SKU: A0.752005

Adeste Fideles or O Come All Ye Faithful is a Christmas carol commonly attributed to John Francis Wade in approximately 1743.

This arrangement is for the Brass Band and should work well with a choir or congregational singing the traditional words. The Traditional Counter Melody/Descant has been added in the 3rd verse. There are extra parts for Horns in F, Trombones in BC, Euphonium in BC, and Tuba in C. There are optional parts for Piano and Bass Guitar. The arrangement has an optional repeat for either 4 or 5 verses. Any suggestions or comments are welcome. There is also a version for Concert Band with optional strings in the same key.

The MP3 was recorded with NotePerformer 3

Grade = 3 Duration = 3:20 mins

SKU: A0.782800

This is a festive arrangement for brass and timpani, with optional soprano descant.  This arrangement includes an introduction and three settings of the tune.  Llanfair is commonly set to the Easter text Christ the Lord is ris'n today and the Ascension text Hail the day that sees him rise.  The organist/pianist can use the standard harmonization of this tune along with every setting.  It is also possible to use a second brass choir to play the first setting as the foundation accompaniment, with the other settings played on top of the first.

SKU: A0.1012231

Brass Quintet arrangement, in a simple arrangement.  This will work as a standard quintet (2 trumpets/cornets, horn, trombone, tuba), as a horn quintet or horn quartet plus tuba, or in various combinations of brass instruments such as used commonly in the standard British brass band.  There are multiple versions of every part designed for different transpositions: treble clef in C, Bb, F and Eb (for brass band and french horn players); as well as alto, tenor and bass clef (where appropriate) - for orchestral or military band brass players. The range of each part is quite small, meaning that there is a lot of flexibility for unusual instrument combinations - this is important for Christmas events, where player availability for gigs can be oddly mixed.  An optional drum part is included.  (A similar arrangement for recorder is also available, but this is in a different key - so parts would not be interchangeable.).

SKU: A0.587217

16 Favourite Hymns for Brass Quartet (Vol 2.) is a collection of commonly performed traditional hymns. They are arranged primarily for two Trumpets, one Trombone and one Tuba, but the file also contains alternative/additional parts for Horn in F, Tenor Horn in Eb and Bass Trombone. The file contains the score plus the separate parts.

16 Favourite Hymns for Brass Quartet (Vol 2.) are fully compatible with the other Brass, Woodwind and String volumes in the series. Both the short audio sample and the linked youtube performance are from the Clarinet Quartet version of these arrangements. 

·     There are also solo and duet versions available of the same hymns, in the same keys, so that no matter what instrument you play they will fit together.

·     This makes them ideal for building repertoire for church bands and other ensembles.

·     The keys chosen are the standard singing keys

The hymns are in alphabetical order and are as follows

·     Hail to the Lord’s Anointed, (Ellacombe)

·     He who would Valiant Be, (Monk’s Gate)

·     Holiness by Faith in Jesus, (Rousseau)

·     How Sweet the Name, (Lloyd)

·     I Vow to Thee My Country, (Thaxted)

·     I Will Sing the Wondrous Story, (Hyfrodol)

·     Just a Closer Walk with Thee, (Closer Walk)

·     The King of Love, (Dominus Regit Me)

·     The Lord’s My Shepherd, (Crimond)

·     Love Divine, (Austrian Hymn, Haydn)

·     Nearer My God to Thee, (Bethany)

·     Oh Love that will not Let Me Go, (St Margaret)

·     Purer Yet Purer, (Lyndhurst)

·     Shall We Gather by the River,

·     There is a Green Hill, (Horsley)

·     When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, (Rockingham)

Volume 1 contains another 16 hymns arranged in the same way and is available via my home page at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203

SKU: A0.834001

The Dutch Composer, Johan B Kok (1889-1954), wrote over two- hundred compositions for different combinations of instruments, all of which included the Mandolin or the Mandolin Orchestra. ‘Joska’, originally written for two Mandolins, Mandola and Guitar, bears the subtitle and style of the ‘Zigeuner Romance’ or ‘Gypsy Romance’, and it may well have been inspired by Monti’s better known ‘Czardas’, which, significantly, was also originally written for Mandolin and Piano. Both pieces have contrasting slow and fast sections, which is typical of Central European ‘tavern music’, commonly associated with Hungary. ‘Czardas’, of course, means ‘tavern’ in Hungarian.

SKU: A0.890325

Ellacombe is a hymn tune, most commonly known as the music for the hymn I Sing the Mighty Power of God. This very spirited setting for brass quintet is an appropriate service prelude or call to worship.

SKU: A0.914651

An lively arrangement of Hava Nagila, an Israeli folk song traditionally sung at Jewish celebrations. Now commonly heard at Jewish weddings and bar and bat mitzvah celebrations, it was composed to celebrate the Balfour Declaration and the British victory over the Ottomans in 1917.

SKU: A0.814815

This is a setting for brass quintet of the hymn tune Dove of Peace, an American folk melody that was originally known by the title Land of Rest. It first appeared as a hymn tune in William Walker's compilation Southern Harmony in 1835. It has been used to set many hymn texts over the years, including How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds, Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive, and O Tell Me Where the Dove has Flown. But today it is most commonly associated with Brian Wren's 1968 Eucharist text I Come with Joy.  Grade 4 - Duration 2:00

SKU: A0.791033

Versatile Brass 'Óld Time Favourites' Collection

It's a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall song written by Henry James Harry Williams and co-credited to Jack Judge. Originally it was credited as written by Jack Judge and co-credited to Henry James Harry Williams. It was allegedly written for a 5-shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. Now commonly called It's a Long Way to Tipperary, the original printed music calls it It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary. It became popular among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war.

Welcoming signs in the referenced county of Tipperary, Ireland, humorously declare, You've come a long long way... in reference to the song.

This is a very simple arrangement for Brass Ensemble playable by all levels of player.

SKU: A0.814816

This composition for brass septet (2 tpt., 2 hrn, 2 tbn, tba) is based on a medieval Christmas hymn which dates from the late 14th Century and probably had its origins in Germany. Personent Hodie was first published in the Finnish song book Piae Cantiones in 1582. The Latin text has had many English translations over the centuries, but the one most commonly heard today is On This Day Earth Shall Ring by Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929). Grade 4 - Duration 2:40