CONCERT BAND LITERATURE REVIEWS
Published in Band & Orchestra Product News
Music Review #5
A TRIBUTE TO GRAINGER - (Performance Time 5:15)
By Percy Grainger / Arranged by Chalon L. Ragsdale
Published by Southern Music Company
MARCH: BONNIE ANNIE LAURIE
By John Philip Sousa / Arranged by Richard E. Thurston
Published by Ludwig Music
EL ABANICO
By Alfredo Javaloyes / Edited by Frederick Fennell
Published by Ludwig Music
Music Review #6
QUATTRO FIORI D’ FRESCOBALDI - (Duration 13:00)
By Girolama Frescobaldi / Wind Orchestration by John Boyd
Published by Ludwig Music (SWO-349)
THREE CHORALE PRELUDES, OPUS 122 - (Duration 11:06)
By Johannes Brahms / Wind Orchestration by John Boyd / Edited by Frederick Fennell
Published by Ludwig Music (SWO-375)
Music Review #7
ZEPHYRS - (Duration 4:50) By Thomas C. Duffy
Published by Ludwig Music (SBS-353): 1992
Level: Middle School / High School
Commissioned by the Tiverton Middle School Band - Paul Anderson, Music Director, and the Rhode Island Music Educators Association
GNOMON - (Duration 12:00) By Thomas C. Duffy
Published by Ludwig Music (SBS-391): 1995
Level: Advanced High School
Commissioned by Capital City Community Band - Rick Moreno, Director
Music Review #8
QUATTRO FIORI D’ FRESCOBALDI - (Duration 13:00) By By Girolama Frescobaldi / Wind Orchestration by John Boyd
Published by Ludwig Music (SWO-349)
Level: High School
THREE CHORALE PRELUDES, OPUS 122 - (Duration 11:06) By Johannes Brahms / Wind Orchestration by John Boyd / Edited by Frederick Fennell
Published by Ludwig Music (SWO-375)
Level: Advanced High School
Commissioned by Capital City Community Band - Rick Moreno, Director
Music Review #9
CHACONNE FOR WINDS - (Duration 4:30) By Charles Carter
Published by Ludwig Music (SBS-406): 2000
Level: Grade 2
SERENADE FOR SYMPHONIC BAND - (Duration 3:00) By Charles Carter
Published by Ludwig Music (SBS-407): 2000
Level: Grade 1.5
SONG FOR WINDS - (Duration 2:45) By Charles Carter
Published by Daehn Publications: 1999
Level: Grade 1.5
Music Review #10
FLOURISH FOR OLANA - (Duration 2:10) By Jeff Jordan
Published by Daehn Publications - DP9911
Level: Middle School / High School
RETURN OF THE DAWN TREADER - (Duration 4:00) By Richard Meyer
Published by Queenwood Publications - 00884026
Level: Middle School
Music Review #11
WELL MET, MY OWN TRUE LOVE (The Lover’s Ghost)
By Ralph Vaughan Williams / arr. Larry Daehn
Published by Daehn Publications, 1999
PASTORALE
By Luigi Boccherini / trans. Thomas Stone
Published by Daehn Publications, 1998
Level: High School Chamber Winds
Music Review #12
TWO SOLEMN PIECES
I. CHRISTUS FACTUS EST by Anton Bruckner
II. ANDANTE FESTIVO by Jean Sibelius
Arranged for concert band by Richard Thurston
Southern Music Company, 1999 (S759)
ENGLISH WALTZ by Percy Aldridge Grainger
Set for Concert Band by Mark Rogers
Southern Music Company, 1999 (S737)
Music Review #14
OLD FOLKS AT HOME
By Antonin Dvorak / Transcribed by Erik Leidzen
Published by G & M Brand British Music Publishers
Catalog #10222 (score and parts)
QUASI PIZZAICATI
By Leo Delibes / Arranged by Geoffrey Brand
Published by G & M Brand British Music Publishers
Catalog #10226 (score and parts)
Music Review #15
"Goin’ Home" for Symphonic Band
Antonin Dvorak / arranged by Jari Villanneva
Ludwig Music, SBS-370 (1996)
Londonderry Air for Symphonic Band
Arranged by Albert O. Davis
Ludwig Music, SBS-403 (2000)
Music Review #16
Japanese Suite, Op. 33 for Symphonic Wind Ensemble
By Gustav Holst / Wind Orchestration by John Boyd
Ludwig Music, SBS-387 (1999)
Music Review #17
Paraphrase on "Nearer My God To Thee"
By Carl Nielsen / Edited by Wayne Gorder
Ludwig Music ¯ SWO-395
Fanfare and Dance
By Nolan E. Schmit
Kjos Music ¯ WB204F
Grade 3.5
Music Review #18
Bravo!
By Jared Spears
Published by Kjos Concert BandWorks
Grade 3 ¯ WB205F
Tharsos
By Jeff Jordan
Published by Kjos Concert BandWorks
Grade 4 ¯ WB200F
Music Review #19
TITLE: The Storm’s Path
COMPOSER: Brian Balmages
PUBLISHER: FJH Chamber Music Series
GRADE: 5
PERFORMANCE TIME: 4:15
NOTE: Dedicated to the James Madison University Trumpet Ensemble, James Kluesner, Director
TITLE: Symphony No. 1 for Brass
COMPOSER: Brian Balmages
PUBLISHER: FJH Chamber Music Series
GRADE: 5
PERFORMANCE TIME: 14:25
NOTE: Dedicated to the James Madison University Brass Ensemble, Kevin Stees, Director
Music Review #20
TITLE: "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9
ARRANGER: Elliot Del Borgo
PUBLISHER: FJH Band Series
GRADE: 2
PERFORMANCE TIME: 3:50
TITLE: Emerald Bay
COMPOSER: Greg Gruner
PUBLISHER: FJH Band Series
GRADE: 1
PERFORMANCE TIME: 1:40
Music Review #21
TITLE: A Child’s Embrace
COMPOSER: Charles Rochester Young
LEVEL: 2.0 Junior High / High School
TIME: 5 minutes
PRICE: $60 complete (S772)
PUBLISHER: Southern Music Company
PHONE: 1-800-284-5443
WEB SITE: www.southernmusic.com/
TITLE: Mystere
COMPOSER: Robert W. Smith
LEVEL: 2.5 Advanced Junior High / High School
PRICE: $50 complete (BDM01054C)
PUBLISHER: Belwin-Mills Young Band Series
PHONE: (305) 620-1500
WEB SITE: http://www.mpa.org/agency/41p.html
Music Review #22
The Yamaha Advantage: Musicianship from Day One
Written by Sandy Feldstein and Larry Clark
Published by Carl Fischer
The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare
Written by Percy Grainger
Edited by Donald Hunsberger
Published by Belwin-Mills / Warner Brothers
Music Review #23
SIMPLE SONG - Grade 3 (Performance Time 5:30)
URBAN SCENES - Grade 3 (Performance Time 8:00)
By Andrew Boysen - Published by Kjos Concert Bandworks
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