Pat-a-pan, originally Guillo, Pran Ton Tamborin. Par BULLA STEPHEN. Bernard de La Monnoye (1641-1728) fut un avocat, poète, philologue et critique français, connu principalement pour ses Noëls bourguignons. Le plus connu parmi ces noëls est sans doute Guillô, pran to tamborin (Guillaume, prends ton tambourin) plus communément appelé Patapan, que l’on continue toujours à mettre en musique et dont le texte fut traduit dans plusieurs langues. La mélodie est dansante et légère ; la musique est virevoltante. / Niveau : 2 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Concert Band

Pat-a-pan originally Guillo Pran Ton Tamborin-Bernard de La Monnoye (1641-1728) fut un avocat poète philologue et critique français connu principalement pour ses Noëls bourguignons. Le plus connu parmi ces noëls est sans doute Guillô pran to tamborin (Guillaume prends ton tambourin) plus communément appelé Patapan que l?on continue toujours à mettre en musique et dont le texte fut traduit dans plusieurs langues. La mélodie est dansante et légère ; la musique est virevoltante.

From the acclaimed CD ?Christmas in the Aire ? this version of the holiday favorite ?Pat-a-Pan? features a sprightly style with an underlying light rock foundation. Continuing the Mannheim Steamrollertradition of creative ?out-of-the-box? settings this is an appealing change of pace from the usual holiday fare. (Grade 3)

Suite No. 1 for Symphonic Band Christmas Concert Series. Par SHAW ROBERT. This all-new setting of Robert Russell Bennett's enchanting Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1 for wind band alone, consists of approximately eight of the original twelve minutes of the original suite for band with chorus. It is the third offering in an ongoing series which will bring all four of these suites to the repertory of band conductors. This arrangement includes Sinfonia (fanfare) and Good Christian Men, Rejoice, Silent Night, Pat-a-pan, concluding with a rousing rendition of O Come, All Ye Faithful. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band

Here is a fresh sounding holiday setting of traditional French carols. Includes: Christmas Comes Anew; Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella; and Pat-a-Pan.

Rondeau of the Shepherds ' so ran the official title of the famous Dutch Christmas carol ‘Midden in de winternacht’. In 1948 wrote Dutch poet and writer Harry Prenen this text. The melody is known by the 17th/18th- century organ composers of suites Daquin Balbastre and Dandrieu. 'Rondeau of the Shepherds' was subtitled 'Catalan Christmas Carol'. The song itself is because its origins in a Spanish (Catalan probably) Christmas song from the late Middle Ages 'El Desembre congelat. The motives of this song (shepherds flutes drums) demonstrate knowledge of the Bible and give a picture of the late medieval Christmas experience. . Perfect as an uptempo intermezzoin a church service.

Toshio Mashima composed this work for the 40th anniversary of the concert band of the Kwansei-Gakuin University in Japan. The composition is based on the biblical story of the patriarch Jacob who in a dream sees a ladder reaching into the sky. This story or its symbolism has inspired many artists - the rungs of the ladder representing the virtues through which man climbs during his lifetime.

Each year in July in the city of Pamplona, Spain, hundreds of people participate in the running of the bulls, which precedes the daily bullfights during the Fiesta de San Fermin. 'El Toro' (The Bull) is an exciting piece with a Spanish flair that has moments of harmonic tension and drama with strong melodies and countermelodies. An exciting way to explore 3/4 time, tension-and-release, and hemiolas, students can imagine the adrenaline of the run and the celebrations of the fiesta as they perform this tune. ¡Olé! (2:20) / Concert Band

Scenes from Lake Constance-Armin Schaer a commandé cette oeuvre alors qu?il était à la recherche d?une nouvelle pièce pour tuba. Il insista sur le fait que la composition devait souligner la versatilité de ce merveilleux instrument sans que l?orchestre soit relégué à un simple rang d?accompagnateur. Le style devait être frais et moderne. En tenant compte de tous ces éléments Thomas Doss a créé une oeuvre permettant des sauts stylistiques dans un contexte plaisant passionnant romantique et virtuose sans perdre de vue le fil conducteur qui mène l?oeuvre de la première à la dernière mesure.Armin Schaer décrit l?oeuvre comme suit :« Panoptikum (Panoptique) témoigne de mon affection pour lemagnifique lac de Constance d?où je suis originaire ses habitants ma vie passionnante et les gens qui l?ont enrichie et enfin pour le tuba un instrument que je trouve absolument fascinant. La trame fait ressortir les nombreuses différentes atmosphères qui règnent autour du lac : la gaieté et la mélancolie ; les départs et le désir impatient de revenir le calme et l?agitation. Les rôles du soliste et de l?orchestre s?affranchissent volontairement des conventions usuelles du genre. La musique suffit à susciter des émotions toucher un large public et le convaincre que le tuba peut être un instrument solo à part entière tout en révélant la richesse de l?Orchestre d?Harmonie. J?espère que cette oeuvre enrichira la vie musicale de tous les solistes et orchestres qui croiseront son chemin et charmera tous les auditeurs qui seront amenés à l?écouter ! »

A contemporary setting of the traditional British Carol produces a magical holiday moment with fleeting rhythmic patterns combined with light touches of jazz.

Bernard de La Monnoye (1641-1728) fut un avocat poète philologue et critique français connu principalement pour ses Noëls bourguignons. Le plus connu parmi ces noëls est sans doute Guillô pran to tamborin (Guillaume prends ton tambourin) plus communément appelé Patapan que l?on continue toujours à mettre en musique et dont le texte fut traduit dans plusieurs langues. La mélodie est dansante et légère ; la musique est virevoltante.

Letter from Sado is an exciting new piece for young band based on a Japanese haiku of the same name. Sado refers to Sado Island in Japan in which various artists religious and military leaders were sent in exile many years ago. The island has historically had a strong community of taiko drummers and as such the piece incorporates optional homemade taiko drums. Blackshaw writes: To capture the idea of interpretation and the concept of reading between the lines the students are invited to become decision makers about particular sections in the music. For example the opening and closing sections of the piece use the same material which is a selection of repeated melodic figures.The students themselves decide how to play these figures as individuals in small teams and then as a whole band. Their decisions include ideas regarding tempo (how fast?) dynamics (how loud?) and articulation (smooth short or hard?). To inspire them we use the haiku poem; i.e. the opening section invites the students to play the material as if it were a 'stormy wild sea' and the closing section invites the students to play the same melodic figures but this time draw their inspiration from 'Heaven's River ' or as we know it the Milky Way. In-between there is an elaborate heavily textured section that becomes increasingly powerful. The music doesn't rest harmonically until the whole band plays in unison. These multiple layers of sound represent the many thoughts and ideas that would have surrounded those individuals sent to Sado Island in exile the final unison is representative of their own breakthrough experience sending them on a pathway to inner peace and acceptance. Embrace your players' creativity offer them your trust and see how far Letter from Sado can take your band!

Soliloquy for a Passing Century - Score-'All music be it 'abstract' or 'descriptive ' or 'popular' or 'serious ' must speak for itself. Words about it are irrelevant unless they be lyrics or narration. That being said I will attempt a few words about my piece because I was asked to do so and the very special nature of the event in which this first performance takes place. Therefore I offer a guide to the musical gestures and terrain that make up the work and hopefully helpcommunicate my music to the listener.'Remembrance Day' opens softly with a prologue evoking a distant nostalgic Lullaby. As it fades a sudden loud chime combines with high Clarinets in an anguishedsequence that cries out a musical pattern establishing and shaping the body of the work. The music alternates between elegiac thematic references and the pulsations and accents of chimes and tolling bells. A slight pause-thensubdued but menacing sounds from muted Trombones Tuba and Percussion. Over this is a variant of the Clarinets initial 'cry of anguish'- but this time in quiet grief-turning into a funeral cortege. The cortege proceeds to chantsand responses that grow in intensity changing to hymn-like swelling and embellishments. A sudden explosive interruption brutal and violent-the previous menacing muted trombone motif now unleashed. This leads to a full-blown andaffirmative chorale. Following this climax the work winds down diminishing in intensity. There are passing references to what was heard before. Now comes a last variation on the chant and a pianissimo echo variant in mutedTrumpets and then Woodwinds of the hymns and chorales. As this recedes comes the plaintive cry of anguish again-unresolved. Once again quiet pulsations a short silence-and the epilogue-a few fragments of the opening lullaby-somefinal pulsings-a few timpani beats-silence.I am honored to have been asked to write this work and I thank the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation for making this possible. I also hope that our children's