Band concert band - Grade
1.5
SKU: KJ.WB233F
Composed by Bruce
Pearson. Standard of
Excellence in Concert.
Score. Neil A. Kjos Music
Company #WB233F.
Published by Neil A. Kjos
Music Company
(KJ.WB233F).
This dashing
work in one of Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart's more
frequently heard German
Dances (K. 605, No. 3),
which he specifically
titled The Sleigh Ride.
The composition was
originally written during
the last year of Mozart's
life in 1791. That year
was one of his more
productive years,
composing other well
known masterpieces such
as The Magic Flute, Piano
Concerto in B-Flat Major,
The Concerto for
Clarinet, and his very
last composition, the
Requiem which he finished
only twelve of the
fifteen sections before
his death. German Dance
captures the wonderful
melodies, lively rhythms,
and ingenious colors of
Mozart's style. This is a
charming arrangement with
three separate bell parts
bringing forth the
festive sound of ringing
sleigh bells. Arranged to
re-create classical
scoring, this joyful
programmatic piece will
be a favorite with young
musicians and audiences
alike.
About Standard
of Excellence in
Concert
Th
e Standard of Excellence
In Concert series
presents exceptional
arrangements,
transcriptions, and
original concert and
festival pieces for
beginning and
intermediate band. Each
selection is correlated
to a specific page in the
Standard of Excellence
Band Method, reinforcing
and expanding skills and
concepts introduced in
the method up to that
point. Exciting parts
with extensive
cross-cueing are
presented for every
player. Accessible
ranges, appropriate
rhythmic challenges, and
creative percussion
section writing enhance
the pedagogical value of
the series.
Sold
individually, each In
Concert selection
includes a full Conductor
Score and enough student
parts for large symphonic
bands. Each student part
also includes correlated
Warm-Up Studies. The
Conductor Score comes
complete with rehearsal
suggestions, a composer
biography, program notes,
a rehearsal piano part,
several
ready-to-duplicate
worksheets and a
duplicable written
quiz.
