Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Crash Cymbals, E...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass
Drum, Bassoon, Clarinet
1, Clarinet 2, Crash
Cymbals, Euphonium,
Euphonium T.C., Flute 1,
Horn 1, Horn 2, Mallet
Percussion, Oboe,
Percussion 1, Percussion
2, Piccolo, Snare Drum,
Trombone 1, Trombone 2,
Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2 and
more. - Grade 3
SKU:
CF.CPS258F
Featuring Marches by
L on Jessel,
Victor Herbert, Fritz
Kreisler and Peter Ilyich
Tchaikovsky. Arranged
by Marsha Shapiro. Full
score. 32 pages. Duration
4 minutes. Carl Fischer
Music #CPS258F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CPS258F).
ISBN
9781491161685. UPC:
680160920365.
The
winter holiday season
might bring to mind the
Toy Soldier Dance as
performed annually by the
famous Radio City
Rockettes. There were in
fact a number of
composers who wrote march
music for toy, tin or
wooden soldiers. Four of
those songs have been
included in this medley:
Parade of the Wooden (or
Tin) Soldiers by Leon
Jessel, March of the Toys
from the operetta Babes
in Toyland by Victor
Herbert, Fritz Kreiser's
Toy Soldier March for
violin and piano, and
March of the Wooden
Soldiers from Peter
Ilyich Tchaikovsky's
Nutcracker Suite. This
arrangement, Toy Soldier
Marches, is designed for
high school band because
of the rhythmic technique
required by the
compositions, although
the ranges remain much
easier. The ambitious
director might
incorporate some
uniformed marching band
students into the
performance as wooden
soldiers marching down
the aisles.
The winter
holiday season might
bring to mind the Toy
Soldier Dance as
performed annually by the
famous Radio City
Rockettes. There were in
fact a number of
composers who wrote march
music for toy, tin or
wooden soldiers. Four of
those songs have been
included in this medley:
Parade of the Wooden (or
Tin) Soldiers by Leon
Jessel, March of the Toys
from the operetta Babes
in Toyland by Victor
Herbert, Fritz
Kreiser’s Toy
Soldier March for violin
and piano, and March of
the Wooden Soldiers from
Peter Ilyich
Tchaikovsky’s
Nutcracker Suite.This
arrangement, Toy Soldier
Marches, is designed for
high school band because
of the rhythmic technique
required by the
compositions, although
the ranges remain much
easier. The ambitious
director might
incorporate some
uniformed marching band
students into the
performance as wooden
soldiers marching down
the aisles.