25 Years of Band Composition. Par DE HAAN JACOB. “Twenty-fi ve years Jacob de Haan”: twenty-five years of music by a passionate and talented composer. A composer of great versatility with an extraordinary knowledge of his craft. A composer who is always looking for a new challenge and a new way to expand his art. New ideas, new themes and new points of departure are his soup du jour, but he also p…

A Christmas Fantasy on Themes by Bach & Handel. Dans cette fantaisie de Noël, Robert van Beringen conjugue avec une inégalable facilité des thèmes des maîtres du baroque, Jean-Sébastien Bach et Georg Friedrich Haendel. Le choral Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht, n° 12 est extrait de la deuxième partie de l’ Oratorio de Noël de Jean-Sébastien Bach, tandis que le récitatif « Voici qu’une vierge conce…

Percussion Section Feature. Par CURNOW JAMES. A vibrant and attentive Percussion section is crucial to the success of any concert band. However, the Percussionists play a supporting role so much of the time that it can be difficult to keep your best players excited about their music. One of the best ways to beat that problem is to program an occasional feature piece. James Curnow’s BLOCKBUSTER PER…

Find the optional Drum and Flute parts here: Patapan (Optional Drum and Flute Parts) Patapan, a winner of the 'A Carol for Christmas' competition, is a delightful song for SA chorus and piano that can also include men's voices and optional flute and drum.Introducing some irregular metres within an accessible idiom and memorable themes, Patapan will make an ideal number for community and children's…

Igor Stravinsky's Renard is a one-act opera that tells a burlesque tale of a devious fox who deceives a number of other animals. This corrected and revised edition of the Vocal Score is edited by Millan Sachania.Renard was composed in 1916 after being commissioned by socialite Winaretta Singer. The lyrics of the work are in Russian, Russian transliteration and French. Renard is often seen by criti…

Tone Poem for Band. Par HOSAY JAMES L.. The mighty conflict between the great Civil War ships, the Monitor and the Merrimac, plays out once again on your concert stage! Dramatic and inventive, heroic themes and rhythmic undercurrents bring the historic battle to life. It's a programmatic work with powerful percussion, effective use of dissonance, and distinguished writing for the entire band. It's…

Agustin Pio Barrios Ferreyra, a Paraguayan composer and guitarist, is nowadays known as the creator of the Mangorean or Indo-American school of the Guitar. ?The name, Mangoré, was adopted in honor of the great chieftain Mangoré, an important personage of the Paraguayan jungles?.Mangoré used for his works popular folkloristic themes of South America as well as sounds of nature (?the still waters of…

Using themes of Mozart's Symphony No. 40, Earlene has arranged a choral that celebrates Mozart's life and creative works in a fun and humorous way. Many facts are contained in the piece making this an outstanding way for studentsto musically remember key information about the composer. True music education! / Partitions classique / Vocale - chorale / Choeur et ensemble vocal / SHAWNEE PRESS

This instrumental series contains themes from Blizzard Entertainment's fantasy, multiplayer, role-playing, video games and includes 4 pages of art from the World of Warcraft universe. The compatible arrangements are carefully edited for the Level 2-3 player and include an accompaniment CD which features a demo track and play-along track. Titles: Lion's Pride * The Shaping of the World * Pig and Wh…