Klarinet Archive - Posting 001042.txt from 1998/01

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: The Best Band Music - Epilogue II
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:37:07 -0500

Yup.......I was going from memory and it got left off....feel free to add
to it.....I am doing that now!

Roger

On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Jennifer Rose McKenna wrote:

> 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
>
>
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