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Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Brass Quintet
The chorale movement from Cantata BWV 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben is arguably one of the most recognizable compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. In this arrangement, the trumpets share the famous obbligato while the others provide the orchestra and the chorale.
Composer: Mark Questad
Instrumentation: 2 Bb Trumpets, F Horn, Trombone & Tuba
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 2:30 / 19 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
Key: F -
Jingle Bells – Brass Octet
“Unbelievably grand and majestic” – this is Jingle Bells as you’ve never heard it before! Bill Reichenbach has added an unexpected and powerful intro to this clever arrangement, with the traditional carol enlivened with jazz licks, a little swing, the Dreidel Song as an unexpected bridge and some Sousa thrown in just for fun. The perfect Christmas concert closer!
Performers:
Larry Hall, David Washburn – Trumpet
Mark Adams, Joe Meyer – Horn
Alex Iles, Andy Malloy – Trombone
Bill Reichenbach – Bass Trombone
Doug Tornquist – TubaComposer: Bill Reichenbach
Instrumentation: 2 Bb Trumpets, 2 F Horns, 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone & Tuba
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 3:00 / 24 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
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John Come Kiss Me Now – Brass Quintet
This piece is No. X from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. Byrd was the leading English composer of his generation, and was a protegé of Thomas Tallis. This arrangement by Bill Reichenbach remains faithful to Byrd’s original music, and the brass quintet instrumentation adds color and dynamic shading to intensify the expressive qualities of the music. This piece was made popular to instrumentalists in Gordon Jacob’s William Byrd Suite for band.
An optional ending has been added if you want to stop where the band piece ends. There is also an option to continue, and it gets quite note-y, but provides an excellent opportunity to showcase technical and rhythmical facility. Slurs have been added to facilitate some of the runs, and may be ignored if so desired. Additional dynamics may be added according to the rise and fall of the melodic lines.
Composer: Bill Reichenbach
Instrumentation: 2 Bb Trumpets, F Horn, Trombone, Bass Trombone/Tuba
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 2:00 or 4:25 / 27 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
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Join the Cavalry – 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, numbs 6 has a part for both trombone bass clef as well as a transposing treble clef part 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 rousing version of Join The Cavalry, popular during the Civil War, has the following parts included:
1 – Eb Cornet/Trumpet
2 – Bb Cornet/Trumpet 1
3 – Bb Cornet/Trumpet 2
4 – F Horn 1
4 – Eb Horn 1
5 – F Horn 2
5 – Eb Horn 2
6 – Trombone/Tenor Horn 1 (BC)
6 – Trombone/Tenor Horn 1 (TC)
7 – Baritone Horn (BC)
7 – Baritone Horn (TC)
8 – Tuba (BC)
8 – Eb Tuba (TC)
8 – Bb Tuba (TC)
9 – Percussion 1 (Snare Drum)
10 – 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. 1:35 / 28 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
Key: Bb
