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Literature Study Guide 1 (listening CDs)

Composer Compositions
Leroy Anderson
  • Irish Washerwoman
E.E. Bagley
  • National Emblem
Samuel Barber
  • Commando March
Warren Barker
  • Deir' In De
James Barnes
  • Yorkshire Ballad
Frank Bencriscutto
  • Symphonic Jazz Suite
Robert Russell Bennett
  • Suite of Old American Dances
Leonard Bernstein
  • Symphonic Dance Music (arr. Ian Polster)
Jerry Bilik
  • Block M March
Derek Bourgeois
  • Serenade
Andrew Boysen, Jr.
  • I Am
Johannes Brahms
  • Blessed Are They (arr. Beuhlman)
Jack Bullock
  • Amazing Grace
John Barnes Chance
  • Incantation and Dance
  • Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Jay Chattaway
  • Mazama
  • Parade of the Tall Ships
Aaron Copland
  • El Salon Mexico
Larry Daehn
  • As Summer Was Just Beginning
  • With Quiet Courage
Jacob De Haan
  • Yellow Mountains
Johan de Meij
  • The Phantom of the Opera (songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber)
  • Symphony No. 1 "Lord of the Rings"
Elliot Del Borgo
  • America the Beautiful
  • Chant Ritual
Norman Dello Joio
  • Scenes from "The Louvre"
Carmen Dragon
  • America the Beautiful
Antonin Dvorak
  • Carnival Overture (arr. Leigh Steiger)
  • Slavonic Dance No. 8 (arr. Robert Longfield)
John Edmondson
  • American Folk Fantasy
  • Greensleeves Rhapsody
Frank Erickson
  • Air (For Band)
  • Toccata (for Band)
Henry Fillmore
  • Americans We
  • Hot Trombone
Julius Fucik
  • Florentiner March
Vittoria Giannini
  • Symphony No. 3
John Gibson
  • Resting in the Peace of His Hands
Don Gillis
  • Tulsa
Edwin Franko Goldman
  • Chimes of Liberty
Ida Gotkovsky
  • Poeme du Feu
Percy Grainger
  • Children's March
  • Lincolnshire Posy
  • Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon
Clare Grundman
  • Concord
  • Kentucky 1800
  • Western Dance
Paul Halliday
  • Christmas Noel
Johannes Hanssen
  • Valdres March
William Himes
  • Creed
Paul Hindemith
  • Symphony in Bb
Brian Hogg
  • Llwyn Onn
David Holsinger
  • Liturgical Dances
  • On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss
Gustav Holst
  • First Suite in Eb
  • Second Suite in F
Grant Hull
  • Drunken Sailor
Ralph Hultgren
  • Masada
Charles Ives
  • Variations on America (arr. William Rhoads)
Robert Jager
  • Colonial Airs & Dances
  • Stars & Bars
Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
  • American Overture for Band
Karl L. King
  • Barnum & Bailey's Favorite
John Kinyon
  • Episode for Band
  • Festivity
Pierre LaPlante
  • Red River Valley
Claude Le Jeune
  • Springtime Madrigal (arr. M. Max McKee)
Francis McBeth
  • Canto
  • Of Sailors and Whales
Anne McGinty
  • All the Pretty Little Horses
Darius Milhaud
  • Suite Francaise
Vaclav Nelhybel
  • Chorale
  • Ritual
  • Symphonic Movement
  • Trittico
Ron Nelson
  • Rocky Point Holiday
Roger Nixon
  • Fiesta Del Pacifico
Jacques Offenbach
  • Galop from Genevieve de Brabant (arr. John Bourgeois)
John O'Reilly
  • Northwest Suite
  • Saturday Night at the Symphony
  • Wood County Celebration
Bruce Pearson
  • Wind River Overture
Frank Perkins
  • Fandango
Vincent Persichetti
  • Symphony for Band
James Ployhar
  • Stephen Foster Revisited
Jacques Press
  • Wedding Dance (arr. Herbert Johnston)
Alfred Reed
  • Armenian Dances, Part 1
  • Armenian Dances, Part 2
  • Come Sweet Death (tune by J.S. Bach)
  • El Camino Real
  • First Suite for Band
  • Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring (tune by J.S. Bach)
  • The Music Makers
  • Russian Christmas Music
H. Owen Reed
  • La Fiesta Mexicana
James Richens
  • Chicano
Camille Saint-Säens
  • Pas Redoblé
Georgy Salnikov
  • Children's Suite
Florent Schmidt
  • Dionysiaques
William Schumann
  • Chester Overture for Band (tune by William Billings)
Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Festive Overture (arr. Donald Hunsberger)
  • Galop from "Moscow Cherumshky" (arr. Donald Hunsberger)
Claude T. Smith
  • Festival Variations
Robert W. Smith
  • Ash Lawn Echoes
  • The Great Locomotive Chase
  • Inchon
John Philip Sousa
  • Bullets & Bayonets
  • Hands Across the Sea
  • The Liberty Bell
  • The Pathfinder of Panama
  • Pride of the Wolverines
  • The Washington Post
Jared Spears
  • Deo Gratis
Hugh Stuart
  • A Hymn for Band
  • Three Ayres from Gloucester
James Swearingen
  • Ashton Overture
  • Invicta
Michael Sweeney
  • Ancient Voices
P. I. Tchaikovsky
  • Symphony No. 4 (arr. Safren)
Frank Ticheli
  • Cajun Folk Songs
Pavel Tschenekoff
  • Salvation is Created
Jan van der Roost
  • Canterbury Chorale
  • Flashing Winds
  • Puszta
  • Spartacus
  • Suite Provencale
Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Linden Lea (arr. Stout)
  • Sea Songs
Carl Maria von Weber
  • Concertino for Clarinet (arr. Alfred Reed)
Robert Washburn
  • Brevard Overture
Clifton Williams
  • Fanfare and Allegro
  • The Sinfonians
John Williams
  • The Cowboys (arr. James Curnow)
Mark Williams
  • Highbridge Excursions
 
 

Literature Study Guide 2 (Teaching Music Through Performance in...)

Band Volume 1 contents and sample tracks
Band Volume 2 contents and sample tracks
Band Volume 3 contents and sample tracks
Band Volume 4 contents and sample tracks
Band Volume 5 contents and sample tracks
Band Volume 6 contents and sample tracks
Beginning Band contents and sample tracks
(Performing) Marches contents and sample tracks
 
 

Literature Study Guide 3 (guest composers)

under development

 
 

Literature Study Guide 4 (ABC concerts)

under development

 
 

Literature Study Guide 5 (outdated - based on listening casettes)

Composer Compositions
Harry Alford
  • Purple Carnival
Leroy Anderson
  • Irish Washerwoman
  • The Rakes of Mallow
Malcolm Arnold
  • Four Scottish Dances
  • Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo
Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Come Sweet Death
  • Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue)
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  • Prelude and Fugue in G Minor
  • Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
E. E. Bagley
  • National Emblem
Samuel Barber
  • Commando March
Warren Barker
  • Chu-chu-chu Cha Cha
James Barnes
  • Yorkshire Ballad
C. L. Barnhouse
  • The Battle of Shiloh
Count Basie
  • The Big Walk
  • Corner Pocket
  • One O'Clock Jump
  • Rat Race
Frank Bencriscutto
  • Symphonic Jazz Suite
Harold Bennett
  • Military Escort
Robert Russell Bennett
  • Suite of Old American Dances
Leonard Bernstein
  • Candide Overture
  • Symphonic Dance Music
Jerry Bilik
  • Block "M" March
J. M. Black
  • The Saints (Go Marching In)
Derek Bourgeois
  • Perchance to Dream
  • Serenade
Richard Bowles
  • Burst of Flame
Johannes Brahms
  • Blessed Are They
Les Brown
  • Leap Frog
Jack Bullock
  • Amazing Grace (arr.)
  • Grosso Concerto
Charles Carter
  • Overture for Winds
  • Symphonic Overture
John Barnes Chance
  • Blue Lake
  • Incantation and Dance
  • Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Jay Chattaway
  • Parade of Tall Ships
Aaron Copland
  • El Salon Mexico
  • Fanfare for the Common Man
  • Lincoln Portrait
  • Variations on a Shaker Melody
Creston
  • Celebration Overture
James Curnow
  • Colonial Airs & Dances
Johan de Meij
  • The Big Apple
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Phantom of the Opera
Elliot Del Borgo
  • Chant Ritual
  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
  • Gaelic Rhapsody
  • Symphonic Paraphrase
Dello Joio
  • Scenes From the Louvre
  • Variants on a Medieval Tune
Antonin Dvorak
  • Carnival Overture
  • Slavonic Dance #8
John Edmondson
  • American Folk Rhapsody (arr.)
  • Green Sleeves Rhapsody
  • Kentucky Pride March
Frank Erickson
  • Air For Band
  • Air on a Bach Prelude (arr.)
  • Balladair
  • Rhythm of the Winds
  • Toccata for Band
Sandy Feldstein
  • Holiday for Flutes
Henry Fillmore
  • Americans We
  • The Circus Bee
  • His Honor
  • Hot Trombone
  • Military Escort
  • Rolling Thunder
Leland Forsblad
  • Canterbury Overture
Frescobaldi
  • Toccata
Julius Fucik
  • Entry of the Gladiators
  • Florentiner March
Vittorio Giannini
  • Symphony No. 3 (for Band)
Don Gillis
  • Tulsa
Edwin Franco Goldman
  • The Chimes of Liberty
  • On the Mall
Ida Gotkovsky
  • Poème de Feu
Morton Gould
  • American Salute
Percy Grainger
  • Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)
  • Irish Tune From County Derry
  • Lincolnshire Posy
Edvard Grieg
  • Hall of the Mountain King
Clare Grundman
  • American Folk Rhapsody #1
  • American Folk Rhapsody #3
  • Concord
  • Fantasy on American Sailing Songs
  • Hebrides Suite
  • Irish Rhapsody
  • Two Moods
  • Western Dance
Paul Halliday
  • Christmas Noel (arr.)
  • Trumpets Three
George Frideric Handel
  • Passacaglia in G Minor
Johannes Hanssen
  • Valdres March
Howard Hanson
  • Chorale and Alleluia
Woody Herman
  • The Raven Speaks
Paul Hindemith
  • Symphony in Bb for Band
  • March from Symphonic Metamorphosis
David Holsinger
  • Liturgical Dances
Gustav Holst
  • First Suite in Eb
  • Hammersmith
  • Jupiter (from "The Planets")
  • Second Suite in F
Larry Howeth
  • The Royal Scepter
Hull
  • The Drunken Sailor (arr.)
Husa
  • Al Fresco
  • Music for Prague, 1968
Charles Ives
  • Variations on America
Gordon Jacob
  • Concerto for Timpani & Band
  • Original Suite
  • William Byrd Suite
Robert Jager
  • Stars & Bars
  • Third Suite
Harry James
  • Two O'Clock Jump
Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
  • American Overture For Band
Kabalevsky
  • Overture to Colas Breugnon
Stan Kenton
  • Django
  • Intermission Riff
  • Peanut Vendor
Greg Kerkorian
  • The Waltzing Camel
Karl King
  • Barnum and Bailey's Favorite
  • Hosts of Freedom
John Kinyon
  • Buena Vista
  • Episode for Band
  • Festivity
Thomas Knox
  • Sea Songs
Latham
  • Court Festival
Claude Le Jeune
  • Springtime Madrigal
Pierre Leemans
  • March of Belgian Parachutists
Lo Presti
  • Elegy for a Young American
Francis McBeth
  • Canto
  • Chant & Jubilo
Mennin
  • Canzona
Darius Milhaud
  • Suite Francaise
Glenn Miller
  • American Patrol
  • In the Mood
  • String of Pearls
  • Tuxedo Junction
John Moss
  • Selections from Aladdin (arr.)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Alleluia
Vaclav Nelhybel
  • Chorale
  • Festivo
  • Ritual
  • Trittico
Ron Nelson
  • Rocky Point Holiday
Nicolas
  • Highway Rhapsody
Roger Nixon
  • Fiesta del Pacifico
John O'Reilly
  • Northwest Suite
  • Saturday Night at the Symphony
  • Wood County Celebration
Bruce Pearson
  • Wind River Overture
Frank Perkins
  • Fandango
Vincent Persichetti
  • Divertimento for Band
  • Pageant
  • Psalm for Band
  • Symphony for Band
James Ployhar
  • Crusader's Hymn
  • March of the Irish Guard (arr.)
  • Stephen Foster Revisited
Jacque Press
  • Wedding Dance
Alfred Reed
  • Armenian Dances #1
  • Armenian Dances, Part II
  • Come Sweet Death (arr.)
  • Festival Prelude
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  • The Music Makers
  • Russian Christmas Music
H. Owen Reed
  • La Fiesta Mexicana
James Richens
  • Chicano!
Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Procession of the Nobles
Camille Saint-Säens
  • Pas Redoblé
Georgy Salnikov
  • Children's Suite
Florent Schmidt
  • Dionysiaques
William Schuman
  • Chester
  • George Washington Bridge
Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Festive Overture
Claude T. Smith
  • Emperata Overture
  • Festival Variations
  • Incidental Suite
Robert W. Smith
  • Ash Lawn Echoes
John Philip Sousa
  • The Black Horse Troupe
  • Bullets & Bayonets
  • El Capitan
  • The Fairest of the Fair
  • Foshay Tower Washington Memorial
  • The Free Lance
  • George Washington Bicentennial
  • The Glory of the Yankee Navy
  • Hands Across the Sea
  • High School Cadets
  • The Liberty Bell
  • Manhattan Beach
  • Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
  • Semper Fidelis
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever
  • The Thunderer
  • Washington Post
Jared Spears
  • Deo Gratias
Mike Story
  • Battle Creek March
  • Christmas in England (arr.)
Richard Strauss
  • Allerseelen
Igor Stravinsky
  • Beceuse & Finale (from "The Firebird")
Hugh M. Stuart
  • Three Ayres From Gloucester
Jim Swearingen
  • Ashton Overture
  • Exaltation
  • Invicta
  • Majestica
  • Novena
Tchaikovsky
  • Symphony #4 in F Minor
Tull
  • Sketches on a Tudor Psalm
Jan Van Der Roost
  • Flashing Winds
  • Highland Rhapsody
  • Puszta
  • Spartacus
  • Suite Provencale
Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • English Folk Song Suite
  • Toccata Marziale
Giuseppi Verdi
  • Sanctus from the Requiem Mass
Richard Wagner
  • Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral
  • Trauersinfonie
Bill Watrous
  • Spain
  • Tiger of San Pedro
Samuel Augustus Ward
  • America the Beautiful
Robert Washburn
  • Brevard Overture
Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Phantom of the Opera
Carl Maria von Weber
  • Concertino for Clarinet
Jaromir Weinberger
  • Polka & Fugue (from "Schwanda the Bagpiper")
Floyd Werle
  • Concertino for Three Brass
Clifton Williams
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  • Fanfare & Allegro
  • The Sinfonians
  • Symphonic Dance #3, "Fiesta"
  • Symphonic Suite
  • Variation Overture
John Williams
  • The Cowboys
Mark Williams
  • Battle Creek March
  • Jackson Lake Overture
Haydn Wood
  • Mannin Veen
John Zdechlik
  • Chorale and Shaker Dance

Additions and corrections would be greatly appreciated.
-- Elizabeth

 
 

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