Klarinet Archive - Posting 001039.txt from 1998/01

From: Jennifer Rose McKenna <jrm0013@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: The Best Band Music - Epilogue II
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:37:04 -0500

roger...this is a great list...but i'm surprised not to find
Arnolds "Four Scottish Dances" on this list...i understand it
may have been left off...but it has always been at the top of
my list....just wondering...

jennifer mckenna
jrm0013@-----.edu
university of north texas
clarinet concentration/music ed major

On Sat, 24 Jan 1998 17:28:02 -0600 (CST) Roger Garrett
<rgarrett@-----.edu> wrote:
>
> This is Part II - including all that was sent before...sorry for doing it
> this way, but it is the only way I know how.
>
> Please - unless there is an issue, do not repost the entire list!
>
> Have fun.....more to come at another time.....my fingers are tired, and I
> am working from memory only.....should go get some lists.....
>
> This is still incomplete - will addend as time permits.
>
> 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
> Emblems - 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
> Geschwindmarch by Beethoven (paraphrase of March W.w.O 18) - Hindemith *
> Konzertmusik fur Blasorchester - Hindemith *
> Symphony in Bb for Concert Band - Hindimith *
> Hammersmith - Holst
> Suite No. 1 in Eb - Holst *
> Suite No. 2 in F - Holst *
> Al Fresco - Karel Husa
> Divertimento for Brass and Percussion - Husa
> Music for Prague 1968 - Husa
> Apotheosis of the Earth - Husa (Husa views this as his best work for band)
> Country Band March - Charles Ives
> William Byrd Suite - Gordon Jacob *
> Dialogues and Entertainments - Willam Kraft
> The Good Soldier Schweik Suite - Robert Kurka *
> Overture for Band - Mendelssohn/ed. John Boyd) *
> Canzona - Peter Mennin *
> Oisseaux Exotiques - Messiaen
> Suite Francaise - Darius Milhaud
> Symphony No. 6 - Vincent Persichetti *
> Divertimento for Band - Vincent Persichetti *
> La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed *
> Scenes - Verne Reynolds
> Scenes Revisited - Verne Reynolds
> Theme and Variations - Arnold Schoenberg *
> Meditation - Guenther Schuller
> Symphony for Brass and Percussion - Guenther Schuller
> Symphony for Large Wind Orchestra (In Praise of Winds) - G. Schuller
> George Washington Bridge - William Schuman
> ....And the Mountains Rising Nowhere - Joseph Schwantner
> Dark Millinium - Joseph Schwanter
> {title?...part three of the above two} - Joseph Schwantner
> Circus Polka - Igor Stravinsky
> A Solemn Music - Virgil Thompson
> Postcards - Frank Ticheli *
> Trauersinfonie - Wagner/Leidzen
> note....there is also an edition of Trauersinfonie by Mike Votta
> Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughann Williams *
> Toccata Marziale - Ralph Vaughann Williams *
>
> EXCELLENT MUSIC FOR BAND/WIND ENSEMBLE:
> Rondo alla Turca - David Amram *
> 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
> Prelude, Fugue and Riffs - Bernstein/Grundman (Clarinet Solo)*
> 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
> Lads of Wamphray March - Grainger *
> The Power of Rome and the Christian Church - Grainger
> Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este - Reynaldo Hahn
> American Guernica - Adolphus Hailstork
> Coast Guard Overture - Walter Hartley *
> Pieces of Eight - Jack Hawes
> Bach Variations (Nine Etudes for Winds and Percusiion) - Sydney Hodkinson
> La Marche Sur La Bastille - Honegger
> Symphony No. 4 - Hovhaness
> Images of Song and Dance - Anthony Iannoccone
> After a Gentle Rain - Anthony Iannoccone
> Variations on "America" - Charles Ives/Schuman *
> An Original Suite for Military Band - Gordon Jacob *
> Music For a Festival - Gordon Jacob *
> Suite in Bb - Gordon Jacob *
> Three Merry Marches - Ernst Krenek *
> Propagula - Robert Linn
> A Child's Garden of Dreams - David Maslanka
> Prelude and Fugue - Vaclav Nelhybel *
> Sinfonia Resurrectionsis - Nelhybel
> Symphonic Movement - Nelhybel *
> Trittico - Nelhybel
> Elegy and Fanfare - Roger Nixon *
> Fiesta del Pacifico - Roger Nixon
> Pacific Celebration - Roger Nixon *
> Reflections - Roger Nixon
> Psalm for Band - Vincent Persichetti *
> Pageant - Vincent Persichetti
> Tunbridge Fair - Walter Piston *
> Athletic Festival March - Serge Prokofiev *
> March, Op. 99 - Serge Prokofiev *
> Dance Rhythms - Wallingford Riegger *
> Dionysiaques - Florent Schmitt *
> Chester Overture - William Schuman *
> When Jesus Wept - William Schuman
> Circus Overture - William Schuman
> Newsreel in Five Shots - William Schuman
> Folk Dances - Shostakovitch/ed. Reynolds *
> Ritmo Jondo - Carlos Surinach
> Paeans and Dances of Heathen Iberia - Carlos Surinach *
> Variations on "Mein Junge Leven hat ein End" - Sweelinck
> Grand Symphonic March - Tanese/Falcone *
> Amazing Grace - Frank Ticheli *
> Music for Winds and Percussion - Frank Ticheli
> Spiel fur Blas Orchester - Ernst Toch
> A Renaissance Fair - Bob Margolis *
> Five Miniatures - Joaquin Turina
> Fanfare and Allegro - Clifton Williams *
> Sea Songs - Ralph Vaughann Williams *
>
> 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 *
> Chorale and Alleluia - Howard Hanson
> Laude - Howard Hanson
> Sinfonia No. 4 - Hartley
> Finale from Symphony No. 1 in G Minor - Kalinnikov
> Armenian Dances - Aram Khachaturian *
> Three Choral Preludes - William Latham
> Joyous Interlude - Dai-Keong Lee
> Overture for Band - Missal *
> Domino Variations - Donald Moore
> Rocky Point Holiday - Ron Nelson *
> A Festival Prelude - Alfred Reed *
> Armenian Dances Pt II - Alfred Reed *
> Adagio para Orquesta de Instrumentos - Joaquin Rodrigo
> Emperata Overture - Claude T. Smith *
> Festival Variations - Claude T. Smith *
> Fortress - Frank Ticheli
> Cajun Folksongs - Frank Ticheli
> Battle Pavane - Bob Margolis
> Miniature Set for Band - White
> Dramatic Essay - Clifton Williams
> Pastorale - Clifton Williams
> Symphonic Suite - Clifton Williams
> The Sinfonians - Clifton Williams
> Mannin Veen - Hayden Wood *
> The Seafarer - Hayden Wood *
> The Bandstand, Hyde Park - Hayden Wood *
>
> TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR BAND THAT ARE EITHER APPROVED BY THE COMPOSER OR ARE OF
> EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY FOR BAND
> An Outdoor Overture - Copland
> El Salon Mexicao - Copland/Hindsley *
> Lincoln Portrait - Copland
> Variations on a Shaker Melody - Copland
> Marching Song - Holst *
> Fugue ala Gigue - Bach/Holst *
> English Dances (Set I and II) - Malcolm Arnold *
> Come Sweet Death - JS Bach/Reed
> My Soul Longeth to Depart in Peace - JS Bach/Calliet *
> Little Fugue in G Minor - JS Bach - JS Bach/Calliet *
> Fantasia in G Major - JS Bach/Goldman *
> Passacaglia and Fugatum in C minor - JS Bach/Falcone *
> Profonations - Bernstein/Grundman *
> Slava! - Bernstein/Grundman *
> Divertimento - Bernstein/Grundman *
> A Musical Toast - Bernstin/Grundman *
> Candide Overture - Bernstein/Grundman *
> Molly on the Shore - Grainger *
> Spoon River - Grainger/Bainum *
> Handel in the Strand - Grainger/Goldman *
> Immovable Do, the Cyphering C - Grainger *
> Scotch Strathspey and Reel - Grainger/Osmond *
> Symphonic Metamorphosis (Complete) - Hindemith *
> Colas Breugnon Overture - Kabalevsky/Beeler *
> Overture to the Opera "Le Roi D'ys" - Lalo/Godfrey *
> Wedding Dance - Jaques Press *
> Italian Polka - Rachmaninoff/Leidzen *
> Procession of Nobles - Rimsky-Korsakov/Leidzen *
> Italian in Algiers Overture - Rossini/Calliet *
> March Militaire Francaise from "Suite Algerienne" - Saint-Saens *
> Festive Overture - Shostakovitch/Hunsberger *
> Galop - Shostakovitch/Hunsberger *
> Prelude No. 14 - Shostakovitch/ed. Reynolds
> Three Revolutionary Marches - Smetena/Nehlybel *
> Allerseelen - Strauss *
> Pineapple Poll - Sir Arthur Sullivan *
> Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral - Wagner/Calliet *
> Crown Imperial - William Walton *
> March for Band - William Walton *
> Orb and Sceptre - William Walton *
> Polka and Fugue from Schwanda - Weinberger *
>
> FUN OR INTERESTING BUT QUESTIONABLE MUSICALITY?
> American Civil War Fantasy - Bilik *
> Dreams of a Psycopath - Mike Francis
> Armenian Dances Pt. I - Reed *
> Cave of the Winds - Russell Peck
>
>
> THIS LIST IS NOT ALL INCLUSIVE.....MUCH HAS BEEN LEFT OFF.....WILL ADDEND
> AT ANOTHER TIME