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£57.50Of Barges and Boats
This swinging setting of one of America's great old tunes, The Erie Canal, is a guaranteed crowd pleaser! Intriguing harmonies are a hallmark of this remarkable arrangement by Stephen Bulla, and you know the band will love playingin this easy-flowing and natural rhythmic style. While it will spark up any spot on your concert program, consider using it for a new and different type of closer. This is a great tie-in with American history & geography. (Grade3)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£69.99
Get on Board - Stephen Bulla
Stephen Bulla strikes gold again with this accessible but jazzy Trombone section feature. There is plenty of rhythmic fun for everyone while the trombones get that important time out front. The old spiritual "The Gospel Train" lends itself beautifully to a swing-jazz treatment and if there's anyone who knows how to bring the jazz idiom to the concert band setting it's Stephen Bulla. If you prefer, two Trombone soloists can be featured while the rest of the section plays along on the Euphonium part. Your band will want to do this one again and again, and so will you, so Get On Board!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£83.50Hungarian Dance No. 6 - Johannes Brahms
The old European charm of the Hungarian gypsy dance and folk music which inspired Brahms to write his most popular work is now available in this new transcription for concert band. Not simplified or abridged, this enjoyable piece is challenging, yet the music is so stimulating and exciting that it is sure to become a favorite of your students and audiences alike. May be programmed as either a stunning opener or the perfect encore. All students should have a chance to perform this great composition. Very highly recommended!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£149.40Norwegian Dance No. 2 - Alfred Evensen
Alfred Evensen (1883 - 1942) was born in Troms, but moved to Harstad 16 years old to start as a student at The Military School of Music. He was director and chief of the military band in 1918, and worked there for 12 years. In 1930 he was appointedto conductor of the military band in Bergen, and worked there until he was appointed to take over from Johannes Hanssen (Valdres march) as manager and conductor of the military band in Oslo in 1934.With this band he participated in a majorinternational military music collection in Paris in 1935 With a great success. In addition to his work in military music, he was a highly respected conductor of choir and composed, in additionto his compositions for bands, many songs for choir.He died in Oslo, after he was arrested because of his resistance against the German occupation. At his own request he was buried in Harstad, and there is also a statue of him.Norwegian Dance No. 1 and No. 2 dates from 1911 and 1912respectively. They are composed in the style of Grieg's Norwegian Dances, Op. 35, but, unlike Grieg, Evensen has used his own themes for the compositions.
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£113.30Via Della Terra - Marco Somadossi
Composing music also involves being able to imagine the sound of something that has no sound of its own. "Via della Terra" is a soundtrack without a film, a story without a narrator; "Via della Terra" is a street in a town, but not just any street, because if a street could tell its story, "Via della Terra" would not know where to start or where and indeed if it should finish. Like all "Vie della Terra", this street in this piece is full of sounds, none of which, however, have ever belonged to it for more than a fleeting moment, just long enough to be reflected here and there and then up and away from the earth, to be lost in the air. The steps of Mozart as a child as he whistled a piece of music, never again to be remembered or written; the philosophical thoughts, or mere everyday cares, uttered to a friend by Rosmini (whispered? or declaimed?); the excited or humorous comments of people who saw Depero's futuristic works for the first time; the voices of marketstall owners, rendered louder and more acute by the noisy crowd of women sorting through the stalls of rustling and colourful silk (so many desires; silent pauses between one item of gossip and the next); the absolute and devastating roar of cannons that violated every corner of the town, injuring bodies and mutilating the memories of its inhabitants... followed by a seeming eternity, as the citizens held their breath, waiting... "Via della Terra" is the old imperial road along which the town of Rovereto was built and has developed. "Via della Terra" is music for an imaginary, impossible and simultaneous representation of all its stories. The composer has always lived in this town, which he dearly loves, and on innumerable occasions he has imagined the voices, smells, people and the lives that have been such a part of it. With his composition, "Via della Terra", Marco Somadossi won second prize (no first prize was awarded) at the XXI Corciano International Competition for original band music in the grade 4 category.
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£104.50Tropes - John Prescott
This brilliant work applies the ancient practice of tropes to this powerful composition that sets a high standard in wind band literature. Repeated wind and percussion patterns and ostinati represent centuries of rituals and are stated in unmistakably bold fashion. In the central section, members of the ensemble create a haunting effect by whispering "Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison" as though they are voices echoing from centuries past. This mixture of old and new celebrates the ageless quality of music in resounding style.
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£69.99
A Holly Jolly Holiday - Stephen Bulla
Fresh and creative arranging are hallmarks of Stephen Bulla's work. You're certain to appreciate his compositional skills as your band prepares A HOLLY JOLLY HOLIDAY for this year's winter concert. Lots of variety in the percussion section makes this piece glisten with holiday fun. The ingenious intertwining of Jolly Old St. Nick, The Holly and the Ivy, and some other well known carols is full of surprises.If you seek something imaginative and different for this year, here it is !
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£84.99
Russian Gipsy Song - Piet Swerts
The origin of the song Piet Swerts arranged for concert band in Russian Gipsy Song probably lies with Russian gypsies, who know it under the title Dorogoj Dlinnojn and who ardently consider it their mental property.The melody of this Russian folk song is better known under the title Those Were the Days My Friend, the song that singer Mary Hopkins made famous in 1968. Within a year after she had issued this song, well over five million records of it had been sold. There are also versions in French (Les temps des fleurs), Spaans (Qu tiempo tan feliz), Italian (Quelli erano giorni), and German (An jenem Tag) of this song full of nostalgia about the "good old days."
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.99Land of Tomorrow - James Curnow
Framed through variation around the great old shape-note melody When I can read my title clear, James Curnow's significant new composition, Land of Tomorow, is a wonderful expression of the composer's art. While traversingcountless moods, the flow and continuity never falter, and the interest never fades. The band that plays at this level can only gain skill and knowledge through meticulous preparation of this enthralling composition. Every playercan take deep satisfaction from a solid performance of this masterpiece. Powerful!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£78.99The Last Rose Of Summer
Reminiscent of some of the great works by Grainger, this setting of an old Irish air is breathtakingly beautiful and sure to touch the hearts of both performers and audience members alike. This highly emotional setting features an occasional trumpet solo that is also cued for flute. Rich harmonies, soaring lines and a well-crafted score make this the kind of work that you'll certainly want your band to experience. Outstanding!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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