem Fontane di Roma for concertbands of an advanced level. Ottorino Respighi schrieb mehrere Opern, Ballettmusik, Kammermusik, Klavier- und Orgelwerke sowie Kantaten in einem vom französischen Impressionismus geprägten, jedoch auch sehr eigenständigen Stil. Auch das sinfonische Gedicht Fontane di Roma, das Yoshihiro Kimura geschickt für Blasorchester umsetzte, hat eine ganz eigene Note, die es interessant für Spieler und Zuhörer macht. D’abord élève du Liceo Musicale de Bologne, le compositeur et violoniste italien Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) suit l’enseignement de Rimski-Korsakov Saint-Pétersbourg, où il fut quelque temps alto solo de l'Orchestre de l'Opéra. En 1908, alors qu’il séjourne Berlin, il reçoit les conseils de Max Bruch.De retour en Italie, il entreprend une carrière de violoniste et d'altiste avant d’être nommé professeur de composition au Conservatoire Sainte-Cécile de Rome dont il deviendra directeur en 1924. Deux ans plus tard, Respighi démissionne de ce poste afin de pouvoir se consacrer pleinement la composition.Ottorino Respighi est considéré comme l'un des plus grandscompositeurs italiens du début du XXe siècle. Auteur de plusieurs opéras, de ballets, de quelques cantates et œuvres de musique de chambre, de mélodies pour orgue et piano, Respighi s’est acquis la notoriété mondiale notamment par le triptyque symphonique Fontane di Roma (Les Fontaines de Rome), Pini di Roma (Les Pins de Rome) et Feste Romane (Fêtes romaines). Son style unique a été profondément influencé par les impressionnistes français, par Rimski-Korsakov et Richard Strauss.Le compositeur-arrangeur japonais Yoshihiro Kimura a réalisé une superbe adaptation pour Orchestre d’Harmonie du poème symphonique Les Fontaines de Rome d'Ottorino Respighi.
SKU: BT.DHP-1063989-010
English-German-French-Dutch.
Italian composer Ottorino Respighi wrote several operas, ballet music,chamber music, piano and organ works as well as Cantatas in a stylemuch influenced by the French Impressionists mixed with his uniquepersonal style. The Japanese arranger Yoshihiro Kimura has skilfullyadapted Respighi?s symphonic poem Fontane di Roma for concertbands of an advanced level. De roem van de Italiaanse violist en componist Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) berust vooral op zijn instrumentale werken, met name het orkestrale drieluik van symfonische gedichten: Fontane di Roma, Pini di Roma en FesteRomane. Zijn stijl is be nvloed door de Franse impressionisten, Rimsky-Korsakov en Richard Strauss, maar met een geheel eigen tintje. De Japanse arrangeur Yoshihiro Kimura heeft het symfonische gedicht Fontane di Roma vanRespighi op vakkundige wijze bewerkt voor harmonieorkest.Ottorino Respighi schrieb mehrere Opern, Ballettmusik, Kammermusik, Klavier- und Orgelwerke sowie Kantaten in einem vom französischen Impressionismus geprägten, jedoch auch sehr eigenständigen Stil. Auch das sinfonische Gedicht Fontane di Roma, das Yoshihiro Kimura geschickt für Blasorchester umsetzte, hat eine ganz eigene Note, die es interessant für Spieler und Zuhörer macht. D’abord élève du Liceo Musicale de Bologne, le compositeur et violoniste italien Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) suit l’enseignement de Rimski-Korsakov Saint-Pétersbourg, où il fut quelque temps alto solo de l'Orchestre de l'Opéra. En 1908, alors qu’il séjourne Berlin, il reçoit les conseils de Max Bruch.De retour en Italie, il entreprend une carrière de violoniste et d'altiste avant d’être nommé professeur de composition au Conservatoire Sainte-Cécile de Rome dont il deviendra directeur en 1924. Deux ans plus tard, Respighi démissionne de ce poste afin de pouvoir se consacrer pleinement la composition.Ottorino Respighi est considéré comme l'un des plus grandscompositeurs italiens du début du XXe siècle. Auteur de plusieurs opéras, de ballets, de quelques cantates et œuvres de musique de chambre, de mélodies pour orgue et piano, Respighi s’est acquis la notoriété mondiale notamment par le triptyque symphonique Fontane di Roma (Les Fontaines de Rome), Pini di Roma (Les Pins de Rome) et Feste Romane (Fêtes romaines). Son style unique a été profondément influencé par les impressionnistes français, par Rimski-Korsakov et Richard Strauss.Le compositeur-arrangeur japonais Yoshihiro Kimura a réalisé une superbe adaptation pour Orchestre d’Harmonie du poème symphonique Les Fontaines de Rome d'Ottorino Respighi.
SKU: BT.DHP-1063989-140
SKU: CY.CC2470
Johann Wanhal (Vanhal) was an important classical composer from Bohemian/Czech heritage (1739-1813). His main living was as an organist and choirmaster, however Wanhal's musical output as a composer includes over a dozen concerti, many symphonies, chamber music, operas and much sacred music including 58 masses. Wanhal is rumored to have played chamber music with Mozart, Haydn and Dittersdorf, with Wanhal on the cello. In the 1770's Wanhal met the contrabassist Johannes Matthias Sperger and wrote a double bass concerto for him. The Concerto is in the key of E-Flat (original key of D for the double bass) in three movements and has been expertly arranged for Tuba and classical wind ensemble by Ms. Janet Yarbrough of Duke University. This work will also be available soon with a piano reduction.
SKU: AP.12-0571538886
ISBN 9780571538881. English.
Speakings for large orchestra and electronics is undoubtedly one of Jonathan Harvey's most important and ambitious works. Composed in 2008, it utilizes a unique process of electronic transformation developed at IRCAM to explore the possibility that an orchestra could be made to speak. Typeset, and with input from Gilbert Nouno who collaborated with Harvey on the electronic element, this long-awaited new edition makes this stunning piece even more accessible to conductors and enthusiasts.Winner of the prestigious Monaco Prize, the 25-minute work belongs to a fascinating clutch of works composed around the time of Harvey's final opera, Wagner Dream, which contains musical allusions to Wagner, in this case Parsifal. Unfolding over three continuous movements, the music moves from the babbling of a baby and the frenetic chatter of human life in all its expressions, to music of unity, a hymn that is close to Gregorian chant in which---in Harvey's words---the paradise of the sounding temple is imagined.
