Taptoe Klanken - Adrianus Cornelis van Leeuwen

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Tara Theme - M. Steiner

Tara's Theme

Max Steiner was born in Vienna in 1888, and grew up surrounded by music. He was a student of the Imperial Academy of Music, having among his teachers Gustav Mahler. In 1936 he signed an agreement with Warner. Steiner, considered the father of symphonic music in Hollywood style. One of his most famous and popular masterworks is, without any doubt, Gone with the Wind (1939). The movie was an immediate success and won ten Academy Awards. In spite of the years passed, this movie still moves young audiences around the world. Lorenzo Bocci has chosen the song Tara's Theme from this movie and turned the romantic music into an arrangement for concert band.

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Tara's Theme - Max Steiner

Taranduella - Geert Brouwers

Tarantella - Andrew Pearce

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Tarantella - Carol Brittin Chambers

Carol Brittin Chambers is extremely clever in this Tarantella, as she weaves a web of wonder. Technical prowess is on full display as well as a range of styles, making this work not only exciting, but a great way to show off the sections of your ensemble.

Tarantella - Dimitri Shostakovich

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Tarantella - Ottorino Respighi

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Tarantella - Stephen Lias

Attending a workshop in New York City, Lias took an evening excursion to the American Ballet Theatre, where he was exposed to what he terms "the evocative and inflammatory music of the tarantella." This art form captured his imagination, and he has crafted a wind ensemble dance of punchy rhythms and swirling touches. Tarantella was commissioned for the Stephen F. Austin Wind Ensemble and was premiered by those forces under the baton of Fred J. Allen at the 2008 TMEA annual convention. A recording of the premiere performance can be heard at their website.