Par DOSS THOMAS. Ce sont les petites choses qui enrichissent notre vie et nous font sourire : un beau lever de soleil, un souvenir agréable, une conversation amicale ou une jolie mélodie. Nous espérons que cela s’appliquera aussi au « petit air » de Thomas Doss, que le compositeur a écrit pour sa femme et son fils cadet en souvenir de leur voyage en voiture à travers l’Irlande./ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Europe Euregio Fanfare. Par DOSS THOMAS. Located in the heart of Europe, this Euroregion unites the three provinces of Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino into a prosperous and successful union. People, points of view, interests and opportunities are to be joined together here in a harmonious future. For this part of Europe, our fanfare will be a signal that can be heard from far and wide. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Fair play for Band. Par DOSS THOMAS. / Niveau : 3 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Graduale. Par BRUCKNER ANTON / DOSS THOMAS (Arr.). Thomas Doss a arrangé pour orchestre d'harmonie cette transcription exaltante et très abordable de Christus factus est (WAB 11), le motet écrit par Bruckner en 1884. Après la Messe für den Gründonnerstag (1844) et un motet pour ch'ur mixte à huit voix, trois trombones et instruments à cordes ad libitum (1873), cette 'uvre est la troisième mise en musique du graduel (chant grégorien) du même nom. L'influence de Wagner se manifeste clairement. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON / DOSS THOMAS (Arr.). Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn?t have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years as a school assistant and his own organ and piano studies, he first worked as organist in St. Florian, then from 1855 as cathedral organist in Linz. Introduced to music theory and instrumentation by Simon Sechter and Otto Kitzler, he discovered Richard Wagner as an artistic role model, whom he admired throughout his life and also visited several times in Bayreuth. In 1868 Anton Bruckner became professor of basso continuo, counterpoint and organ at the Vienna Conservatory; ten years later court organist; and in 1891 finally honorary doctor of the University of Vienna. He was considered an important organ virtuoso of his era, but had to wait a long time for recognition as a composer. It was not until Symphony No.7 in E major, composed between 1881 and 1883, with the famous Adagio written under the effects of Wagner's death, that he achieved the recognition he had hoped for, even if he was reluctant to accept it given his inclination towards scepticism and self-criticism. Anton Bruckner was a loner who did not want to follow a particular school or doctrine. He composed numerous sacred vocal works, such as his three masses, the Missa Solemnis in B flat minor (1854), the Te Deum (1881-84) and numerous motets. As a symphonic composer, he wrote a total of nine symphonies and many symphonic studies from 1863 onwards, tending to revise completed versions several times over. Bruckner's orchestral works were long considered unplayable, but in fact were merely exceptionally bold for the tonal language of their time, uniting traditions from Beethoven through Wagner to folk music, on the threshold between late Romanticism and Modernism. Anton Bruckner composed about 40 motets during his lifetime, the earliest a setting of Pange lingua around 1835, and the last, Vexilla regis, in 1892. Thomas Doss has compiled some of these motets in this volume for symphonic wind orchestra. These motets show many characteristics of personal expression, especially Bruckner's colourful harmony in the earlier works, which is in places aligned with Franz Schubert (changes between major and minor; and movements in thirds). Later works are characterised by many components which, in addition to the expanded stature of the movements, include above all a sense of the instrumentation as an outward phenomenon and the harmony as a compositional feature that works more internally. Some aspects of Bruckner's work are the result of his long period of study, which familiarised him not only with the tradition of his craft, but also gave him insights into the 'modernity' of his time in such composers as Wagner, Liszt and Berlioz. From this developed his personal standpoint, which always pursues the connection between the old and the new. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

for Solo Bb Euphonium (or Baritone ad lib.) and Concert Band. Par DOSS THOMAS. Cette 'uvre a été écrite dans le cadre du projet Obertöne du Bezirksblasmusikverband Linz-Land (Autriche). Elle est dédiée à Anton Forstner en remerciement des années qu'il a consacrées à soutenir la musique pour instruments à vent dans le district de Linz-Land. Le Shamadan est une ancienne danse folklorique orientale pleine de symbolisme durant laquelle une danseuse ' souvent à l'occasion d'un mariage ' porte en équilibre sur la tête un candélabre représentant la lumière spirituelle. Dans cette 'uvre, l'euphonium tient le rôle de la danseuse. Dès le début, le/la soliste a l'occasion de briller dans un récitatif non accompagné. Ensuite, soliste et orchestre jouent en alternance, mais tout au long de la pièce ce dernier tient aussi un rôle important avec diverses prouesses techniques. D'autres points d'intérêt sont introduits avec un passage solo accompagné de percussions et frappements de mains, le tout culminant brillamment dans un grand tutti vers la fin de la pièce. Une musique exigeante offrant de multiples plaisirs ! / Date parution : 2022-11-08/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON / DOSS THOMAS (Arr.). As a symphonic composer, Bruckner wrote a total of nine symphonies and many symphonic studies from 1863 onwards, tending to revise completed versions several times over. Bruckner's orchestral works were long considered unplayable, but in fact were merely exceptionally bold for the tonal language of their time, uniting traditions from Beethoven through Wagner to folk music, on the threshold between late Romanticism and Modernism. Hymns for four-part mixed choir a cappella (1846, St. Florian) No. 1 in E flat major (WAB 41/3): Quite Slow No. 2 in C major (WAB 41/4): Andante No. 3 in B flat major (WAB 41/1): Slow No. 4 in A flat major (WAB 41/2): Slow Hymn for five-part (2 S, A, T, B) mixed choir and organ No. 5 in D major: Solemnly They are simple works, completely subordinate to their liturgical use, which nevertheless already show numerous characteristics of personal expression. These small pieces were able to stand up to the harsh scrutiny of the mature master: in 1888, Bruckner subjected them to a revision in which he made only minor corrections. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Anton Bruckner (18241896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON / DOSS THOMAS (Arr.). Anton Bruckner composed about 40 motets during his lifetime, the earliest a setting of Pange lingua around 1835, and the last, Vexilla regis, in 1892. Thomas Doss has compiled some of these motets in this volume for symphonic wind orchestra. These motets show many characteristics of personal expression, especially Bruckner's colourful harmony in the earlier works, which is in places aligned with Franz Schubert (changes between major and minor; and movements in thirds). Later works are characterised by many components which, in addition to the expanded stature of the movements, include above all a sense of the instrumentation as an outward phenomenon and the harmony as a compositional feature that works more internally. Some aspects of Bruckner's work are the result of his long period of study, which familiarised him not only with the tradition of his craft, but also gave him insights into the 'modernity' of his time in such composers as Wagner, Liszt and Berlioz. From this developed his personal standpoint, which always pursues the connection between the old and the new. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par DOSS THOMAS. Ce sont les petites choses qui enrichissent notre vie et nous font sourire : un beau lever de soleil, un souvenir agréable, une conversation amicale ou une jolie mélodie. Nous espérons que cela s’appliquera aussi au « petit air » de Thomas Doss, que le compositeur a écrit pour sa femme et son fils cadet en souvenir de leur voyage en voiture à travers l’Irlande./ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Suite from the Incidental Music. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) a composé la musique de la pièce de théâtre de William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Le Songe d’une Nuit d’Été) à deux moments différents. En 1826, à l’âge de 16 ans, il écrit une ouverture de concert (Op. 21). Seize ans plus tard, en 1842, il composa la musique de scène (opus 61) pour le roi Frédéric-Guillaume IV de Prusse, dans laquelle il incorpora l’ouverture existante. L’ouverture a été créée à Stettin (alors en Prusse, aujourd’hui Szczecin, Pologne) le 20 février 1827, sous la direction de Carl Loewe. Mendelssohn a dû parcourir 80 miles à travers une tempête de neige déchaînée pour se rendre au concert, qui est devenu sa première apparition publique. La première représentation britannique de l’ouverture fut dirigée par Mendelssohn lui-même le 24 juin 1829, aux Argyll Rooms de Londres. Après le concert, Thomas Attwood a reçu la partition de l’ouverture pour la garde, mais l’a laissée dans un taxi et n’a jamais été retrouvée. Mendelssohn a réécrit plus tard l’ouverture entièrement de mémoire. / Date parution : 2022-01-14/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie