Grade 3

SKU: CL.012-4611-00

Anvil Solo with Band Accompaniment. Composed by Stauss. Arranged by Longfield. Concert Band. Gems of the Concert Band Series. Audio recording available separately (item CL.WFR395). Score and set of parts. Composed 2018. Duration 2 minutes, 54 seconds. Opus III Wind Orchestra Publications #012-4611-00. Published by Opus III Wind Orchestra Publications (CL.012-4611-00).

If you've been looking for an anvil solo with band accompaniment – and even if you haven’t - this is it! A delightful Strauss polka provides the background to feature your best percussionist (or your principal, or the mayor, or any other special dignitary or friend of your band) on the anvil! Lots of fun for the band and the audience.

About Gems of the Concert Band

A series of transcriptions and other works in varying styles, representative of the programming of the Great American Classic Concert Band era of a century ago, as exemplified by John Phillip Sousa, Edwin Franko Goldman, Karl L. King, and Leonard B. Smith

Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 2.5

SKU: BT.CMP-0792-04-010

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by James Curnow. Sinfonia Series. Concert Piece. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 2004. Curnow Music #CMP 0792-04-010. Published by Curnow Music (BT.CMP-0792-04-010).

Melodic contour and lightness of touch infuse Mozart's music with a divine character unmatched by any other composer. According to Dvorak Mozart is sunshine. Richard Strauss proclaimed Listen to the remarkable expansion of a Mozart melody. You think it's coming to an end, but it goes farther, ever farther. Alleluja from Exultate, Jubilate is perhaps the best-loved of all Mozart's motet melodies. Give your band the opportunity to experience Mozart's divine gift of melody with James Curnow's sensitive and accessible arrangement today! Charming!

Zijn schitterende motet Exultate, Jubilate componeerde Mozart te Milaan in Italië, in het jaar 1773. Het was georkestreerd voor sopraan en gemengd koor, twee hobo’s, twee hoorns, strijkers en orgel. Het Alleluia hieruitis een zeer levendige en vreugdevolle lofzang. In deze bewerking voor harmonieorkest spelen de trompetten en trombones de koorpartijen, terwijl het hout en de overige koperinstrumenten de originele orkest- en orgelpartijen voorhun rekening nemen. Het werk wordt geleverd met optionele slagwerkpartijen.

Dieses Alleluja stammt aus der Motette Exultate, Jubilate von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Die Instrumentation der Motette aus dem Jahr 1773 sah ursprünglich einen Sopran-Solisten, Chor, zwei Oboen, zwei Hörner, Streicher und Orgel vor. Dank der vorliegenden Bearbeitung des amerikanischen Komponisten James Curnow wird der Energie sprühende, freudige Jubelruf auch in der Interpretation Ihres Blasorchesters absolut überzeugen.

Le motet a revêtu différentes formes au cours de son évolution et a joué un rôle important dans le développement de la musique polyphonique vocale entre les XIIIe et XVIIIe siècles. En janvier 1773, Mozart séjourne Milan en compagnie de son père et y écrit une œuvre originale pour le castrat Venanzio Rauzzini : le motet Exultate, Jubilate KV 165. Cette œuvre sacrée en trois parties rappelle une véritable sinfonia italienne : la pièce suit l’ordonnancement logique Allegro - Andante - Allegro final qui se termine par l’Alleluia, somptueux témoignage de virtuosité vocale.