| Portion of title |
Guide to the top 100 works in grades IV, V, VI |
| Variant title |
Guide to the top one hundred works in grades IV, V, VI |
| Contents |
Grade 4. Fantasia in G major / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Elegy / John Barnes Chance -- Variations on a shaker melody / Aaron Copland -- Irish tune from country Derry ; Molly on the shore ; Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger -- Chorale and alleluia / Howard Hanson -- First suite in E flat ; Second suite in F / Gustav Holst -- Old wine in new bottles / Gordon Jacob -- English folk song suite / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- |
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Grade 5. Suite of old American dances / Robert Russell Bennett -- The leaves are falling ; The solitary dancer / Warren Benson -- Overture to Candide ; "Profanation" from Symphony no. 1 (Jeremiah) / Leonard Bernstein -- Messe E Moll (Mass no. 2 in E minor) / Anton Bruckner -- An outdoor overture / Aaron Copland -- Variants on a mediaeval tune / Norma Dello Joio -- In wartime / David Del Tredici -- Serenade in D minor, op. 44 / Antonin Dvorak -- Symphony no. 4 (West Point) / Morton Gould -- Petite symphonie / Charles Gounod -- Colonial song ; Hill-song no. 2 / Percy Grainger -- J'ai ete au bal ; Southern harmony / Donald Grantham -- Le bal de Beatrice d'Este / Reynaldo Hahn -- Music for the royal fireworks / G.F. Handel -- Konzertmusik fur Blasorchester, op. 41 / Paul Hindemith -- Hammersmith: prelude and scherzo / Gustav Holst -- Apotheosis of this Earth / Karel Husa -- "Country band" march ; Variations on "America" / Charles Ives -- William Byrd suite / Gordon Jacob -- The good soldier Schweik suite / Robert Kurka -- Um Mitternacht / Gustav Mahler -- Overture for band (Harmoniemusik) / Felix Mendelssohn -- Suite Francaise / Darius Milhaud -- Serenade no. 10 in B flat, K.361, "Gran Partita" ; Serenade no. 11 in E flat, K. 375 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Fiesta del Pacifico / Roger Nixon -- Divertimento for band ; Masquerade for band ; Psalm for band ; Symphony for band / Vincent Persichetti -- Turnbridge fair / Walter Piston -- Suite Francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise / Francis Poulenc -- La fiesta Mexicana / H. Owen Reed -- Adagio para Orquesta de Instrumentos de Viento / Joaquin Rodrigo -- George Washington Bridge ; New England triptych. Be glad then, America ; When Jesus wept ; Chester / William Schuman -- Festive overture / Dmitri Shostakovich and Hunsberger -- Festmusik der Stadt Wein, AV 133 ; Symphonie fur Blaser, "Froliche Werkstatt" ; Serenade in E flat, op. 7 ; Suite in B flat, op. 4 / Richard Strauss -- Symphonies of wind instruments ; Symphonies of wind instruments, revised version / Igor Stravinsky -- Blue shades ; Postcard / Frank Ticheli -- Sketches on a Tudor Psalm / Fischer Tull -- Scherzo alla Marcia (from Symphony no. 8) ; Toccata Marziale / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- Elsa's procession to the cathedral ; Trauersinfonie / Richard Wagner -- Zion / Dan Welcher -- |
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Grade 6. Sounds, shapes, and symbols / Leslie Bassett -- The passing bell / Warren Benson -- Kammerkonzert / Alan Berg -- Winds of Nagual / Michael Colgrass -- Emblems / Aaron Copland -- Gazebo dances / John Corigliano -- Concerto for alto saxophone and wind ensemble ; Sinfonietta / Ingolf Dahl -- Skating on the Sheyenne / Ross Lee Finney -- Lincolnshire Posy / Percy Grainger -- Three city blocks / John Harbison -- Symphony in B flat / Paul Hindemith -- Concerto for alto saxophone and concert band ; Concertino for piano and wind ensemble ; Concerto for wind ensemble ; Les Couleurs Fauves ; Music for Prague 1968 / Karel Husa -- A child's garden of dreams / David Maslanka -- Couleurs de la Cite celeste ; Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum ; Oiseaux exotiques / Olivier Messiaen -- Scenes / Verne Reynolds -- Dionysiaques, op. 62 / Florent Schmitt -- Theme and variations, op. 43a / Arnold Schoenberg -- In praise of winds ; Symphony for brass and percussion / Gunther Schuller -- And the mountains rising nowhere / Joseph Schwantner -- Mass for mixed chorus and double wind quintet ; Octet for wind instruments ; Symphony of Psalms / Igor Stravinsky -- Speil fur Blasorchester, op. 39 / Ernst Toch -- Integrales / Edgard Varese -- Little threepenny music / Kurt Weill. |
| Abstract |
The individual selection of quality literature--one of the most important responsibilities facing today's band director--is greatly simplified using this one-of-a kind publication. It is the ultimate tool in concert planning and programming benefiting both entry-level and experienced conductors by compiling all of the information needed for reliable music selection. Assisting conductors recall works they may have heard but not yet conducted, brief incipits of prominent melodic themes are included, as are cost, duration, availability, instrumentation, recordings, publishers, solos, and tips on programming. With hundreds of new works produced each year, this handy "survival guide to music selection" is a must for the serious wind band conductor. |
| General note | "HL00317190."--Back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical and discographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2009922808 |
| ISBN | 9781574630923 |
| ISBN | 157463092X |
