Purple Mountain Majesty (America, The Beautiful) - Samuel A. Ward

Purple Mountain Majesty is an arrangement of Samuel Augustus Ward's beloved patriotic anthem America, the Beautiful. While the band arrangement by Carmen Dragon remains a classic in its own right, this setting is designed to provide younger bands with a more technically accessible yet still harmonically interesting version. The woodwind exposures surrounding the original melodic material are intended to place the piece in a more pastoral environment, hence the title.

Purple Rain - Prince

Purple Whispers - Richard L. Saucedo

This remarkable and descriptive work opens and closes with members of the ensemble whispering to one another, creating a soft yet chaotic effect. The simple poem is by the composer: Whispers move in colored flight, seeking signs of next twilight, purple as the violets grow, warm but rich for all to know. As the piece progresses, introduced by a solo piano, the listener is taken through a dynamic range of emotional tension and release before the quiet mood returns to close out this uniquely effective composition. Dur: 5:15 Recorded by the Marshall University Wind Symphony - Steve Barnett, conductor

Pursuit of the Centaur - Robert Sheldon

Centaurs are mythological creatures that are half horse and half human. They have been depicted in art and literature for centuries as wild beasts, and also as wise and noble beings. This piece is a musical representation of a journey to find one of these remarkable creatures in a land and time that are long past. (2:25)

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Push - Rob Smith

Pushing The Limits - Hardy Mertens

Pushkin (Little Concert Waltz) - Luigi di Ghisallo

Puszta - Jan Van der Roost

In composing Puszta, Jan Van der Roost wrote folk dances related to Slavonic folk music. Its character and sounds are comparable to the Hungarian and Slavonic dances by Brahms and Dvorak and to the Hungarian Rhapsodies by Liszt. All the melodies, however, are newly composed, not adapted from existing dances.

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Puszta - Ted Barclay

Puszta Great Plains - Ted Barclay