Three Songs: Concert Band: Score & CD

This arrangement for flexible instrumentation is a setting of three traditional Czech melodies displaying a wide range of moods and styles. Includes: Walking at Night; Meadows Green and Spring The Madcap.

Score-Paul Creston's Liberty Song '76 for Band.Liberty Song '76 is based on three principle songs of the Revolutionary period: 'The Liberty Song ' the first American patriotic ballad written by John Dickinson to the tune of 'Hearts of Oak'by William Boyce; 'Enraptured I gaze' by Francis Hopkinson the earliest American composer of secular music and a signer of the Declaration of Independance; and theubiquitous 'Yankee Doodle ' the only true tune which Ulysses S. Grant could identify ('I only know two tunes' Grant said 'one is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't').The eleven-measure introduction presents the threethemes in fragmentary suggestion and affirms the emotional basis of the piece. Each tune is first presented in its original form and then harmonised and developed in 1976 style. 'Yankee Doodle' is in the unorthodox fugal style and the concluding measures of the fugue combines all three tunes is a quasi-stretto.Liberty Song '76 was commissioned by Ithaca College for the Walter Beeler Series memorialising his many contributions tothe Band World. The first performance of the work was by the Ithaca College Band conducted by the composer on February 9 1976.

David Well composed ?X-mas for Three? for three young pupils of his who wished to give a Christmas concert. He arranged six well-known Christmas songs for them and their first performance was a great success. This was reason for the composer to adapt the piece for ?orchestra? by adding percussion. The title has stayed the same and the work can still be played by as few as three musicians but as the saying goes: ?The more the merrier?! ?X-mas for Three? consists of the following parts : 1. Oh du fröhliche 2. Kling Glöckchen kling 3. Gloria in excelsis deo 4. Joy to the world! 5. The first Noel 6. We wish you a MerryChristmas

A Suite of British and Irish Folk Songs. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Songs from Across the Water est une commande du Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds et de Phil Evans, fondateur et directeur. Phil Evans est originaire du Royaume-Uni où il a joué dans l’orchestre des HM Royal Marines pendant 25 ans. Vivant désormais aux Etats-Unis, il y a fondé le Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds en 2008 et lui a donné le slogan « un orchestre américain à l’accent britannique », aspirant à combiner les meilleures traditions d’harmonies des deux pays. Avec cette idée à l’esprit, le compositeur Philip Sparke a décidé de créer une suite de chansons folkloriques britanniques, orchestrées à l’influence américaine en rapport avec la philosophie du groupe. Les troismouvements qui s’enchaînent reposent sur les trois chansons folkloriques suivantes, qui viennent de tous les coins des Îles Britanniques : The Three Ravens & The Cruiskeen Lawn, The Lark in the Clear Air et The Piper o’ Dundee & Men of Harlech. / Niveau : 5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Bring American history to life on your concert band stage this year with Timothy Johnson?s delightful new Suite Of Colonial Dances. Authentic colonial period melodies are now available for your Grade 21/2 band. The three contrasting songs are masterfully interpreted in this enjoyable and accessible arrangement. ?Successful Campaign ? ?Congress Minuet ? and the delightful hoe-down style ?Miss Moore?s Rant? (including fun with stomping and clapping) all make this a memorable musical expression for your band.Dandy!

Three of Abraham Lincoln's favorite melodies serve to bring the sounds of his generation alive for your concert audience. Colorful orchestration combines with imaginative harmony and counterpoint to make this a strikinglyoriginal suite of familiar songs from a time gone by. Expressive accented lyrical delicate boisterous; you'll discover that A Lincoln Celebration shows off your band in a wide variety of ways and lets all the playersthoroughly enjoy the process of performance preparation. Excellent cross-curricular opportunities.

Contents: Concert Warm-Ups And Chorales; American Spirit Overture; Prelude To A Festival; Honor Roll March; Dixieland Dazzle; Bartok - Three Folk Songs; Breakdance Brass; Razzamajazz; Grandfather's Clock; Discovery March;Superflutes; Percussion Patrol; A Festive Christmas Overture; Jingle-Bell Rock; Frosty The Snow Man.