Out of the box, easy to play - arrangement for your next wedding service. Piano/Organ is optional. Missing voices aren?t that critical. Piano/Organ part can be played solo or with the first part only. Instrumentation: Tpt 1/2 in Bb/C, Horn in F/Bb, Trombone C/Bb, Tuba/Bass in Bb

?An American Folk Hymn Medley? brings together three 19th-century shape-note tunes in a contemporary setting for brass quintet. HOLY MANNA is popularly known as ?Brethren We Have Met to Worship? from its association with a text by Methodist clergyman George Atkins (1793-1827). It was first published in Columbian Harmony, a shape-note tune book, in 1829, and is attributed to William Moore, the publisher. RESTORATION, first published in William Walker?s 1835 shape-note hymnal, Southern Harmony, was later renamed ARISE from its association with a text by Joseph Hart (1712-1768) in which the chorus begins ?I will arise and go to Jesus?.? PLEADING SAVIOR, published in Joshua Leavitt?s 1830 compilation The Christian Lyre, is today best-known in many churches as the accompaniment to the text ?Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly.? In this arrangement, the similar tunes HOLY MANNA and PLEADING SAVIOR, both in major tonality and 8.7.8.7 poetic meter, frame the contrasting minor tonality tune, RESTORATION. Contrasting instrument textures, keys, and tempi, and a mix of both traditional and contemporary harmonies breathe a fresh spirit into these venerable tunes.

Tin Pan Alley composer George Evans' "In the Good Old Summer Time" is a Tin Pan Alley classic waltz that will evoke images of ladies in summery gowns twirling parasols. But in our arrangement of this, after the first time through the chorus the piece moves from a gentle waltz tempo to a hard driving cut time. Arranged for brass quintet (two Bb trumpets, French horn, trombone, and tuba). Performance time is approximately 1:45. Visit our website, www.tootsuitebrasspublishing.com, for a catalog of our arrangements available through sheetmusicplus.com.