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concert band A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion famil ...

repertoire.

Original works

This is an inclusive list of the accepted standard works written specifically for concert band or wind ensemble.

Cornerstone works

The following works are some of the most universally respected and established cornerstones of the band repertoire. All have "stood the test of time" through decades of regular performance, and many, either through an innovative use of the medium or by the fame of their composer, helped establish the wind band as a legitimate, serious performing ensemble. ;

Kenneth J. Alford Frederick Joseph Ricketts (21 February 1881 – 15 May 1945) was an English composer of marches for band. Under the pen name Kenneth J. Alford, he composed marches which are considered to be great examples of the art. He was a Bandmaster in th ...

(Fred J. Ricketts) :

Colonel Bogey The "Colonel Bogey March" is a Music of the United Kingdom, British March (music), march that was composed in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881–1945) (pen name Kenneth J. Alford), a British Army bandmaster who later became the director ...

(1914) ;

Samuel Barber Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. The music critic Donal Henahan said, "Proba ...

:Commando March (1943) ;

Robert Russell Bennett Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981) was an American composer and arranger, best known for his orchestration of many well-known Broadway and Hollywood musicals by other composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, ...

: Suite of Old American Dances (1949) :

Symphonic Songs for Band Composed in 1957, ''Symphonic Songs for Band'' is one of Robert Russell Bennett's most famous compositions for wind band. The work was commissioned for the National Intercollegiate Band by Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, national honorary ban ...

(1957) ;

Hector Berlioz In Greek mythology, Hector (; grc, Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, label=none, ) is a character in Homer's Iliad. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. Hector led the Trojans and their allies in the defense o ...

: Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15 (1840) ;

Arthur Bird Arthur Homer Bird (23 July 1856 – 22 December 1923) was an American composer, for many years resident in Germany. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied organ and composition in Berlin and spent a year at Weimar with Franz Liszt. He c ...

:Suite in D Major, Op. 29 (1889) ;

John Barnes Chance John Barnes Chance (November 20, 1932 – August 16, 1972) was an American composer. Chance studied composition with Clifton Williams at the University of Texas, Austin, and is best known for his concert band works, which include ''Variations ...

:Elegy (1972) :

Incantation and Dance ''Incantation and Dance'' is a piece composed by John Barnes Chance in 1960 as his first work for wind ensemble. Before it was published in 1963, it went under the working title of ''Nocturne and Dance.'' It has become a cornerstone work in wind ...

(1960) :Symphony No. 2 (1972) :

Variations on a Korean Folk Song ''Variations on a Korean Folk Song'' is a major musical piece written for concert band by John Barnes Chance in 1965. As the name implies, ''Variations'' consists of a set of variations on the Korean folk song "Arirang", which the composer heard ...

(1966) ;

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as "the Dean of American Com ...

:Emblems (1964) :Variations on a Shaker Melody (1944/1958) ;

Ingolf Dahl Ingolf Dahl (June 9, 1912 – August 6, 1970) was a German-born American composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Biography Dahl was born Walter Ingolf Marcus in Hamburg, Germany, to a German Jewish father, attorney Paul Marcus, and his Swed ...

:Saxophone Concerto (1948) :Sinfonietta (1961) ;

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czechs, Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravian traditional music, Moravia and his native Bohemia, following t ...

: Serenade in D Minor (1878) ;

Henry Fillmore Henry Fillmore (December 3, 1881 – December 7, 1956) was an American musician, composer, publisher, and bandleader, best known for his many marches and screamers, a few of which he wrote for the Band of the Hour at the University of Miami in ...

:Americans We (1929) :The Footlifter (1935) :His Honor (1933) ;

Morton Gould Morton Gould (December 10, 1913February 21, 1996) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist. Biography Morton Gould was born in Richmond Hill, New York, United States. He was recognized early as a child prodigy with abilities ...

:American Salute (1943) :Symphony No. 4 (West Point) (1952) ; Claudio Grafulla :Washington Grays (1861) ;

Percy Grainger Percy Aldridge Grainger (born George Percy Grainger; 8 July 188220 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who lived in the United States from 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918. In the course of a long an ...

: Irish Tune from County Derry (1918) :

Lincolnshire Posy ''Lincolnshire Posy'' is a musical composition by Percy Grainger for concert band commissioned in 1937 by the American Bandmasters Association. Considered by John Bird, the author of Grainger's biography, to be his masterpiece, the work has six ...

(1937) :

Country Gardens "Country Gardens" is regarded as an old English folk tune traditionally used for Morris dancing, but it is unlikely to be of folk origin as it was first composed for an opera. It was introduced by traditional folk musician William Kimber to Cecil ...

(1928) ;

Howard Hanson Howard Harold Hanson (October 28, 1896 – February 26, 1981)''The New York Times'' – Obituaries. Harold C. Schonberg. February 28, 1981 p. 1011/ref> was an American composer, conductor, educator, music theorist, and champion of American class ...

:Chorale and Alleluia (1954) ;

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Ne ...

: Symphony in B-flat (1951) ;

Gustav Holst Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite ''The Planets'', he composed many other works across a range ...

:Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52 (1930) : First Suite in E-flat Major, Op. 28/1 (1909) : Second Suite in F Major, Op. 28/2 (1911) ;

Karel Husa Karel Husa (August 7, 1921 – December 14, 2016) was a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. In 1954, he emigrated to t ...

: Music for Prague (1968) :Apotheosis of This Earth (1971) ;

Gordon Jacob Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE (5 July 18958 June 1984) was an English composer and teacher. He was a professor at the Royal College of Music in London from 1924 until his retirement in 1966, and published four books and many articles about m ...

:An Original Suite (1928) :William Byrd Suite (1923) ;

Joseph Willcox Jenkins Joseph Willcox Jenkins (15 February 1928 – 31 January 2014) was an American composer, professor of music, and musician. During his military service in the Korean War, he became the first arranger for the United States Army Chorus. He ended h ...

:American Overture for Band, Op. 13 (1956) ;

David Maslanka David Maslanka (August 30, 1943 – August 7, 2017) was an American composer of Polish descent who wrote for a variety of genres, including works for choir, wind ensemble, chamber music, and symphony orchestra. Best known for his wind ensemble c ...

:''A Child's Garden of Dreams'' (1981) ;

Peter Mennin Peter Mennin (born Mennini) (May 17, 1923 in Erie, Pennsylvania – June 17, 1983 in New York City) was a prominent American composer, teacher and administrator. In 1958, he was named Director of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and in ...

:Canzona (1951) ;

Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...

:Suite Française (1944) ; Camillo de Nardis :The Universal Judgment (1878) ; Ron Nelson :

Rocky Point Holiday ''Rocky Point Holiday'' is a composition for wind ensemble by Ron Nelson. It was written in 1966Concert Program of CBDNA 14th National Conference at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan in February 1967. on a summer vacation in Rocky Point, ...

(1966) ;

W. Francis McBeth William Francis McBeth (March 9, 1933 – January 6, 2012) was an American composer, whose wind band works are highly respected. His primary musical influences included Clifton Williams, Bernard Rogers, and Howard Hanson. The popularity of his ...

:Masque (1968) ;

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...

:Overture in C Major for Wind Band (Ouvertüre für Harmoniemusik) Op. 24 (1824) ;

Vincent Persichetti Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own wo ...

:Divertimento, Op. 42 (1950) :Psalm for Band, Op. 53 (1953) :Symphony No. 6, Op. 69 (1956) ;

Walter Piston Walter Hamor Piston, Jr. (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University. Life Piston was born in Rockland, Maine at 15 Ocean Street to Walter Ha ...

:Tunbridge Fair (1950) ;

Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...

:March in B-flat Major, Op. 99 (1944) ;

Alfred Reed Alfred Reed (January 25, 1921 – September 17, 2005) was an American neoclassical composer, with more than two hundred published works for concert band, orchestra, chorus, and chamber ensemble to his name. He also traveled extensively as a ...

: Armenian Dances (Part I) (1972) : Armenian Dances (Part II) (1976) :

Russian Christmas Music ''Russian Christmas Music'' is a musical piece for symphonic band, written by Alfred Reed in 1944. It is one of the most frequently performed pieces of concert band literature. Reed was commissioned to write a piece of "Russian music" for a concer ...

(1968) ;

H. Owen Reed Herbert Owen Reed (June 17, 1910 – January 6, 2014) was an American composer, conductor, and author. Personal life Reed was raised in rural Odessa, Missouri, where his first exposure to music was his father's playing of the old-time fiddle ...

:La Fiesta Mexicana (1949) ;

Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...

:Scherzo (1863) ;

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

:Orient et Occident, Op. 25 (1869) ;

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

:Theme and Variations, Op. 43a (1943) ;

William Schuman William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator. Life Schuman was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan, New York City, son of Samuel and Rachel Schuman. He was named after the 27th U.S. ...

:George Washington Bridge (1950) ;

Joseph Schwantner Joseph Clyde Schwantner (born March 22, 1943, Chicago, Illinois) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, educator and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 2002. He was awarded the 1970 Charles Ives Prize. Schwantner ...

:...and the mountains rising nowhere (1977) ; John P. Sousa :

Semper Fidelis ''Semper fidelis'' () is a Latin phrase that means "always faithful" or "always loyal" (Fidelis or Fidelity). It is the motto of the United States Marine Corps, usually shortened to Semper Fi. It is also in use as a motto for towns, families, ...

(1888) :

Stars and Stripes Forever "The Stars and Stripes Forever" is a patriotic American march written and composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896. By a 1987 act of the U.S. Congress, it is the official National March of the United States of America. History In his 1928 autobi ...

(1896) :

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

(1889) ;

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...

:Sonatina No 1 in F major ''(Aus der Werkstatt eines Invaliden)'' (1943) ;

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...

Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments The Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments was written by Igor Stravinsky in Paris in 1923–24. This work was revised in 1950. It was composed four years after the '' Symphonies of Wind Instruments'', which he wrote upon his arrival in Paris afte ...

(1924) : Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920/rev. 1947) ;

Carl Teike Carl Albert Hermann Teike (5 February 1864 – 28 May 1922) was a German composer who wrote over 100 military band, military march (music), marches and twenty concert works. Biography Born the son of a blacksmith in Stettin-Altdamm, Province ...

:Old Comrades (

Alte Kameraden "" ("Old Comrades") is the title of a popular German military march. It is included in the ''Armeemarschsammlung'' as HM II, 150. History The march was written around 1889 in Ulm, Germany, by military music composer Carl Teike. Teike wrote many ...

) (1889) ; Jaime Texidor :

Amparito Roca Amparito Roca is the name of a piece of music composed in 1925 by Spanish musician and composer Jaime Teixidor (1884–1957) who named it after one of his piano students, then 12-year-old Amparito Roca (1905–1977). It was first performed in Sept ...

(1925) ;

Clifton Williams Clifton Curtis Williams Jr. (September 26, 1932 – October 5, 1967), was an American naval aviator, test pilot, mechanical engineer, major in the United States Marine Corps, and NASA astronaut, who was killed in a plane crash; he never went in ...

:Symphonic Suite (1957) :Fanfare and Allegro (1956) :Symphonic Dance No. 3: Fiesta (1967) ;

Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

English Folk Song Suite ''English Folk Song Suite'' is one of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams' most famous works. It was first published for the military band as ''Folk Song Suite'' and its premiere was given at Kneller Hall on 4 July 1923, conducted by Lt Hec ...

(1923) :Flourish for Wind Band (1939) :Toccata Marziale (1924)

Respected works

These pieces may not necessarily be quite as universally acknowledged as the above list, but occupy an extremely important place in the repertoire nonetheless. Like the previous works, they have proven themselves through many performances, most over a span of decades. ;

David Amram David Werner Amram III (born November 17, 1930) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor of orchestral, chamber, and choral works, many with jazz flavorings.

:''King Lear Variations'' (1966) ; James Barnes :''Symphonic Overture'' (1991) :Symphony No. 2 :Third Symphony "The Tragic" (1994) :''Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Nicolo Paganini'' :''Alvamar Overture'' (1981) ; C.L. Barnhouse :''The Battle of Shiloh'' (1888) ;

Leslie Bassett Leslie Raymond Bassett (22 January 1923 – 4 February 2016) was an American composer of classical music. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Bassett had a lifelong relationship with the University of Michigan School of Music. ...

:Concerto Grosso (1982) :''Designs, Images and Textures'' (1965) :''Lullaby for Kirsten'' (1985) :''Sounds, Shapes and Symbols'' (1977) ;

David Bedford David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music. He was the brother of the conductor Steuart Bedford, the grandson of the composer, painter ...

:''Sun Paints Rainbows over the Vast Waves'' (1982) ;

Frank Bencriscutto Frank Bencriscutto (September 21, 1928 – August 28, 1997), nicknamed "Dr. Ben," was an American conductor and composer of concert band music. Bencriscutto was Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota for thirty-two ...

:''Latina'' (1964) :''Let the Light Shine'' (1978) ;

Richard Rodney Bennett Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 193624 December 2012) was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist and occasional vocalist. He was based in New York City from 1979 until his death there in 2012.Zachary Woo ...

:''Morning Music'' (1986) ;

Warren Benson Warren Benson (January 26, 1924 – October 6, 2005) was an American composer. His compositions consist mostly of music for wind instruments and percussion. His most notable piece is titled ''The Leaves Are Falling''. Biography Benson was born in ...

:Concertino for Alto Saxophone and Band (1954) :''The Leaves Are Falling'' (1963) :''The Passing Bell'' (1974) :''Recuerdo'' (1966) :''The Solitary Dancer'' (1966) :Symphony for Drums and Wind Orchestra (1963) :Symphony No. 2, "Lost Songs" (1983) :''Wings'' (1984) ;

Jerry Bilik Jerry H. Bilik (born October 7, 1933 in New Rochelle, New York, United States) is an American composer, arranger, songwriter, conductor, and director of stage productions. Bilik studied with Tibor Serly who had been a student of Béla Bartók. He ...

:''Block M'' (1955) ; Giouse Bonelli :Symphonic Concert March (1968) ;

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:''Children's Overture'' (1964) ;

Houston Bright Robert Houston Bright (January 21, 1916 – December 8, 1970) was a composer of Music of the United States, American music, known primarily for his choral works. The best-known of these is an original spiritual "I Hear a Voice A-Prayin'," but he wr ...

:Prelude and Fugue in F minor (1960) ;

Howard Cable Howard Reid Cable (December 15, 1920March 30, 2016) was a conductor, arranger, music director, composer, and radio and television producer. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Biography Cable received an Associate diploma (ATCM) from The R ...

:''Newfoundland Rhapsody'' (1956) :''Quebec Folk Fantasy'' (1953) :''Snake Fence Country'' (1954) ;

Alfredo Casella Alfredo Casella (25 July 18835 March 1947) was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor. Life and career Casella was born in Turin, the son of Maria (née Bordino) and Carlo Casella. His family included many musicians: his grandfather, a f ...

:Introduzione, Corale e Marcia, Op. 57 (1935) ;

Michael Colgrass Michael Charles Colgrass (April 22, 1932 – July 2, 2019) was an American-born Canada-based musician, composer, and educator. Life and career Colgrass was born in Brookfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His musical career began in Chicag ...

:'' Winds of Nagual'' (1985) ;

John Corigliano John Paul Corigliano Jr. (born February 16, 1938) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. His scores, now numbering over one hundred, have won him the Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, an ...

:''Gazebo Dances'' (1973) : Symphony No. 3 ''Circus Maximus'' (2004) ;

Paul Creston Paul Creston (born Giuseppe Guttoveggio; October 10, 1906 – August 24, 1985) was an Italian American composer of classical music. Biography Born in New York City to Sicilian immigrants, Creston was self-taught as a composer. His work ten ...

:''Celebration Overture'' (1955) ;

James Curnow James Curnow (born 17 April 1943) is a composer of music for concert bands, brass bands, vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles. Curnow has also written arrangements of music pieces such as Trumpet Voluntary. He has taught at both public s ...

:''Where Never Lark Or Eagle Flew'' (1993) ; Elliot Del Borgo :''Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night'' (1978) ;

Norman Dello Joio Norman Dello Joio (January 24, 1913July 24, 2008) was an American composer active for over half a century. He won a 1957 Pulitzer Prize#Letters, Drama, Pulitzer Prize in 1957. Life Dello Joio was born Nicodemo DeGioio in New York City to It ...

:''Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn'' (1968) :''Satiric Dances: For a Comedy by Aristrophanes'' (1975) :''Scenes from the Louvre'' (1966) :''Variants on a Mediaeval Tune'' (1963) ;

Thomas C. Duffy Thomas C. Duffy, DMA (born June 17, 1955) is Professor (adjunct) of Music and the Director of Bands at Yale University. Biography Duffy received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education (magna cum laude) and Master of Music in Composition fr ...

:''Crystals'' (1985) ; Frank Erickson :Air for Band (1956) :Toccata for Band (1957) ; Paul Fauchet :Symphony in B−flat (Symphonie pour musique d′harmonie) (1926) ;

:''The Klaxon'' (1929) :''Military Escort'' (1928) :'' Rolling Thunder'' (1916) ;

Luboš Fišer Luboš Fišer (30 September 1935 – 22 June 1999) was a Czech composer, born in Prague. He was known both for his soundtracks and chamber music. From 1952 to 1956 he studied composition at the Prague Conservatory The Prague Conservatory ...

:''Report'' (1971) ; Julius Fučík :''The Florentiner March'' (1907) ;

Vittorio Giannini Vittorio Giannini (October 19, 1903 – November 28, 1966) was an American neoromantic composer of operas, songs, symphonies, and band works. Life and work Giannini was born in Philadelphia on October 19, 1903. He began as a violinist under the t ...

:Symphony No. 3 (1959) ;

David Gillingham David R. Gillingham (born October 20, 1947) is an American contemporary composer, who is known for his works for concert band and percussion ensemble. Biography He attended the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh for his undergraduate degree in M ...

:''Heroes Lost and Fallen'' (1990) ;

Edwin Franko Goldman Edwin Franko Goldman (January 1, 1878 – February 21, 1956) was an American composer and conductor. One of the most significant American band composers of the early 20th century, Goldman composed over 150 works, but is best known for his marches. ...

:''On the Mall'' (1924) ;

:''Derivations'' (1956) :''Jericho'' (1939) ;

:" Children's March: Over the Hills and Far Away" (1918) :'' Colonial Song'' (1928) :''The "Gumsuckers" March'' (1928) :Handel in the Strand (1911) :''

Molly on the Shore ''Molly on the Shore'' is a composition by Percy Aldridge Grainger. It is an arrangement of two contrasting Irish reels, "Temple Hill" and "Molly on the Shore" that present the melodies in a variety of textures and orchestrations, giving each secti ...

'' (1921) :''Shepherd's Hey'' (1918) ;

Samuel Hazo Samuel Robert Hazo (born 1966) is an American composer, primarily of music for concert band. Biography Hazo is the son of the poet and playwright Samuel John Hazo and his wife, Mary Anne. After elementary and secondary schooling in the Upp ...

:''Arabesque'' (2008) ;

Clare Grundman Clare (Ewing) Grundman (May 11, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio – June 15, 1996 in South Salem, New York) was an American composer and arranger.Raoul F. Camus, ''Grove online'' Biography He was born in Cleveland and graduated from Shaw High School ...

:''Kentucky 1800'' (1954) ;

Kenneth Hesketh Kenneth Hesketh (born 20 July 1968) is a British composer of contemporary classical music in numerous genres including dance, orchestral, chamber, vocal and solo. He has also composed music for wind and brass bands as well as seasonal music for ...

:''Masque'' (1987) ;

Frigyes Hidas Frigyes Hidas (; 25 May 1928 – 7 March 2007) was a Hungarian composer. Hidas was born and died in Budapest, where he studied composition at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with János Visky. After his studies, he was the musical director ...

:''Merry Music'' (1983) ;

David Holsinger David R. Holsinger is an American composer and conductor writing primarily for concert band. Holsinger is a graduate of Hardin-Central High School in Hardin, Missouri, Central Methodist University, the University of Central Missouri, and the ...

:''In the Spring, at the Time When Kings Go Off to War'' (1986) :''Liturgical Dances'' (1981) :''To Tame the Perilous Skies'' (1992) :''On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss'' (1988) ;

Alan Hovhaness Alan Hovhaness (; March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American-Armenian composer. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts indicate over 70) and ...

:Symphony No. 4 (1959) ;

: Concerto for Wind Ensemble (1982) ;

:''Music for a Festival'' (1951) ;

Robert Jager Robert Edward Jager (born August 25, 1939) is an American composer, music theorist and a conductor. Life Jager was born in Binghamton, New York on August 25, 1939. From 1962 to 1965 he was arranger/composer for the US-Navy Armed Forces School ...

:''Diamond Variations'' (1967) :''Esprit De Corps'' (1984) :Third Suite (1966) ;

Tristan Keuris Tristan Keuris (3 October 1946 in Amersfoort – 15 December 1996 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer. Life and career Keuris initially studied with Jan van Vlijmen in Amersfoort. At the age of 15 he started his studies with Ton de Leeuw at the U ...

:''Catena'' (1988) ;

Karl King Karl L. King (February 21, 1891 – February 19, 1971) was a United States march music bandmaster and composer. He is best known as the composer of "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite". The most expensive painting in Iowa, the "Karl L. King Portrait ...

:Barnum and Bailey′s Favorite (1913) :Broadway One−step, or Two−step (1919) ; Boris Kozhevnikov :Symphony No. 3: ''Slavyanskaya'' (1950/rev. 1958) ;

Robert Kurka Robert Frank Kurka (December 22, 1921 – December 12, 1957) was an American composer, who also taught and conducted his own works. Biography Kurka was born in Cicero, Illinois. He was mostly self-taught as a musician. He studied for short period ...

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" Suite (1956) ;

Elizabeth Maconchy Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy LeFanu (; 19 March 1907 – 11 November 1994) was an Irish-English composer. She is considered to be one of the finest composers Great Britain and Ireland have produced. Biography Elizabeth Violet Maconchy was b ...

:Music for Woodwind and Brass (1965) ;

Martin Mailman Martin S. Mailman (30 June 1932, in New York City – 18 April 2000, in Denton, Texas) was an American composer noted for his music for orchestra, chorus, multimedia, and winds. Biography He was born in New York City on June 30, 1932. He studie ...

:''For precious friends hid in death's dateless night'' (1988) :''Liturgical Music'' (1963) ; Pascual Marquina :

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(1921) ;

:Symphony No. 4 (1993) ;

:''Of Sailors and Whales'' (1990) ;

Johan de Meij Johannes Abraham "Johan" de Meij (; born November 23, 1953 in Voorburg) is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, and composer, best known for his '' Symphony No. 1'' for wind ensemble, nicknamed ''The Lord of the Rings'' symphony. Biography Johan de ...

: Symphony No. 1 ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1984–88) :Symphony No. 2 "The Big Apple" (1993) : T-Bone Concerto (1996) ;

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically ...

:''

Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum ''Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum'' (And I await the resurrection of the dead) is a work for wind orchestra by Olivier Messiaen, written in 1964 and first performed the following year. It is composed in five movements. Genesis Messiaen was ...

'' (1964) :''

Oiseaux exotiques ''Oiseaux exotiques'' (''Exotic birds'') is a piece for piano and small orchestra by Olivier Messiaen. It was written between 5 October 1953 and 3 January 1956 and was commissioned by Pierre Boulez. It is dedicated to Yvonne Loriod, the composer ...

'' (1956) ; Vaclav Nelhybel :''Antiphonale'' (1972) :''Festivo'' (1968) :''Trittico'' (1965) ; Ron Nelson :''Medieval Suite'' (1983) :Passacaglia (''Homage on B-A-C-H'') (1992) ;

Roger Nixon Roger Alfred Nixon (August 8, 1921 – October 13, 2009) was an American composer, musician, and professor of music. He wrote over 60 compositions for orchestra, band, choir and opera. Nixon received multiple awards and honors for his works, m ...

:''Festival Fanfare March'' (1971) :''Fiesta del Pacifico'' (1966) :''Music of Appreciation'' (1944) ;

:''Masquerade'', Op. 102 (1965) :''Pageant'', Op. 59 (1954) :Parable IX, Op. 121 (1972) ;

:''A Festival Prelude'' (1962) :''First Suite for Band'' (1976) :''

The Hounds of Spring ''The Hounds of Spring'' is a concert overture for concert band, written by the American composer, Alfred Reed in 1980. Reed was inspired by the poem ''Atalanta in Calydon'' (1865), by Victorian era English poet, Algernon Charles Swinburne, a recre ...

'' (1980) ;

Anton Reicha Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, he is now best reme ...

:''Commemoration Symphony'' (1815) ;

Ottorino Respighi Ottorino Respighi ( , , ; 9 July 187918 April 1936) was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. List of compositions by Ottorino Respighi, His compositions r ...

:''Huntingtower'', P. 173 (1932) ;

Vincent Frank Safranek Vincent Frank "V.F." Safranek (March 24, 1867 in Bohemia – September 7, 1955 in San Diego) was a Czech American musician. Safranek came to the United States at an early age. His father John was Chief Musician in the 34th Infantry in 1899. S ...

:Atlantis (The Lost Continent) Suite in Four Parts (1913) ;

Florent Schmitt Florent Schmitt (; 28 September 187017 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are ''La tragédie de Salome'' and ''Psaume XLVII'' (Psalm 47). He has been described as "one of the ...

:''Dionysiaques'' (1913) ;

Gunther Schuller Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician. Biography and works Early years Schuller was born in Queens, New York City, ...

:''Diptych for Brass Quintet and Concert Band'' (1964) :''Meditation'' (1963) :''On Winged Flight'' (1989) :Symphony for Brass and Percussion, Op. 16 (1950) :Symphony No. 3 ''In Praise of Winds'' (1981) ;

:''From a Dark Millennium'' (1981) ; John P. Sousa :''

The Thunderer "The Thunderer" is a march composed by John Philip Sousa in 1889. The origin of the name is not officially known, though it is speculated that it gets its name from the "pyrotechnic ffectsof the drum and bugle in hescore." It is also one of Sou ...

'' (1889) :'' High School Cadets'' (1890) :'' The Fairest of the Fair'' (1908) :''The Pathfinder of Panama'' (1915) :''Sabre and Spurs'' (1918) ;

Claude T. Smith Claude Thomas Smith (March 14, 1932 – December 13, 1987) was an American band conductor, composer, and music educator. His compositions include ''Flight'', adopted as the "Official March" of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian I ...

:''Emperata Overture'' (1964) :''Festival Variations'' (1982) :''Flight'' (1984) :''Incidental Suite'' (1966) ;

Philip Sparke Philip Allen Sparke (born 29 December 1951) is an English composer and musician born in London, noted for his concert band and brass band music. His early major works include ''The Land of the Long White Cloud – "Aotearoa"'', written for t ...

:''Jubilee Overture'' (1983) ; Eric Stokes :''The Continental Harp and Band Report'' (1975) ;

:''Festmusik der Stadt Wien'' (1943) ;

James Swearingen James Swearingen (born 1947) is an American composer and arranger. He holds a Master’s Degree from the Ohio State University and a Bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and is Professor of Music Emeritus, Department Chair of ...

:''Novena'' (1980) ;

Frank Ticheli Frank Ticheli (born January 21, 1958) is an American composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and concert band works. He lives in Los Angeles, California, where he is a Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California. He was ...

:''Blue Shades'' (1996) :''Vesuvius'' (1997) ;

Virgil Thomson Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as a modernist, a neoromantic, a neoclassic ...

:''A Solemn Music'' (1949) ;

Fisher Tull Fisher Aubrey Tull, Jr. (September 23, 1934 – August 23, 1994), known professionally as Fisher A. Tull, aka Mickey Tull, was an American composer, arranger, educator, administrator, and trumpeter. Life and career Tull was born in Waco, Texas, ...

:''Sketches on a Tudor Psalm'' (1971) ;

:''Caccia and Chorale'' (1973) :''Dedicatory Overture'' (1964) :Symphonic Dance No. 3 ''Fiesta'' :''Festival'' (1962) :''Sinfonians'' (1960) ;

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...

:''Kleine Dreigroschenmusik'' (1929) ;

Dana Wilson Dana Richard Wilson (born 1946) is an American composer, jazz pianist, and teacher. He grew up in Wilton, CT, and holds a B.A. from Bowdoin College, an M.A. from the University of Connecticut, and a doctorate from the Eastman School of Music. ...

:''Piece of Mind'' (1987) ;

Haydn Wood Haydn Wood (25 March 1882 – 11 March 1959) was a 20th-century English composer and concert violinist, best known for his 200 or so ballad style songs, including the popular ''Roses of Picardy''. Life Haydn Wood was born in the West Riding ...

:''Mannin Veen'' (1938) ;

Guy Woolfenden Guy Anthony Woolfenden (12 July 1937 – 15 April 2016) was an English composer and conductor. Biography Woolfenden was born in Ipswich and educated at Westminster Abbey Choir School, London, and Whitgift School, Croydon. He studied music a ...

:''Gallimaufry'' (1983) :''Illyrian Dances'' (1986) ;

:''Sea Songs'' (1923) ;

John Zdechlik John Zdechlik (''Zuh-DECK-lik''; May 2, 1937 – May 21, 2020) was an American composer, music teacher, and conductor. Zdechlik was elected to the American Bandmasters Association and many of his compositions became standard concert band reper ...

:'' Chorale and Shaker Dance'' (1971)

Recent works

The following works are rapidly gaining acceptance as standard repertoire. Most have been composed within the last 30 years. ;

:Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra (1993) :The Four Seasons (1991) ; Steven Bryant : Concerto for Wind Ensemble (2007) :Dusk (2004) :Ecstatic Waters (2008) ;

Mark Camphouse Mark Camphouse (born 1954 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an Americans, American composer and conductor who has written primarily for concert band, symphonic band, but whose output also includes works for orchestra, choir and chamber brass. A product o ...

:A Movement for Rosa (1992) ; :Asgard, 1st. symphony (2003) :States of mind, 2nd. symphony (2008) :Cue Sheets (2008) :Portraits of Spain (2004) :Hyphotesis for parallel souls (for marimba, flute and wind band) :The rise of the phoenix (2009) :El atardecer de los inocentes (2007) :Wink at you (2011) ; :Poema Alpestre (1999) :Symphony No. 1, "The Archangels" (2015) :Symphony No. 2, "Views of Edo" (2018) ; Óscar Navarro :El Arca de Noe (2005) :Las Siete Trompetas del Apocalipsis (2011) :II Concierto para clarinete y banda (2013) :El Olimpo de los Dioses :Expedition :El ilustre marino :Hispania :Legacy. Concierto para oboe y banda sinfónica :Libertadores :Hell and Heaven. Symphony n.1 for wind band (2019) ;

:Urban Requiem (1996) ;

Greg Danner Greg Danner (born May 16, 1958) is a contemporary American composer, educator, and professional musician. He is currently the composer-in-residence and professor at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee. He is the 2010 Composer's Gui ...

:Walls of Zion (1999) :Critical Speed (2001) :The Greatest Generation (2009) ;

Michael Daugherty Michael Kevin Daugherty (born April 28, 1954) is an American composer, pianist, and teacher. He is influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and Postmodernism. Daugherty's notable works include his Superman comic book-inspired ''Metropolis Sym ...

Bells for Stokowski ''Bells for Stokowski'' for Orchestra and for Symphonic Band by American composer Michael Daugherty, is a 14-minute, single-movement tribute to one of the most prominent 20th century conductors, Leopold Stokowski. ''Bells for Stokowski'' for Orche ...

(2001) :

Niagara Falls Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, ...

(1997) ;

Eric Ewazen Eric Ewazen (; born March 1, 1954, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American composer and teacher. Biography Ewazen studied composition under Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, Gunther Schuller, Joseph Schwantner, Warren Benson, and Eugene Kurtz at the Eas ...

:A Hymn for the Lost and the Living (2001) ;

Aldo Rafael Forte Aldo Rafael Forte (b. Havana, Cuba, 1953) is an American composer of Cuban descent . References

1953 births American male composers 21st-century American composers Living people 21st-century American male musicians {{US-composer-20thC ...

:Synergy! (1997) ; Rossano Galante :Transcendant Journey (2005) :Afterlife (2015) :Cry Of The Last Unicorn (2011) ;

Michael Gandolfi Michael James Gandolfi (born July 5, 1956) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He chairs the composition department at the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC). Gandolfi was born in Melrose, Massachusetts. He taught h ...

:Vientos y Tangos (2003) ;

:Apocalyptic Dreams (1997) :Galactic Empires (1998) :With Heart and Voice (2000) ;

Julie Giroux Julie Ann Giroux (born December 12, 1961 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts) is an American pianist and composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and numerous concert band works. Biography Giroux graduated from Ouachita Parish High School, in Monroe, ...

:Culloden (2000) :No Finer Calling (2007) :Khan (2008) ; Peter Graham :Harrison's Dream (2001) ; Ferrer Ferran :Comic Overture (2012) :En un lugar de La Mancha (2003) :El Misteri del foc (2007) :Dragut El Pirata (2018) :La Passió de Crist. Sinfonia n.2 (2001) :Desert Storm. Symphony n.1 (2000) :The Colossus. Symphony n.4 (2011) :The Great Spirity. Symphony n.3 (2005) ;

Donald Grantham Donald Grantham (born November 9, 1947) is an American composer and music educator. Grantham was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. After receiving a Bachelor of Music from the University of Oklahoma, he went on to receive his MM and DMA from the Univers ...

:Fantasy Variations (1997) :J'ai été au bal (1995) :Southern Harmony (1998) :Baron Cimetière's Mambo (2004) ;

Edward Gregson Edward Gregson (born 23 July 1945) is an English composer of instrumental and choral music, particularly for brass and wind bands and ensembles, as well as music for the theatre, film, and television. He was also principal of the Royal Northern ...

:Celebration (1991) ;

:Ride (2003) :Perthshire Majesty (2003) :Fantasy On A Japanese Folk Song (2008) ;

John Harbison John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938) is an American composer, known for his symphonies, operas, and large choral works. Life John Harris Harbison was born on December 20, 1938, in Orange, New Jersey, to the historian Elmore Harris Harb ...

:Three City Blocks (1991) ;

Evan Hause Evan Hause (born 1967) is an American composer, percussionist and conductor. Hause has composed over one hundred works ranging from rock music to opera. Biography and career After growing up in Greenville, North Carolina, he earned the Doctor o ...

:Tango Variations (2009) ;

:Diaghilev Dances (2002) ;

Yasuhide Ito is a contemporary Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry o ...

: Gloriosa (1990) ; Brant Karrick :Bayou Breakdown (2003) :They Shall Run And Be Free (2007) ;

Scott Lindroth Scott Allen Lindroth (born 1958) is an American composer and teacher based near Durham, North Carolina. Lindroth joined the faculty of Duke University in 1990, where he is the Vice-Provost for the Arts and the Kevin D. Gorter Associate Professo ...

:Spin Cycle (2001) ; John Mackey :The Frozen Cathedral (2013) :Kingfishers Catch Fire (2006) :Redline Tango (2004) :Aurora Awakes (2009) :Asphalt Cocktail (2009) :Hymn to a Blue Hour (2010) :Wine-Dark Sea (2014) ;

James MacMillan Sir James Loy MacMillan, (born 16 July 1959) is a Scottish classical composer and conductor. Early life MacMillan was born at Kilwinning, in North Ayrshire, but lived in the East Ayrshire town of Cumnock until 1977. His father is James MacMi ...

:Sowetan Spring (1990) ;

:Give Us This Day: Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble (2006) :''Hymn for World Peace'' (2014) :''Traveler'' (2003) ;

Nicholas Maw John Nicholas Maw (5 November 1935 – 19 May 2009) was a British composer. Among his works are the operas '' The Rising of the Moon'' (1970) and ''Sophie's Choice'' (2002). Biography Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Maw was the son of Clarence ...

:American Games (1991) ;

Scott McAllister Scott McAllister (born 1969) is an American composer and clarinetist. Born in Vero Beach, Florida, McAllister received a DMA from Rice University. He is particularly noted for his pieces featuring clarinet, including ''Black Dog'' (based on hard r ...

:Black Dog (for Clarinet & Band, 2003) ;

Cindy McTee Cindy McTee (born February 20, 1953) is an American composer and educator. Early life and education McTee was born in Tacoma, Washington. She studied at Pacific Lutheran University, the Academy of Music in Kraków, Yale University, and the Univers ...

:Circuits (1990) ; Andres Valero :Dredred (1999) :Polifemo (2000) :La Vall de la Murta. Sinfonía n.1 (2002) :Teogónica. Sinfonía n.2 (2003) ;

Lior Navok Lior Navok (born September 6, 1971) (Hebrew: ליאור נבוק) is an Israeli classical composer, conductor and pianist. He was born in Tel Aviv. His music has been performed internationally by orchestras and ensembles including the Oper Frankf ...

:Gleams from the Bosom of Darkness (2002) :Tetris (2009) ; Ron Nelson :Courtly Airs and Dances (1996) :Epiphanies (Fanfares and Chorales) (1994) :Lauds (1991) :Sonoran Desert Holiday (1994) ;

Carter Pann Carter Pann (born February 21, 1972 in La Grange, Illinois) is an American composer. He studied composition and piano at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. His ...

:Slalom (2003) ; Marco Pütz :Derivations (2003) :Four Sketches (2007) ;

Steven Reineke Steven Reineke (born September 14, 1970) is a conductor, composer, and arranger from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the Music Director of The New York Pops. He currently resides in New York City. Biography Reineke was born in 1970 in Tipp City, Ohio a ...

:Symphony No.1, New Day Rising (2007) ;

Jan Van der Roost Jan Van der Roost (born Duffel, 1956) is a Belgian composer. Van der Roost was educated at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven (1974-1979), and followed further studies at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent and the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp. ...

:Suite Provençale (1992) ; Rolf Rudin :The Dream of Oenghus, Op. 37 (1996) ;

:In Evening's Stillness (1996) :Recoil (2004) ;

Robert Sheldon Robert Edward Sheldon, Baron Sheldon PC (born Isaac Ezra Shamash; 13 September 1923 – 2 February 2020) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton under Lyne from 1964 to 2001. E ...

:Metroplex (2006) :Chanteys (2000) :As a Wind From The North (2006) ; Robert W. Smith :

The Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' ( it, Divina Commedia ) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun 1308 and completed in around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and ...

(1995) :

The Odyssey The ''Odyssey'' (; grc, Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia, ) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Iliad'', the ...

:Twelve Seconds to the Moon (1996) :Inchon (2001) ;

:Dance Movements (1997) :Sunrise at Angel's Gate (2001) :Pittsburgh Overture ;

Jack Stamp Jack Stamp (born March 5, 1954 in College Park, Maryland) is a North American wind ensemble conductor and composer. He has approximately sixty compositions available from Neil A. Kjos Music Company, including his most well-known piece, Gavorkna ...

:Cloudsplitter Fanfare (1999) :Escapade (2002) : Gavorkna Fanfare (1990/1) ;

Steven Stucky Steven Edward Stucky (November 7, 1949 − February 14, 2016) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer. Life and career Stucky was born in Hutchinson, Kansas. At age 9, he moved with his family to Abilene, Texas, where, as a teenager, he ...

:Funeral Music for Queen Mary (1992) ;Omar Thomas :Come Sunday (2018) ;

:Amazing Grace (1994) :An American Elegy (2000) :Angels in The Architecture (2009) :Nitro (2006) :Postcard (1991) :Symphony No. 2 (2004) ;

Michael Tippett Sir Michael Kemp Tippett (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was an English composer who rose to prominence during and immediately after the Second World War. In his lifetime he was sometimes ranked with his contemporary Benjamin Britten ...

:Triumph (1992) ; Jess Langston Turner :Rumpelstilzchen (2009) :Through the Looking Glass (2008) :Black Bolt! (2012) :Concertino Caboclo (2012) :Bock Fanfares (2013) :Reanimations (2014) ; :Arrullo, Suite No. 1 for Band (2004) :Suite No. 2 for Band (2007) :200, Suite No. 3 for Band (2010) :Sinú, Suite No. 4 for Band (2013) ;

Dan Welcher Dan Welcher (born March 2, 1948)Joshua Kosman, "Welcher, Dan (Edward)", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001)Nicolas Slonimsky, Laura Kuh ...

:Zion (1996) :Circular Marches (1997) ;

Eric Whitacre Eric Edward Whitacre (born January2, 1970) is an American composer, conductor, and speaker best known for his choral music. In March2016, he was appointed as Los Angeles Master Chorale's first artist-in-residence at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. ...

Cloudburst A cloudburst is an extreme amount of precipitation in a short period of time, sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, which is capable of creating flood conditions. Cloudbursts can quickly dump large amounts of water, e.g. 25 mm of prec ...

(2002) :Equus (2000) :Ghost Train Triptych (1994) :Godzilla Eats Las Vegas! (1996) :

October October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôct ...

(2000) ;

:Shortcut Home (1998) ;

Charles Rochester Young Charles Rochester Young (1965) is an American composer, music educator, conductor and saxophonist. Life Young graduated from Baylor University in Waco (Texas), where in 1988 he earned his Bachelor of Music. He then studied at the University of ...

:Tempered Steel (1997)

Transcriptions

There are thousands of transcriptions of pieces from other media (mostly orchestra) available for the concert band; however, some transcriptions are performed so often that they can be said to have achieved a place of their own in the concert band repertoire. ;

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...

Short Ride in a Fast Machine ''Short Ride in a Fast Machine'' is a 1986 orchestral work by John Adams (composer), John Adams. Adams applies the description "fanfare for orchestra" to this work and to the earlier ''Tromba Lontana'' (1986). The former is also known as ''Fanfar ...

''(trans. Lawrence Odom)'' ;

Isaac Albéniz Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (; 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the Post-Romantic era who also had a significant influence on his conte ...

: Iberia, Book 1: III. Fête-dieu à Seville ''(trans. Lucien Cailliet)'' ;

Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music ...

Four Scottish Dances ''Four Scottish Dances'' ( Op.59) is an orchestral set of light music pieces composed by Malcolm Arnold in 1957 for the BBC Light Music Festival. The dances Arnold's set, or suite, consists of four dances inspired by, although not based on, S ...

''(trans. John Paynter)'' :Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo ''(trans. John Paynter)'' : Tam o' Shanter Overture ''(trans. John Paynter)'' ;

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

The Art of Fugue ''The Art of Fugue'', or ''The Art of the Fugue'' (german: Die Kunst der Fuge, links=no), BWV 1080, is an incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation by Johann Sebastian Bach. Written in the last decade of his life, ''The Art of Fug ...

''(trans.

Kenneth Amis Kenneth Amis (born 1970) is a Bermudian tuba player best known for his association with the Empire Brass. He is also the assistant conductor of the MIT Wind Ensemble, a group he has been involved with since its creation in 1999. In addition, ...

)'' : Come, Sweet Death ''(trans.

)'' :Fantasia in G Major ''(trans.

Goldman Goldman is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan J. Goldman (1932–2010), American expert in operations research *Alan H. Goldman (born 1945), American philosopher * Alan S. Goldman (born 1958), American chemist *Alain Go ...

/ Leist)'' :Fugue a la Gigue ''(trans.

)'' :

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (or simply "Joy"; German: ''Jesus bleibet meine Freude'') is the most common English title of a piece of music derived from a chorale setting from the cantata ''Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'', BWV 147 ("Heart and ...

''(trans. Alfred Reed)'' :

Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor ''Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor'' (BWV 582) is an organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach. Presumably composed early in Bach's career, it is one of his most important and well-known works, and an important influence on 19th and 20th century pas ...

''(trans. Nicholas Falcone or Donald Hunsberger)'' : Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major ''(trans. John Paynter)'' :

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a piece of organ music written, according to its oldest extant sources, by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). The piece opens with a toccata section, followed by a fugue that ends in a coda. Schol ...

''(trans. Erik W. G. Leidzén or

Donald Hunsberger Donald Hunsberger (born August 2, 1932 in Souderton, Pennsylvania) is an American conductor and arranger. He served as the conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble from 1965 until 2001. He also held the position of Professor of conducting at the Eas ...

)'' ;

: First Symphony ''(trans. Guy Duker)'' ;

: Le corsaire, Op. 21: Overture ''(trans. Gunther Schuller)'' ;

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...

:Overture to "

Candide ( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled ''Candide: or, All for the Best'' (1759); ''Candide: or, The ...

" ''(trans. Walter Beeler or Clare Grundman)'' :

Slava! A Political Overture ''Slava! A Political Overture for Orchestra'' is a short orchestral composition by Leonard Bernstein. It was written for the inaugural concerts of Mstislav Rostropovich's first season with the National Symphony Orchestra in 1977. It premiered ...

''(trans. Clare Grundman)'' :Symphonic Dances from "

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid-1 ...

" ''(trans. Paul Lavender)'' ;

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

Academic Festival Overture ''Academic Festival Overture'' (german: Akademische Festouvertüre), Op. 80, by Johannes Brahms, was one of a pair of contrasting concert overtures — the other being the ''Tragic Overture'', Op. 81. Brahms composed the work during the ...

''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' : Haydn Variations ''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' ;

Eric Coates Eric Francis Harrison Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a leading violist. Coates was born into a musical family, but, despite his wishes and obvious talent, his pa ...

The Dam Busters March ''The Dam Busters March'' is the theme to the 1955 British war film '' The Dam Busters''. The musical composition, by Eric Coates, has achieved the distinction of becoming synonymous with both the film and the real Operation Chastise. ''The Dam ...

''(trans. William J. Duthoit)'' ;

:Down a Country Lane ''(trans. Merlin Patterson)'' :

El Salón México ''El Salón México'' is a symphonic composition in one movement by Aaron Copland, which uses Mexican folk music extensively. Copland began the work in 1932 and completed it in 1936, following several visits to Mexico. The four melodies of the ...

''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' :

Lincoln Portrait ''Lincoln Portrait'' (also known as ''A Lincoln Portrait'') is a classical orchestral work written by the American composer Aaron Copland. The work involves a full orchestra, with particular emphasis on the brass section at climactic moments. The ...

''(trans. Walter Beeler)'' :An Outdoor Overture ''(trans. Aaron Copland)'' :Preamble for a Solemn Occasion ''(trans. Aaron Copland)'' ;

Claude Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

: Préludes, Book 1: X. La cathédrale engloutie ''(trans. Merlin Patterson)'' ;

: Carnival Overture, Op. 92 ''(trans. Leigh Steiger)'' : Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, "From the New World": IV. Finale ''(trans. Mark Hindsley, Erik W. G. Leidzén or Weston Nicholi)'' ;

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

Enigma Variations Edward Elgar composed his ''Variations on an Original Theme'', Op. 36, popularly known as the ''Enigma Variations'', between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variations on an original theme. Elgar ...

, Op. 36 ''(trans. Earl Slocum, John Morrison, or Douglas McLain)'' ;

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

Cuban Overture ''Cuban Overture'' is a symphonic overture or tone poem for orchestra composed by American composer George Gershwin. Originally titled ''Rumba'' (named for the Cuban rumba musical genre), it was a result of a two-week holiday which Gershwin took ...

''(trans. Dwayne S. Milburn)'' : Prelude No. 2 in C Sharp Minor ''(trans. John Krance)'' :

Rhapsody in Blue ''Rhapsody in Blue'' is a 1924 musical composition written by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman, the work premiered i ...

''(trans.

Ferde Grofé Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé, known as Ferde Grofé (March 27, 1892 April 3, 1972) (pronounced FUR-dee GROW-fay) was an American composer, arrangement, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist. He is best known for his 1931 five-movement tone poem, ...

or Tohru Takahashi)'' ;

Alberto Ginastera Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (; April 11, 1916June 25, 1983) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas. Biography Ginastera was born in Buen ...

:Estancia Suite, Op. 8a ''(trans. Donald Patterson)'' ;

:The Warriors ''(trans. Frank Pappajohn)'' ;

Mississippi Suite ''Mississippi; Tone Journey'' is a 1926 orchestral suite in four movements by Ferdie Grofe, depicting scenes along a journey down the Mississippi River from its headwaters of Minnesota down to New Orleans. History The work was composed by Gro ...

, "A Journey in Tones" ''(trans. Don Chown)'' ;

W. C. Handy William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. Handy was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musici ...

:Saint Louis Blues March ''(trans. Jerry Gray and Perry Burgett)'' ;

: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber ''(trans. Keith Wilson)'' ;

:Capriccio ''(trans. John Boyd)'' :A Moorside Suite ''(trans.

or Denis Wright)'' :

The Planets ''The Planets'', Op. 32, is a seven- movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is name ...

''(trans. George Smith probably with the collaboration of the composer, Merlin Patterson)'' ;

Charles Ives Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. His music was largely ignored during his early career, and many of his works went unperformed f ...

:Country Band March ''(trans. James Sinclair)'' :Fugue in C Minor, from String Quartet No. 1, "From the Salvation Army": I: Chorale ''(trans. James Sinclair)'' :Old Home Days ''(trans. Jonathan Elkus)'' :Variations on "

America The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

" ''(trans.

/ William Rhoads)'' ;

Edward MacDowell Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18, 1860January 23, 1908) was an American composer and pianist of the late Romantic period. He was best known for his second piano concerto and his piano suites ''Woodland Sketches'', ''Sea Pieces'' and ''Ne ...

Woodland Sketches ''Woodland Sketches'', Opus number, Op. 51, is a Suite (music), suite of ten short piano pieces by the American composer Edward MacDowell. It was written during an 1896 stay at MacDowell's summer retreat in Peterborough, New Hampshire, where ea ...

, Op. 51 ''(trans. Frank Winterbottom)'' ;

: Fingal's Cave Overture ''(trans. Julius Seredy or Frank Winterbottom)'' ;

Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...

Night on Bald Mountain ''Night on Bald Mountain'' (russian: Ночь на лысой горе, translit=Noch′ na lysoy gore, links=no), also known as ''Night on the Bare Mountain'', is a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). Inspired by Russian ...

''(trans. William Schaefer or Mark Hindsley)'' :

Pictures at an Exhibition ''Pictures at an Exhibition'', french: Tableaux d'une exposition, link=no is a suite (music), suite of ten piano pieces, plus a recurring, varied Promenade theme, composed by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. The piece is Mussorgsky's ...

''(trans. Paul Lavender, Mark Hindsley, Erik W. G. Leidzén or Tohru Takahashi)'' ;

Alfred Newman Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was an American composer, arranger, and conductor of film music. From his start as a music prodigy, he came to be regarded as a respected figure in the history of film music. He won nine Acad ...

20th Century Fox Fanfare 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...

(1933) ;

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...

:Procession of the Nobles from "

Mlada ''Mlada'' (russian: Млада, italic=yes, the name of a main character) was a project conceived in 1870 by Stepan Gedeonov (1816–1878), director of the Saint Petersburg Imperial Theatres, originally envisioned as a ballet to be composed by ...

" ''(trans. Erik W. G. Leidzén)'' :

Scheherazade Scheherazade () is a major female character and the storyteller in the frame narrative of the Middle Eastern collection of tales known as the ''One Thousand and One Nights''. Name According to modern scholarship, the name ''Scheherazade'' deri ...

''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' ;

The Pines of Rome ''Pines of Rome'' ( it, Pini di Roma, link=no), P 141, is a tone poem in four movements for orchestra completed in 1924 by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. It is the second of his three tone poems about Rome, following ''Fontane di Roma'' ...

''(trans. Guy Duker or Yoshihiro Kimura)'' ;

Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most ...

:Victory at Sea Symphonic Scenario ''(trans.

)'' ;

Gioacchino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards ...

: Italian in Algiers Overture ''(trans.

Lucien Cailliet Lucien Cailliet (May 22, 1891 – January 3, 1985) was a French-American composer, conductor, arranger and clarinetist. Biography Cailliet was born in 1891 at Dampierre-sur-Moivre, in northern France. He studied at several French music conse ...

)'' :

Tancredi ''Tancredi'' is a ''melodramma eroico'' ('' opera seria'' or heroic opera) in two acts by composer Gioachino Rossini and librettist Gaetano Rossi (who was also to write ''Semiramide'' ten years later), based on Voltaire's play ''Tancrède'' (176 ...

Overture ''(trans.

Leonard Falcone Leonard Vincent Falcone (Fal-CONE-ee) (5 April 1899 – May 2, 1985) was an Italian-American musician, conductor, arranger, lecturer, and educator. He was well known as a virtuoso on the baritone horn, having extensively performed, written, and ...

)'' :

William Tell Overture The ''William Tell'' Overture is the overture to the opera ''William Tell'' (original French title ''Guillaume Tell''), whose music was composed by Gioachino Rossini. ''William Tell'' premiered in 1829 and was the last of Rossini's 39 operas, af ...

''(trans. Erik W. G. Leidzén)'' ;

:Marche Militaire Française from "Suite Algérienne" ''(trans. Mayhew Lake or Mark Hindsley)'' ;

New England Triptych ''New England Triptych'' is an orchestral composition by American composer William Schuman, based on works of William Billings. The work lasts about 16 minutes, and is written for an orchestra comprising three flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), two obo ...

(1956) ;

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

Festive Overture The ''Festive Overture'' ( rus, Праздничная увертюра, Prazdnichnaya uvertyura), Op. 96 is an orchestral work composed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1954. Commissioned for the Bolshoi Theatre's celebration of the 37th anniversary of ...

''(trans.

)'' :Folk Dances ''(trans.

H. Robert Reynolds H. Robert Reynolds is an American musician, conductor and academic. He is currently the principal conductor of the Wind Ensemble at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, where he holds the H. Robert Reynolds Pro ...

)'' :Galop from "

Moscow, Cheryomushki ''Moscow, Cheryomushki'' (russian: Москва, Черёмушки, link=no; ''Moskva, Cheryómushki'') is an operetta in three acts by Dmitri Shostakovich, his Op. 105. It is sometimes referred to as simply ''Cheryomushki''. Cheryomushki is ...

" ''(trans. Donald Hunsberger)'' :October ''(trans. Preston Mitchell)'' ;

Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius ( ; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and 20th-century classical music, early-modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest com ...

Finlandia ''Finlandia'', Op. 26, is a tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was written in 1899 and revised in 1900. The piece was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the Russian ...

''(trans. Lucien Cailliet)'' ;

:Allerseelen, Op. 10, nr. 8 ''(trans. Albert O. Davis)'' ;

The Firebird ''The Firebird'' (french: L'Oiseau de feu, link=no; russian: Жар-птица, Zhar-ptitsa, link=no) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's ...

Suite ''(trans. Guy Duker, Thomas Knox, or Lawrence Odom)'' :

Fireworks Fireworks are a class of Explosive, low explosive Pyrotechnics, pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), combining a l ...

''(trans. Mark Rogers)'' ;

Arthur Sullivan Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer. He is best known for 14 comic opera, operatic Gilbert and Sullivan, collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including ''H.M.S. Pinaf ...

Charles Mackerras Mackerras in 2005 Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras (; 1925 2010) was an Australian conductor. He was an authority on the operas of Janáček and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. He was long associated with the Eng ...

Pineapple Poll ''Pineapple Poll'' is a Gilbert and Sullivan-inspired comic ballet, created by choreographer John Cranko with arranger Sir Charles Mackerras. ''Pineapple Poll'' is based on "The Bumboat Woman's Story", one of W. S. Gilbert's Bab Ballads, writte ...

''(trans. William J. Duthoit)'' ;

Franz von Suppé Franz von Suppé (né Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo de Suppe) (18 April 181921 May 1895) was an Austrian composer of light operas and other theatre music. He came from the Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now part of Croatia). A c ...

Light Cavalry Overture ''Light Cavalry Overture'' is the overture to Franz von Suppé’s operetta '' Light Cavalry'' (German: ''Leichte Kavallerie''), premiered in Vienna in 1866. Although the operetta is rarely performed or recorded, the overture is one of Suppé's ...

''(trans. Henry Fillmore)'' ;

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...

1812 Overture ''The Year 1812, Solemn Overture'', Op. 49, popularly known as the ''1812 Overture'', is a concert overture in E major written in 1880 by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to commemorate the successful Russian defense against Napoleon ...

''(trans. Conway Brown, Yoshihiro Kimura, Mayhew Lake or Mark Williams)'' : Suite No. 3 in G Major ''(trans. Frank Winterbottom)'' :Dance of the Jesters from "The Snow Maiden" ''(trans. Ray Cramer)'' :

Marche Slave The ''Marche slave'' () in B-flat minor, Op. 31, is an orchestral tone poem by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky published in 1876. It was written to celebrate Russia's intervention in the Serbian-Ottoman War. Titling It has been published various ...

, Op. 31 ''(trans. L.P. Laurendeau)'' ;

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

:Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from "

Lohengrin Lohengrin () is a character in Germany, German Arthurian literature. The son of Percival, Parzival (Percival), he is a knight of the Holy Grail sent in a boat pulled by swans to rescue a maiden who can never ask his identity. His story, which fi ...

" ''(trans. Lucien Cailliet)'' :Prelude to Act III of "Lohengrin" ''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' :" Tannhauser" Overture ''(trans.

John Philip Sousa John Philip Sousa ( ; November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches. He is known as "The March King" or the "American March King", to dist ...

)'' ;

William Walton Sir William Turner Walton (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include ''Façade'', the cantat ...

: Crown Imperial (trans. William J. Duthoit) ;

Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 17865 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his opera ...

: Invitation to the Dance :

Oberon Oberon () is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', in which he is King of the Fairies and spouse of Titania, Queen of the Fair ...

Overture ''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' ;

John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (15 November 2022)Classic Connection review ''WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who wa ...

: Hymn to the Fallen ''(trans. Paul Lavender)'' :

Olympic Fanfare and Theme The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses icons, flags and symbols to elevate the Olympic Games. These symbols include those commonly used during Olympic competition—such as the flame, fanfare and theme—as well as those used throughout ...

''(trans.

)'' ;

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

:Prelude to Act 1,

La Traviata ''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ''fils'' adapted from his own 18 ...

''(trans.

)'' ;

:Fantasia on ″

Greensleeves "Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song. A broadside ballad by the name "A Newe Northen Dittye of ye Ladye Greene Sleves" was registered by Richard Jones at the London Stationer's Company in September 1580,Frank Kidson, ''English Fol ...

″ ''(trans. Douglas Wagner)''

Recordings of concert band literature

The Klavier Wind Recording Project was started in 1989 by

Eugene Corporon Eugene Migliaro Corporon is an American conductor, known for his work with wind ensembles and is a scholar of wind / band music repertoire. He is co-editor of two literature catalogs, Wind Ensemble/Band Repertoire (1984) and Wind Ensemble Litera ...

while he was director of bands at the

University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is a performing and media arts college of the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. Initially established as the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1867, CCM is one of the ...

. It has helped provide recordings of many of the most important and more recent pieces in the wind band literature. The recording project continues today, having followed Corporon to the

University of North Texas The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," ...

. The project continues to this day under the label

GIA Publications GIA Publications, Inc. is a major publisher of hymnals, other sacred music, and music education materials. Headquartered first in Pittsburgh and now Chicago, GIA is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. GIA originally stood for Gregorian Insti ...

. Corporon's recordings exist in the form of the Teaching Music Through Performance In Band Series, Windworks Series and Composer's Collections. Still more recordings have been released by The Keystone Winds, conducted by

. The Keystone Winds consists of faculty, alumni and students from

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is a public research university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. As of fall 2021, the university enrolled 7,044 undergraduates and 1,865 postgraduates, for a total enrollment of 9,009 students. The univ ...

. Two of the most prominent professional bands are the

Dallas Winds The Dallas Winds (also known as the Dallas Wind Symphony or DWS) is a professional concert band based in Dallas, Texas. The Dallas Winds was founded in 1985 by Kim Campbell and Southern Methodist University music professor Howard Dunn. It was ori ...

, conducted by

Jerry Junkin Jerry Junkin is an American conductor of wind bands and educator. Junkin serves on the faculty of the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin where he holds the Vincent R. and Jane D. DiNino Chair for the Director of Bands. H ...

, and the

Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra The is a professional concert band based in Tokyo, Japan. TKWO has been called Japan's premiere wind ensemble', one of the most influential Japanese wind bands,' and one of the world's leading professional civilian wind bands.' History ...

, conducted by Takeshi Ooi. Both bands were at one point led by

Frederick Fennell Frederick Fennell (July 2, 1914 – December 7, 2004) was an internationally recognized conductor and one of the primary figures in promoting the Eastman Wind Ensemble as a performing group. He was also influential as a band pedagogue, and grea ...

who recorded several albums of concert band literature with them. The

French Republican Guard Band The Republican Guard Band (french: Orchestre de la Garde républicaine) is a military band unit of the French Republican Guard, which is part of the National Gendarmerie. The band is composed of 120 professional musicians from national conservato ...

, known as ''Musique de la Garde républicaine'' and one of the most oldest wind concert band in the world, has recorded numerous works from the beginning of 1900s.

References

External resources

BandMusicPDFThe Wind Repertory Project
{{Musical repertoire *

Concert band A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion famil ...

Original works

Cornerstone works

Respected works

Recent works

Transcriptions

Recordings of concert band literature

See also

References

External resources