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£82.50Portal Ridge Overture - Larry MacTaggart
Portal, Nebraska, was one of many once-vibrant towns on the early frontier, full of ambition, determination, and pioneering spirit. Like many of these small communities, its long gone but its memories live on. Contrasting themes and musical colors paint a vibrant picture of frontier life on the great plains in the late 1800s.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.50A Festival Celebration - Travis J. Weller
Reward your students while taking the audience on a thrilling sonic journey. Part fanfare and part overture, this work pays homage to the great works students have experienced for generations. It opens with a majestic brass fanfare complemented by colorful woodwinds and percussion. A variety of textural and stylistic presentations leads to the closing flourish that rises from the bottom of the sound canvas to the top for a final resplendent fanfare restatement.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.50Liberty Square March - Chris Ferguson
Picture yourself in the town square as marching bands pass by celebrating a patriotic event. That heart pounding pulse, the shine of brass bells...it is infectious! This new, standard-form march from Chris Ferguson has all the trappings of the great marches of old.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£267.50Gloriosa - Symphonic Poem for Band (Complete) - Yasuhide Ito
A new acquisition by Bravo Music, this fresh printing of the 1990 masterwork by Yasuhide Ito features a newly engraved score, improved parts, good availability and value. This stirring and powerful homage to early Christianity in Japan profoundly andeloquently states the case of cross-cultural conflict and resolution.Commissioned in 1989 and premiered in 1990 by the Sasebo Band of the Maritime Self-Defense Force of Kyushu, southern Japan.Gloriosa is inspired by the songs of the Kakure-Kirishitan (Crypto-Christians) of Kyushu who continued to practice their faith surreptitiously after the ban of Christianity, which had been introduced to that southern region in the mid-16th century byRoman Catholic missionary Francisco Xavier. The worship brought with it a variety of western music.Though Christianity was proscribed in 1612 by authority of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo (today Tokyo), Kakure-Kirishitan continued advocating sermons and disguised songs. Melodies and lyrics such as Gregorian chant were obliged to be "Japanized".For example, the Latin word "Gloriosa" was changed to "Gururiyoza." This adaptation of liturgy for survival inspired Ito to write this piece in order to reveal and solve this unique cultural mystery.The composer explains:"Nagasaki district in Kyushu region continued to accept foreign culture even during the seclusion period, as Japan's only window to the outer world. After the proscription of Christianity, the faith was preserved and handed down in secret in theNagasaki and Shimabara areas of Kyushu region. My interest was piqued by the way in which the Latin words of Gregorian chants were gradually 'Japanized' during the 200 years of hidden practice of the Christian faith. That music forms the basis ofGloriosa."I. OratioThe Gregorian chant "Gloriosa" begins with the words, "O gloriosa Domina excelsa super sidera que te creavit provide lactasti sacro ubere." The first movement Oratio opens with bells sounding the hymn's initial phrases. The movement as a whole evokesthe fervent prayers and suffering of the Crypto-Christians.II. CantusThe second movement, Cantus showcases a brilliant blend of Gregorian chant and Japanese elements by opening with a solo passage for the ryuteki, a type of flute. The theme is based on San Juan-sama no Uta (The Song of Saint John), a 17th-century songcommemorating the "Great Martyrdom of Nagasaki" where a number of Kyushu Christians were killed in 1622.II. Dies FestusThe third and final movement, Dies Festus, takes as its theme the Nagasaki folk song, Nagasaki Bura Bura Bushi, where many Crypto-Christians lived.Gloriosa, fusing Gregorian chant and Japanese folk music, displays the most sophisticated counterpoint yet found in any Japanese composition for wind orchestra.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£78.95
S.C.D.B.A. Fanfare - Larry Clark
The letters in the title of this piece serve as its musical inspiration. The piece is designed as a concert opener and has qualities reminiscent of the great fanfares from composer John Williams. The music features tight harmonies with brass flourishes and soaring woodwind lines punctuated by timpani and percussion.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£65.50Mr. Sax Rocks Again - Joseph Compello
As one of Joe Compello's funkiest explorations of rock style yet, Mr. Sax Rocks Again should equal the great success of his earlier release, Rock to the Max, Mr. Sax. Mr. Sax Rocks Again is a perfect piece with which to showcase a saxophone section. The rock derived rhythms and bold scoring will have terrific appeal to young performers.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£65.50
Mountains of Mohan - Sean O'Loughlin
Mountains of Mohon is a stunning new work for developing band by popular composer Sean O'Loughlin. It depicts the struggle of new ideas and cultures colliding during the time of the great Westward expansion in America. A striking selection for your next contest/festival performance, this piece will highlight the strengths of your band. While easy to play, the result is truly impressive!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£106.95
Onward-Upward (March) - Edwin Franko Goldman
A delightful example of the Goldman style at its most infectious, this concert edition by Edward Lisk will make this charmer from the early 1930s available for a new generation of performers and listeners. Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956), who founded the Goldman band in 1918, was one of the great bandsmen who was inspired by the example of John Philip Sousa in creating the modern marching band repertoire.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£72.95Heartbreak Trail - David Bobrowitz
A musical depiction of the forced relocation of over 100,000 Native Americans in the 1830s, this composition is a remembrance of the great human rights atrocity and of this shameful period in American history. Capturing the sadness of those forced from their homelands while also representing their determination to survive, this musical representation of the ability of the human race to rise above injustice offers many cross-curricular educational opportunities.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£78.95
Eagle Lake March - Carl Strommen
Commissioned by a South Carolina Middle School Band, Eagle Lake March, has the stately character of the great British marches of Gustav Holst and Eric Coates. As with all good marches the main theme is memorably tuneful, and there is a fine collection of worthy counter melodies, as well. A modulation to F Major leads to a grandly scored and sonorous conclusion Duration: 4' Keys: Eb, F Ranges: Trumpet - F, Horn - Eb, Trombone - Eb
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days