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£153.50The Pirates of Penzance - Sullivan
This sparkling setting, still as fresh as any recent Broadway medley and never before available, includes the show's best-loved ballads, rollicking patter songs and the rousing finale. The music has been a continuous hit from its 1879 opening through today. Sousa's brilliant 1880 orchestration perfectly captures the happy-go-lucky spirit of Sullivan's show. In this first published edition, Sousa's superb and ever-timely "Pirates" medley has been adapted for modern bands by Keith Brion.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£64.99
Legends of the West - John Cacavas
The musical heritage of America owes a great deal to the folk music of the West. From the square dances to the mining songs, our culture has benefited immensely. This suite of pieces attempts to capture that feeling of those earlydays, both in spirit and in melody. (5:40)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£59.95The Bold Brigade - Carol Brittin Chambers
This beginning level march-like piece, using only the first 6 notes learned, portrays the confident spirit of military troops working together. A steady pulse using half, quarter, and eighth notes with doubled melody, harmony, and bass lines makes this patriotic piece one students will play with pride!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£50.50
Rise of the Falcon - Robert Leslie Lee
This piece is written to depict the Peregrine Falcon, one of nature's boldest predators. For thousands of years, humans have admired its speed, beauty, power, and fiery spirit. This piece captures the falcon in the glory of flight. An excellent choice for festival performance.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£65.50
The Old Buccaneer - Richard Summers
Fifteen men on the dead man's chest! This phrase will give you an idea of the basis for this delightful new piece from composer Richard Summers that is inspired by the Robert Louis Stevenson book Treasure Island. The piece is bold, yet very playable for the grade level. There are plenty of teaching opportunities too with nice counterpoint in a piece the students will love to play over and over again. Your band will sound its best on this contest style piece that invokes the adventurous spirit of pirates!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£71.50Face the Dragon - Matthew R. Putnam
Few things conjure the image of a courageous spirit quite like facing off against a mystical beast. This new work for developing band by Matthew R. Putnam offers directors yet another work that they will want to play again and again!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£116.40The Dragon Fountain - Wilco Grootenboer
Somewhere in a park in China you can find the Dragon's Fountain. According to legend, long ago a dragon with three heads was slain in a fierce combat. According to the story, in order to express its anger the dragon's spirit returns every night to the fou
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£46.90Join the Band - Peter Goosensen
Peter Goosensen (1967) studied the trombone, the euphonium and wind band conducting at the conservatories of music of Alkmaar and Amsterdam. This is an excellent lively piece of swing music with a lot of nice effects. Peter Goosensen succeeded in writing a rather easy composition yet full of spirit. No doubt, many young listeners in the audience will fancy to 'join the band'!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£75.50The Dream of Tiberius - David Campo
The Roman Emperor Tiberius was born in 42 BCE to Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla, both descendants of prestigious political families, at a time when Rome was undergoing significant political upheaval. Julius Caesar had begun a brutal civil war in 49 BCE to end Rome's rule as a Republic and consolidate his power as supreme ruler. Following Caeser's assassination in 44 BCE, Tiberius' father backed the forces wishing to return Rome to a Republic, but they were defeated by Caesarian loyalists led by Caeser's heir Octavian. As a result, Tiberius' early life was spent on the run and in political exile with his parents. In 27 BCE, Octavian would become the first Emporer of Rome and assume the name Augustus. Augustus forced Tiberius' parents to divorce and took Tiberius' mother as his new bride, separating the family and forcing Tiberius to live with his father. Upon his father's death, Tiberius went to live with his mother and Emporer Augustus, a situation Tiberius found extremely uncomfortable but one over which he had no control. Having been adopted by the Emperor, Tiberius assumed the military and political life thrust upon him. He proved to be an outstanding military and political leader, and with his marriage to Vipsania Agrippina his life took on a heretofore unknown stability. However, Augustus would intervene in Tiberius' life once more, forcing him to abandon his happy marriage and take Augustus' daughter Julia (Tiberius' step sister) as his new wife. This arrangement, while securing Tiberius' place as Augustus' heir and ensuring he would one day be Emperor of Rome, was disastrous. Julia's drunken licentiousness was a constant source of scandal and embarrassment for Tiberius (and her father, the Emperor) and she was eventually exiled by her father Augustus. Tiberius was named Emperor of Rome upon the death of Augustus in AD 14, assuming his position as the most powerful man on Earth. However, no matter how powerful he had become, Tiberius never felt as if he had ever had any control over his life, having been manipulated from childhood through adulthood by the whims of Augustus. As Emperor, he soon became disgusted with the political intrigue of the Roman Senate and by AD 26 left Rome and took up residence on the island of Capri, where he lived out the rest of his life. History does not regard Tiberius fondly and by all accounts towards the end of his reclusive life on Capri, he had become a miserable, sick and mentally unstable old man reveling in debauchery and cruelty. It is also informative to note that he was Emperor of Rome when Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, and while there is no indication that Tiberius was even aware of the existence of Jesus, as Emperor he was responsible for the appointment of Pontius Pilate as Governor of Judea. Even considering this, it is difficult to look on the life of the Emperor Tiberius and not feel some sympathy and pity. It's in this spirit that I composed "The Dream of Tiberius." I imagine the man sitting in thoughtful seclusion on the beautiful island of Capri imagining what his life might have happily been had not power been thrust upon him: husband, father and humble servant of the people.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.50Soar The Untamed Spirit - Roland Barrett
Commissioned by and dedicated to the Pratt (Kansas) High School Band, this piece honors band students worldwide, at every grade level. A new original work by the talented arranger for the University of Oklahoma bands, this piece begins with a brilliant fanfare. The work quickly becomes very rhythmic and energetic before leading to a beautiful, quiet, expressive interlude. The rhythmic energy returns and builds to a powerful and exciting ending. This is an excellent contest or festival selection for a good band.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
