Samuel A. Ward: America The Beautiful: SATB: Vocal Score

Reflecting the heritage and pride of a great nation America the Beautiful has been handsomely arranged for two intermediate performers. This inspiring duet will add festivity to your next lesson or recital.

An excellent arrangement of the traditional America the Beautiful that is very accessible and fulfilling for band students and audience alike. The level of difficulty and range is most appropriate for a developing middle school band.

This advanced arrangement of America the Beautiful would be an inspiring addition to your Fourth of July service

An excellent arrangement of the traditional America the Beautiful that is very accessible and fulfilling for band students and audience alike. The level of difficulty and range is most appropriate for a developing middle school band.

A Setting of America the Beautiful-This setting of 'America The Beautiful' was first performed on March 11 1967 in the Air Force Academy Chapel near Colorado Springs only a few miles from where in 1983 Katherine Lee Bates wrote the first lines of her now famous poem certainly the most beautiful and moving of all hymns to America. The occasion was a concert given by the choral and brass groups of the University of Colorado for the Music Educators National Conference Southwest Division.The setting is concieved as a unified dramatic whole using melodic motives from the Samuel A. Ward tune in the introduction and connecting sections. Each of the four stanzas is treated differently their powerful emotion and meaning culminating in the final affirmation and prayer of the last stanza which is sung in unison with descant and full accompaniment.The work may be performed with an Organ (or Piano accompaniment or with a group of instruments consisting of 3 Trumpets in Bb 4 Horns in F 3 Trombones Euphonium and Tuba.Instrumental parts available from the publisher.

This beautiful arrangement of the sacred American anthem achieves a grand sound while remaining accessible to the late intermediate performer. With its hymn-like setting octave doubling in the bass and sophisticated voice leading it makes a perfect selection for all occasions. Complete verses provided.

This is not just another patriotic arrangement! Michael Brown has beautifully crafted a version for younger bands that includes stately and emotional strains contrasted with a bluesy gospel flavor. An ingenious blend of styles in a most effective arrangement.

Premiered by Maestro Eugene Migliaro Corporon conducting the National Honor Band of America this spectacular memorial for renowned band director Charles Campbell will surround your students and audiences in layers of emotion. Expressive moments upon moments allow the ensemble to follow their musical instincts gaining an aesthetic reward each time. Typical of performances the work fades into introspective silence then is followed by lengthy applause. Available in the original three-movement set and also just Mvt. 1 The Stillness of Remembering. Dur: 9:00(Live concert recording by the University of Kentucky Wind Symphony - Dr. John Cody Birdwell conductor - Samuel R.Hazo guest conductor)