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Author: Alphie
Date: 2002-01-06 13:50
Our Philharmonic ww-section is searching for arrangements of whatever, music to be performed by 4fl, 4ob, 4cl and 4bs, including picc, bcl, eh. and cbs.
My knowlege about American band culture is zero so my question is: Are American band arrangements usually written in a way that you can chose parts for the instruments that you have avalible and still have all the voices in the arrangement? Are there melody voices in C and Bb, middle voices in C, F and Eb and bass voices in C and Bb etc.etc...
Is it possible to find arrangements of popular songs, light classical music and/or marches that would work for us?
Is there a site where I can look for this kind of arr? Which publisher is big in this field and does anybody have any idea of any good particular pieces to be performed by a group like this?
Alphie
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-01-06 14:34
Take a look in the composition section for music for 8 performers. I'm sure I have something in there that will match this.
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Author: allencole
Date: 2002-01-06 20:11
Marches, light classics, & pop music could be tough. For Pop MUsic, there are basic arrangements with flexible instrumenation available for Pep Band. These should include rhythm section parts also.
For marches and light classics, you might try traditional German & Austrian band music. You have enough instrumentation to fill the parts, and it is very flexible. Most melody/harmony parts are for Flugelhorn, so some of your flutes and oboes may need to read directly from a condensed score.
Middle and bass parts are usually available both in concert key bass cleff, and in B-flat treble clef. Most of your E-flat and F parts are going to be stricly upbeats. There are also a lot of pop things available for this instrumentation, but most that I've played have been pretty crude.
Since you have so many flutes and oboes, though, it may be necessary for some of them to read needed parts straight from a condensed score.
One important note on the German/Austrian stuff. A lot of the best stuff is from around the turn of the century when Prussia and Austria-Hungary had band music written with collapsible instrumentation in mind. With more recent material, make sure that your vendor understands your situation.
Publishers to try are Hans Kliment (Austria) Georg Bauer, Karl Edelman, and Ewoton Musikverlag (Germany) Good luck.
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