Klarinet Archive - Posting 001032.txt from 1998/01

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: The Best Band Music - Epilogue
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:36:57 -0500

Ok Band Lovers,

I received quite a bit of mail regarding band music in general and titles
of band music with fun clarinet parts. As a collector of band literature
(scores) and high quality band recordings (including University of
Michigan live tapes, 1948-1971 with Revelli, 1978-1988 with Reynolds), I
will share my opinions of what I consider to be the best music for
band.....and the best music for band with fun clarinet parts. Many of the
most recent works that have been posted by listserv members may be more up
to date - that is, in my own mine, the jury is still out on many of those
works. (eg.....no works of James Barnes are listed, but his works are
quite good and should be on the list.....I just haven't added them in
yet). Therefore, keep in mind that THIS LIST IS NOT ALL INCLUSIVE! That
is, it is a work in progress (a lifetime I suppose). Also, marches and
other specific genre band music have been left off of the list...unless
the march is unusual in form and style, or if a composer is particularly
well known for that specific work (eg. Barber's Commando March). Don't
react....just delete if you don't like it!

All works are as close to alphabetical as I could get....as I remembered
one, I added.....many list members will disagree with the categories and
where the music was placed......each to his own! The (*) means good
clarinet part. THIS LIST IS A-G ONLY.....THE REMAINING LIST WILL BE
POSTED SOON.

Please - unless there is an issue, do not repost the entire list!

Have fun.....more to come!

Roger Garrett
IWU

THE BEST MUSIC FOR BAND/WIND ENSEMBLE:
March, W.w.O. 18 - Beethoven/Reynolds *
The Leaves are Falling - Warren Benson
The Passing Bell - Warrent Benson
The solitary Dancer - Warren Benson
Winds of Nagual - Michael Colgrass
An Outdoor Overture - Aaron Copland (approved of by the composer)
El Salon Mexico - Aaron Copland/Hindsley (approved of by the composer) *
Emblems - Aaron Copland *
Lincoln Portrait - Aaron Copland (approved of by the composer)
Variations on a Shaker Melody (from Appalachian Spring) - Aaron Copland
Sinfonietta for Concert Band - Ingolf Dahl *
Music for Brass and Percussion - Ingolf Dahl
Skating on the Sheyenne - Ross Lee Finney
Summer in Valley City - Ross Lee Finney
Report - Lubos Fiser
Children's March "O'er the Hills and Far Away" - Grainger *
Colonial Song - Grainger *
Country Gardens - Grainger *
Duke of Malborough Fanfare - Grainger
Hill Song No. 1 - Grainger
Hill Song No. 2 - Grainger *
Irish Tune from County Derry - Grainger *
Lincolnshire Posy - Grainger *
Shepherds Hey! - Grainger *
Sussex Mummer's Christmas Carol - Grainger
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonne Doon - Graninger

EXCELLENT MUSIC FOR BAND/WIND ENSEMBLE:
Rondo alla Turca - David Amram *
English Dances (Set I and II) - Arnold *
Come Sweet Death - JS Bach/Reed
Fantasia in G Major - JS Bach/Goldman
My Soul Longeth to Deaprt in Peace/Little Fugue in G minor - Bach/Calliet
Passacaglia and Fugatum in C minor - JS Bach/Falcone *
Commando March - Samuel Barber *
Sounds, Shapes and Symbols - Leslie Bassett
Designs, Images and Textures - Leslie Bassett
Concerto Grosso - Leslie Bassett
The Sun Paints Rainbows on Vast Waves - David Bedford
Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett *
Symphonic Songs for Band - Robert Russell Bennett *
Wings - Warren Benson
Mask of Night - Warren Benson
Grand Symphony for Band - Berlioz
Profonations - Bernstein/Grundman *
Candide Overture - Bernstein/Grundman *
Prelude, Fugue and Riffs - Bernstein/Grundman
Slava! - Bernstein/Grundman *
Divertimento - Bernstein/Grundman *
A Musical Toast - Bernstein/Grundman *
Symphonic Concert March - Bonelli/Falcone *
Children's Overture - Eugene Bozza *
Sinfonia V - Timothy Broege
Batille de Waterloo - Jaques Casterede (Brass/Percussion)
Overture in C - Catel *
Incantation and Dance - John Barnes Chance *
Symphony for Band - John Barnes Chance *
Elegy - John Barnes Chance *
Variations on a Korean Folk Song - John Barnes Chance *
Blue Lake Overutre - John Barnes Chance *
Gazebo Dances - John Corigliano *
Universal Judgement - De Nardis *
Fantasies on a Theme of Haydn - Dello Joio *
Scenes from the Louvre - Dello Joio *
Variants on a Medieval Tune - Dello Joio
Cenotaph - Donald Erb
Praeludium and Allegro - Giannini *
Variations and Fugue - Giannini *
Symphony No. 3 - Giannini *
Symphony for Band - Morton Gould *
Ballad for Band - Morton Gould
Handel in the Strand - Grainger/Goldman *
Immovable Do, The cyphering C - Grainger
Lads of Wamphray March - Grainger *
Molly on the Shorte - Grainger *
Scotch Strathspey and Reel - Grainger *
Spoon River - Graninger *
The Power of Rome and the Christian Church - Grainger

GOOD MUSIC FOR BAND/WIND ENSEMBLE:
Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo - Arnold/Paynter
Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach/Leidzen *
March Hongroise-Rakoczy from "Damnation of Faust" - Berlioz *
Broadside for Band - William Bolcom
Prelude and Fugue in F minor - Bright
The Dam Busters March - Eric Coates *
Celebration Overture - Paul Creston
Prelude and Dance - Paul Creston *
Square Dances '76 - Paul Creston
Symphony No. 1 - Frank Erickson
Toccata - Frescobaldi
Tulsa - Gillis *
Danza Final (Malambo) from Estancia Dances - Ginastera
Jericho - Morton Gould
St. Lawrence Suite - Morton Gould
American Salute - Morton Gould *

FUN OR INTERESTING BUT QUESTIONABLE MUSICALITY?
American Civil War Fantasy - Bilik *
Dreams of a Psycopath - Mike Francis

[to be continued]