Premiered by Randy Eyles and The United States Air Force Band this ragtime novelty xylophone solo with band accompaniment has been performed around the world. In 1987 it was performed during a live radio broadcast in China to anestimated audience of 60 million! Golden Age is a medley of eight tunes that were favorites of the 1900's. A true “Show Stopper ” The Golden Age of the Xylophone is sure to become a popular favorite with bands aroundthe world. Standard instrumentation medium (band) difficult (solo).

Tout le monde connaît la célèbre Czárdás de Vittorio Monti dans sa version pour violon et piano. Désormais il existe une version pour xylophone et Orchestre d?Harmonie. L?enregistrement de la partie soliste a été réalisé par le percussionniste flamand Patrick De Smet devenu célèbre pour son interprétation (les yeux bandés !) de l?œuvre Circus Renz au festival « Night of the Proms ».

This composition was commissioned by 'Koningin Wilhelmina Wamel' on the occasion of its one hundred year anniversary. That it is a composition for xylophone and concertband lies in the fact that Harmony has a very talented young percussion player in the person of Barry Jurjes. The piece is both melodically and harmonically based on four notes (C - Dflat - F - G). The structure is divided into four parts: slow - fast - slow - fast.

Xylomania is a superb new exciting solo work for the xylophone player. The composer has kept the concert band accompaniment easy and lightly scored so that the soloist can excel in this piece. The characteristic ‘Allegro Vivace’ offers the xylophone player the opportunity to show off his or her virtuosity. Why not showcase your Xylophone player with this great new solo work.

Mallet Percussion Duet With Concert Band-Take your two best percussionists stage them up front and let them dazzle your audience with this clever feature for two xylophone players (or 1 xylophone and 1 marimba). Using the classic Dueling Banjos Richard Saucedo haswritten a great novelty with easy band parts as accompaniment.

Gallop for Xylophone and Band-Erinnerung an Zirkus Renz (?Souvenirs du cirque Renz?) de Gustav Peter est un célèbre morceau de bravoure pour tous les xylophonistes. Et tous ceux qui ont déjà goûté aux réactions enthousiastes des musiciens et du public à l?interprétation de cette œuvre seront ravis de savoir qu?il existe désormais une autre pièce dans la même veine à prévoir pour un prochain concert. Running on Wood de Stefan Schwalgin comble cette attente et propose une œuvre pour xylophone qui contient tous les ingrédients d?un futur grand succès : tempo énergique de jolies lignes mélodiques et de la diversité.Il est bien évident que cette composition n?est pas une copie decelle de Gustav Peter. Son style et ses harmonies s?inscrivent dans la modernité. La partie solo est plus simple qu?il n?y paraît - exigence première du concept de cette pièce. Le soliste peut donc pleinement se concentrer sur la virtuosité de son interprétation pour la plus grande satisfaction du public !

Score-Carlos Surinach's Ritmo Jondo (Flamenco) for Concert Band.The three flamenco rhythms Ritmo Jondo were first performed in a concert of Percussion music at the Museum of Modern Art New York on May 5 1952. This original version is written for Clarinet Trumpet Xylophone Tamburo Timpani and three hand clappers. Its duration is six minutes.In an extended version for chamber orchestra - about twenty minutes in length - Ritmo Jondo was commissioned by the Rothschild Foundation for a ballet with choreography by Doris Humphrey. It was first performed at the Alvin Theatre New York on April 15 1953 bythe Jose Limon Dance Company.The present version for Concert Band eight minutes long has been orchestrated by the composer.

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH / JONES NATHAN (Arr.). Tchaikovsky composed his twelve character pieces for piano, The Seasons, while he was writing his popular ballet, Swan Lake. Each piece in The Seasons depicts a different month of the year in Russia. The original publication of September: The Hunt included an epigraph at the start of the piece-a small poem by Alexander Pushkin. This energetic arrangement for symphonic band by Nathan Jones opens with an octave fanfare between the winds and brass. Tchaikovsky\'s colorful harmony speaks here, with passing chromaticism adding color to the music. The fanfare theme is transformed in the quiet central section, still shifting to the minor mode with short solo passages for flute, bassoon, trumpet, xylophone and oboe (cued in flutes). The segue back into the opening fanfare is clever, with the notes leading through several keys before concluding in the major with a short reprise of the initial theme. / Date parution : 2022-09-20/ Répertoire / Concert Band

Solo für Baritonsaxophone-Solo for Baritone Saxophone or Eb Bass with high humorous content. The soloist tries in an entertaining dialogue with the orchestra to prevail. During the work in a musical way appears an conflict with the xylophone the orchestra makes an end to the debate with a melodious final chord. A must for your concert!

The Suite 'Aquarium' is Johan de Meij's third composition for symphonic band and features six tropical fishes each of them represented by a motif and surfacing as such in several guises. The composition consists of three movements of which the second and third merge uninterruptedly into each other. I) Allegretto grazioso (Neon Tetra Electric Eel and Angelfish) II) Andante / Adagio (Sea Horse and Zebrafish) III) Finale: Allegro giocoso (Guppy & Co.) The Neon Tetra motif functions as a kind of 'Leitmotiv' and descibes the beautifully coloured frisky fish: A number of variants have been derived from this theme and will also appear in the other movements.The Electric Eel in fact is not represented by a motif but by a rhythm based on the restless electric pulses made audible in some aquaria. The Angel fish is represented by elegant cluster chords. In the second movement the Sea Horse emerges out of the water vegetation and starts a dialogue with the Zebrafish which is represented by one melodic phrase in unison getting more and more threatening by added parallel fifths and octaves. Simultaneously with the Sea Horse motif the Neon Tetra theme emerges this time in 3/4 time and in Eb minor. The third movement starts with only two instruments (trumpet and xylophone) but as it is often the case with Guppies their number rapidly increases. Piccolo and Alto Saxophone introduce the Guppy Theme followed by several instrumental combinations. Every theme from the first movement 'swims by' once more after which the principal motif leads us to a brilliant ending.

Séjournant au coeur des Alpes japonaises Itaru Sakai est surpris par le doux parfum et les couleurs des fleurs. Il se laisse inspirer par la beauté harmonieuse qui se révèle devant ses yeux. Débute alors le délicieux festival des fleurs alpines. La conversation est animée. Un solo de xylophone apporte une touche de légèreté une valse fait virevolter le développement puis vient un adagio qui égrène les solos et mène vers un finale brillant.

Five well-known Christmas carols simply arranged in Latin American style for classroom ensemble of virtually any size with the optional addition of guitar drum kit or rhythm instruments. They will sound effective simply using xylophones and glockenspiels but recorders flutes or violins may be added if available. The various possibilities are endless and the teacher should plan out each arrangement in advance with consideration of the instruments available the availability of individual players and so on. Invariably though the simplest treatment of the arrangement is the most effective.

Ce livre présente 10 morceaux pour ensemble qui ont spécialement été arrangées pour les enfants de 9 à 13 ans. Ces arrangements pour 4 parties ont été soigneusement adaptés afin de convenir à tous les instruments et à tous les niveaux de telle façon que n'importe qui puisse les jouer. <br> <br>Jouer ensemble est l'idée de base et avec Classroom Jam tout le monde peut y prendre part, ce qui en fait une aide précieuse pour l'enseignant, une introdution de valeurs à l'interprétation en groupe mais également une source d'amusement incroyable. <br> <br>Les arrangements conviennent à tous les instruments, de la flûte à bec au xylophone, de la guitare à la flûte traversière en accompagnement de la partie percussion. / Classique / Partition /

Vittorio Monti was born on January 6 1868 in Naples (Italy). His musical education (violin and composition) he enjoyed at the conservatory there. Around his 30's Monti went to Paris. He earned a living as a conductor and wrote several ballets and operettas. In his last years Monti died in 1922 he devoted himself to teaching and composing. His famous 'Czardas' has made his name known even today. Initially the czardas was a Hungarian folk dance but after the mid-nineteenth century it was even a dance for the upper-class. Czardas begins with a slow introduction the Lassan (slow and sad) and then the fast part Friska follows. Czardas is not as somany people think typical gypsy music.