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£168.50The Bones of Mr. Fortune - Adolphus Hailstork
THE BONES OF MR. FORTUNE (FREE AT LAST!) is an 11-minute concerto-like work for solo flute accompanied by symphonic winds and percussion - perfect to play with band or with orchestra, as well as with the composer's own piano reduction (114-42424). The work features lengthy cadenzas, and exhilarating dance-like sections with the ensemble. Hailstork describes the historical inspiration: abused in life and death, an enslaved man (Mr. Fortune) was owned by a surgeon who preserved his skeleton to study anatomy. The bones remained with the doctor's family for generations, and were given a proper burial that made national news in 2013, 215 years after Mr. Fortune's death.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£75.50Essence of Memory - BJ Brooks
In the fall of 2021, as occurs countless times across the United States, band director Darin Johns was traveling with his marching band to a Friday night football game. Tragically, a wrong-way driver struck the Andrews Band bus, taking the lives of both Darin and the bus driver. Over the next few months, tributes to Darin came in waves, culminating in a 1,000-member parade with 30 different bands at Christmastime. The Association of Texas Small-School Bands, of which Darin and the Andrews Band were a part, commissioned me to write a piece in honor of Mr. Johns. The music reflects the waves of memory that one experiences when contemplating the deepest of thoughts. First nebulous, sometimes sharply focused, resonating motifs, highs and lows. The four-chord chaconne figure is the unifying core of the work. It grounds the various melodies as they enter and return, sometimes densely paired, sometimes transparently isolated. The themes are structured as an arch form ABCBA, but as they recur, they are added together, giving them more density, as if the memories overlap, before the calmness, first heard as an ethereal haze, recurs.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£71.50Bayview March - David Gorham
This refreshing new concert march will be an attractive program selection while serving as an important teaching piece. ( 1 minute 55 seconds).
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.50Arcadian Jubilee - Robert E. Foster Jr.
This stunning showcase for band is based on an original chorale, and exploits the technical and tonal resources of the ensemble. The opening brilliant fanfare leads into a bright melodic section, then the chorale and an exciting finale.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.99American Holiday - Nancy H. Seward
An arrangement of Sweet Betsy from Pike and The Blue-Tail Fly that will help students develop an understanding of musical phrasing, dynamic nuances and rubato as well as marcato style. (2 minutes)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£71.50Capriccio - Robert E. Foster
Based on an origianl theme by Franz Hayd, this is a wonderful opportunity introduce young players and their audiences to this great composer. The attractive melody is played by every section at some time during the piece allowing everyone a musical experience in the spotlight. Concise learning objectives make this an educational as well as rewarding experience.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.50Canticle All Creatures Of Our God and King - Claude T. Smith
An exceptional work based upon the well-known hymntune. Both musical and sonorous, the composer extracts every ounce of power available in the spectacular conclusion. Adding to the finale is an optional organ part, making it especially effective a concert closer. This is one of several sacred settings available from the talented pen of Claude T. Smith. (5 minutes, 45 seconds)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.99Two Welsh Vignettes - Nancy H. Seward
This work by a perennial favorite composer-arranger is an arrangement of two traditional Welsh folk songs. The lovely Ash Grove will give the students experience in expressive legato phrasing, and the Men of Harlech offers a contrasting marcato style. An outstanding choice for festival or concert.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.50Cross River Overture - Nancy H. Seward
The opening fanfare fades to an expressive andante featuring contrasts between woodwind and brass sonorities. A short call in the trombones simulates the horn of an excursion boat and heralds a spirited allegro with contrasting articulated patterns, legato passages and repartee between high and low voices.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.50The Distant Trumpet - Claude T. Smith
This beautiful chorale prelude, written as a musical memorial, opens with an antiphonal trumpet theme, which is followed by a tutti scoring leading to a modulation and development in the new key. The trumpet theme is reintroduced and the music builds to an impressive majestic finale using the entire band.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days