Description Because children respond quickly to the simple, direct, compelling rhythms of the march , it is an ideal musical form to introduce them to the pleasures of making music. Marches are very effective practice pieces, too, for developing instrumental playing skills. This excellent collection for piano presents 25 popular marches carefully arranged to produce the fullest, most harmonious sound within the capabilities (and small hand-spans) of young beginners. Among these classic compositions, which children will recognize and enjoy as part of the grown-up world around them, are the Toreador March from Bizet's Carmen , Schubert's Marche Miiltaire , the Bridal March from Wagner's Lohengrin and a dazzling array of John Philip Sousa marches such as El Capitan , The Washington Post , The Stars and Stripes Forever! and Semper Fidelis . Other favourites include The Yankee Doodle Boy , When The Saints Go Marching In and Dixie . They are presented in large, clear, easy-to-read musical notation, and are accompanied by charming illustrations that invite children to respond to the challenge, join in the fun and bring the marches to life. Original Dover (1990) publication. Illustrations by Karen Goldsmith. Songlist American Patrol Bridal March Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean Dixie El Capitan Entry Of The Gladiators Funeral March Funeral March Of A Marionette Hail To The Chief March Of The Three Kings Marche Militairire Semper Fidelis The Battle Hymn Of The Republic The Liberty Bell The Marines' Hymn The Stars And Stripes Forever! The Washington Post The Yankee Doodle Boy The Yellow Rose Of Texas Toreador March Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Boys Are Marching Turkish March Wedding March When The Saints Go Marching In Yankee Doodle
SKU: XC.PCB2305FS
This is a very easy march using only the first six notes students learn in all band method books. It is intended to still teach students about march form and style even with limited technical demands. Composer Larry Clark continues to find new ways to create very easy marches that are still tuneful and fun.
SKU: XC.PCB2305
SKU: GI.G-7266
ISBN 9781592403196. English.
Every fall, marching bands take to the field in a uniquely American ritual. From the stands, it looks easy. You don’t see them sweat. For millions of kids, band is more than a show. It’s a rite of passage—a first foray into leadership and adult responsibility, and a chance to learn what it means to be part of a community. Nowhere is band more serious than at Concord High School in Elkhart, Indiana, where the entire town is involved with the success of its defending state champion band, the Marching Minutemen. In the place where this tradition may have originated, in the city that became the band instrument capital of the world, band is a religion. But it’s not the only religion, as director Max Jones discovers. After four decades. Jones’s single-minded devotion to musical excellence has fallen out of step with a younger generation increasingly focused on personal salvation. In what his students do not know is his final season of directing, he has assembled his most ambitious show ever, for the strongest senior class he has ever directed. Amid conflicting notions of greatness, the band marches through a season that starts in hope and promise, progresses through uncertainty and disappointment, and ends, ultimately, in redemption. American Band is an unusually intimate chronicle of life, in all its triumph, disappointment, and drama, in the kind of community in which most of America lives. It is an especially timely portrait, capturing as it does the spirit of the heartland at a time of profound change. If you have ever been— or yearned to be— part of something bigger than yourself, you will be rooting for the kids whose voices fill this book. Kirsten Laine is an award-winning journalist whose commentaries can be heard on Vermont Public Radio. She lives in New Hampshire with writer Jim Collins and their two children. “American Band has everything going for it, from tempo to heart to the grand bittersweet finale. What a gift for readers: a pitch-perfect tribute to kids and song and community.†—Madeleine Blais Pulitzer Prize winner and author of In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle.
