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Suite XII from Banchetto Musicale – Brass Quintet
Johann Hermann Schein, a German composer of the early Baroque period, wrote his “Banquet Music” suites for unspecified instrumental combinations. This version offers phrasing and dynamics to compliment brass performance and modernizes (halves) the rhythmic values for easier reading.
The mp3 excerpt is performed by the Sine Nomine Brass Quintet. (Used with permission.)
Composer: Mark Questad
Instrumentation: 2 Bb Trumpets, F Horn, Trombone & Tuba
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 5:45 / 19 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
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Sussex Carol – Brass Quartet
The Sussex Carol is a Christmas carol popular in Britain, sometimes referred to by its first line “On Christmas night all Christians sing”. It became associated with Sussex because it was collected at Monk’s Gate by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and he subsequently used it in his Fantasia on Christmas Carols.
Each verse is made up of two couplets, with the second having three-measure phrasing rather than the standard two- or four-bar phrasing. In addition, there’s a measure with an extra beat, which adds to the charm of the piece.
Composer: Bill Reichenbach
Instrumentation: 3 Bb Trumpets, 1 Trombone or Euphonium
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 2:20 / 11 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
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Sussex Carol – Trombone Quartet
The Sussex Carol is a Christmas carol popular in Britain, sometimes referred to by its first line “On Christmas night all Christians sing”. It became associated with Sussex because it was collected at Monk’s Gate by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and he subsequently used it in his Fantasia on Christmas Carols.
Each verse is made up of two couplets, with the second having three-measure phrasing rather than the standard two- or four-bar phrasing. In addition, there’s a measure with an extra beat, which adds to the charm of the piece.
Composer: Bill Reichenbach
Instrumentation: 3 Tenor Trombones and 1 Bass Trombone
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 2:20 / 11 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
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Tarantella – Brass Band
The arrangements in Bill Reichenbach’s American Brass Band Series were written to showcase the brass band. These familiar tunes are all great audience pleasers and will be a welcome addition to your next concert.
Bill and his band, playing on restored instruments from the 1870s, performed these charts at the Great American Brass Band Festival, Custer’s Little Big Horn re-enactment and brass benefit concerts to name a few.
Each arrangement has the parts numbered from the top down on both the score and the individual parts. For example, numbers 8 and 9 have parts for both trombone bass clef as well as transposing treble clef parts for tenor horns. All the optional versions of the same part have the same number, making it simple to have all the parts covered by making sure that you have someone playing all the numbers. Print all the parts or print only those you need.
This energetic version of the Tarantella from “La Boutique Fantasque” or The Magic Toy Shop by Rossini–Respighi has the following parts included:
1 – Bb Piccolo Trumpet
2 – Eb Cornet/Trumpet 1
3 – Eb Cornet/Trumpet 2
4 – Bb Cornet/Trumpet 1
5 – Bb Cornet/Trumpet 2
6 – F Horn 1
6 – Eb Horn 1
7 – F Horn 2
7 – Eb Horn 2
8 – Trombone/Tenor Horn 1 (BC)
8 – Trombone/Tenor Horn 1 (TC)
9 – Trombone/Tenor Horn 2 (BC)
9 – Trombone/Tenor Horn 2 (TC)
10 – Baritone Horn (BC)
10 – Baritone Horn (TC)
11 – Tuba (BC)
11 – Eb Tuba (TC)
11 – Bb Tuba (TC)
12 – Percussion 1 (Snare Drum, Triangle)
13 – Percussion 2 (Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals)Upstate Brass Band (all Eastman School of Music students) with Kevin Michael Holzman, conductor, recorded this piece. The full version is downloadable and available at no charge.
It’s also available on YouTube.
Composer: Bill Reichenbach
Instrumentation: See above
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 2:45 / 63 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
Key: G Minor – G Major
