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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)

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Literature Study Guide 4 (ABC concerts)

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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	< LI>Dedicatory Overture 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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