Brass Ensemble Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download Composed by Camille Saint- Saens (1835-1921), Leos Janacek (1854-1928), Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839- 1881), and Traditional. Arranged by Austin Ralphson. 20th Century, Romantic Period, Standards. Score and parts. 137 pages. Austin Ralphson #3542533. Published by Austin Ralphson

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808688 Composed by Henry Clay Work (1832-1884). Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Children,Folk,Holiday,Patriotic. Score and parts. 31 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #4111581. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808688).     Henry Clay Work, Civil War era song writer and abolitionist, composed Kingdom Coming in 1862. Chicago’s Root & Cady published it in April of that year, Christy’s Minstrels premiered it and it became enormously popular.    The lyrics to Kingdom Coming, also known as The Year of Jubilo, were written as though slaves in the Confederacy were celebrating their upcoming freedom. However, the song was actually released eight months before President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Interestingly, Kingdom Coming also gained popularity in the South. A Southern edition was published in August in 1864, and the song remained a favorite in the former Confederacy for some years.     Kingdom Coming has been used as theme or background music in a number of film, television and radio settings. Almost certainly its most popular iteration in modern times was the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra’s 1952 recording under the title Doodletown Fifers.    This arrangement is a show-off piece for each member of the quintet. It moves along at a brisk pace of about 108, begins in the key of C and changes to A-flat, then B-flat. The first time through the melody, all instruments perform ensemble. Each succeeding repetition features an instrumentalist, starting with tuba and working up to Trumpet 1. The piece ends with another ensemble version.    There are no exceptionally out-of-normal-playing-range notes: Trumpets 1 and 2 both play their B-flat below the scale several times, and Trumpet 2 plays G below the scale; Horn in F also plays its G below the scale; Trombone’s range is G at the bottom of the scale to D above the scale; Tuba’s lowest note is A-flat below the scale. Trumpet 1 will probably triple tongue its repetition of the melody, and some triple tonguing may be called for near the end of the piece for Trumpets 1 and 2 and Trombone.    This arrangement was completed in 2018, and performance time runs just under 4 minutes. The arranger, Les Smith, would be very interested in your comments; contact him at lessmith@ufl.edu. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus search box.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.751021 Composed by John Williamson. Arranged by Brendan Elliget MAGA 537. Contemporary. Score and parts. 39 pages. BJE Music #6283245. Published by BJE Music (A0.751021). Give Me a Home Among the Gumtrees (or Home Among the Gumtrees) is a popular Australian song written in 1974 by Wally Johnson and Bob Brown (aka Captain Rock). The song was later recorded by popular Australian country music singer-songwriter John Williamson, thus increasing its popularity with many mistakenly believe Williamson to be the original composer. This bright arrangement is for a Brass Band or Ensemble Percussion parts include Drum Set and Xylophone. There are parts for both Horns in Eb and F, Trombones 1-2 TC and BC, Euphonium TC or BC, Basses in Eb, Bb, and C… Grade = 3 Duration = 2:30 mins The MP3 was recorded with NotePerformer.

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.912835 Composed by Traditional. 19th century. Arranged by Leo Friedman and brass arrangement by Keith Otis Edwards. Folk,Jazz,Ragtime. Score and parts. 19 pages. Volitant Music #3560197. Published by Volitant Music (A0.912835). In the early days of the twentieth century, the popularity of minstrel shows inspired white performers to don blackface and perform coon songs. The most popular of such acts was Al Jolson, famous for singing Mammy. Al Jolson was the most celebrated white popular singer before Frank Sinatra, and he starred in the first talkie (motion picture with sound). That's perfectly awful, but I came across a coon song that I thought had a great tune, and my arrangement worked out fine. Unfortunately, its title is Coon! Coon! Coon!  If you are offended by that, be advised that the original song was written by an African American, and the words are a lament against bigotry.To see the sheet music scroll by as the music plays, watch the video at YouTube: https://youtu.be/JmSo4kAnZg8

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.791030 By Billy Williams. By Fred E. Ahlert. Arranged by Kevin P Holdgate. Contemporary. Score and parts. 29 pages. Kevin P Holdgate #4888851. Published by Kevin P Holdgate (A0.791030). Versatile Brass Big Band Solo CollectionI'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter is a 1935 popular song with music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Joe Young. It has been recorded many times, including several recordings by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and a host of other big American stars. It has become a standard of the Great American Songbook. It was popularized by Fats Waller, who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fameIt is one of several songs from the Harlem Renaissance featured in the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin'.American Public Media's business-news program, Marketplace, uses a portion of Fats Waller's version to open its weekly letters-from-listeners segment.This arrangement can be for male vocals or played as a trombone solo in a swing style.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.924439 By Barry Manilow. By Alex North. Arranged by Joseph M. Chopp. Pop,Rock. Score and parts. 12 pages. JOSEPH M CHOPP #4404526. Published by JOSEPH M CHOPP (A0.924439). The beautiful, flowing melody was written by Alex North (a composer of many movie scores) for the prison film Unchained in 1955.  There were many popular recordings over the years.  It was the July 1965 version by The Righteous Brothers that became a jukebox standard for the late 20th century, regaining massive popularity when used in the 1990 blockbuster film Ghost.This arrangement features the French horn with lots of great melody. All instruments have smoothly moving harmonies and some melody.  Sing it slow and easy.There are no rapid passages that require advanced technical ability.  A great song for musicians at an intermediate level to play musically and for an audience to enjoy.Playing time is 2.75 minutes (4 w/repeat)

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.751009 Composed by Bruce Woodley and Dobe Newton. Arranged by Brendan Elliget MAGA 537. Contemporary. Score and parts. 39 pages. BJE Music #6120841. Published by BJE Music (A0.751009). I Am Australian (or We Are Australian) is a popular Australian song written in 1987 by Bruce Woodley of The Seekers and Dobe Newton of The Bushwackers. Its lyrics are filled with many historic and cultural references, such as to the digger, Albert Namatjira, and Ned Kelly, among others. Its popularity has allowed it to join the ranks of other patriotic songs considered as alternatives to the Australian national anthem, Advance Australia Fair. This arrangement is for a Brass Band or Ensemble with an optional part for String Bass. Percussion parts include Claves, Glockenspiel, Drum Set, and Timpani. There are parts for both Horns in Eb and F, Trombones 1-2 TC and BC, Euphonium TC or BC, Basses in Eb, Bb, and C…   Grade = 3 Duration = 4:25 mins. The MP3 recording was recorded with NotePerformer 3.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808684 Composed by Irving Berlin (1888–1989). Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Holiday,Jazz,Patriotic. Score and parts. 42 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #3582931. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808684). Irving Berlin’s composition Alexander’s Ragtime Band was not only his first hit, it was also one of the most popular songs ever. It first gained widespread recognition when Emma Carus sang it in Chicago in 1911, and then it really took off when Al Jolson performed it in New York. It’s no wonder the popularity of Alexander’s has been so long-lived. Both words and music are absolutely bouncy and upbeat. The lyrics proclaim the Ragtime Band to be the best . . . in the land and invite the listener to come on and hear the group, even to meet its leader! The tune is energetic and lively, a salute to the toe-tapping Dixieland style that even then was developing in New Orleans.  This arrangement takes the natural exuberance of the melody and raises it a couple of notches. Wide open and sprightly, it features the trombone, but also gives each of the other parts a chance to shine, too. In addition to several iterations of the well-known chorus, it also includes the seldom-heard verse and even throws in a few true ragtime licks, quotes from Scott Joplin and Percy Wenrich. The tempo is a bouncy, cut-time 76, with some fairly tricky rhythms and one ritardando near the middle. Trumpet 1 plays a couple of notes above its staff, one A and one B. Trombone plays F above its staff several times and one brief G. Tuba’s lowest note is F below the staff. This arrangement was completed in 2018, and performance time runs about 4 minutes, 33 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, would be very interested in your comments; contact him at lessmith@ufl.edu or leave a review on the SheetMusicPlus website. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus or Sheet Music Direct search box. (Also, purchase of this piece entitles you to your choice of another of his arrangements at no charge; send a copy of your purchase receipt directly to him at lessmith61@bellsouth.net.)

Brass Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.740262 By Dave Koz & Kelly Sweet. By Irving Berlin. Arranged by Craig Garner and Craig Garner. Jazz. Score and parts. 14 pages. Dorm 40 Music #2969247. Published by Dorm 40 Music (A0.740262). White Christmas by Irving Berlin, arranged by Craig Garner for Brass Quintet (and optional Organ). This Christmas favorite gained popularity from the 1942 film Holiday Inn and again from the 1954 film White Christmas. It has remained one of the most popular Christmas songs ever written. This arrangement includes the opening verse, which is often excluded by performers. White Christmas is an absolute must-have for any Christmas concert. This arrangement comes with a full score and set of parts: 2 trumpets (B-flat and C parts), horn, trombone and tuba. There is also an optional organ part, so you have your favorite organist play along! Performance time, 3:15. Published by Dorm 40 Music, www.dorm40music.com

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1032124 Composed by Richard Wagner. Arranged by Karley O'Hearn. Opera,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 9 pages. Karley O'Hearn #4404926. Published by Karley O'Hearn (A0.1032124). From the opera Lohengrin, Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral is the most well-known piece of music, second only to the bridal chorus, known popularly as Here Comes the Bride. Originally for full pit orchestra, this music is here arranged for five Bb trumpets. Performance time is approximately 5 minutes. This arrangement is fairly easy, aside from a high C in the first trumpet part.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.870845 Composed by Charlie Barnet. Arranged by Lawrence Killian. Contemporary. Score and parts. 18 pages. Linden Brass Press Inc. #6655763. Published by Linden Brass Press Inc. (A0.870845). From Wikipedia: Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.Skyliner...was written as the theme music for the late 1940s US Armed Forces Network program Midnight In Munich, broadcast from the AFN station in Munich, Germany, and hosted by Ralph Moffat. Thanks to the station's immensely powerful twin 100 kW transmitters, AFN Munich could be heard as far away as the UK; this, and the popularity of Moffat's show, evidently helped Skyliner and many other contemporary American swing hits to gain wide popularity across Europe and become hits in the UK. The title (which was originally printed as Sky Liner) may be a reference to the practice of American pilots flying into Munich who used the radio station's powerful signal to home in on the city.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.870848 Composed by Charlie Barnet. Arranged by Lawrence Killian. Contemporary. Score and parts. 30 pages. Linden Brass Press Inc. #6662133. Published by Linden Brass Press Inc. (A0.870848). From Wikipedia: Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.Skyliner...was written as the theme music for the late 1940s US Armed Forces Network program Midnight In Munich, broadcast from the AFN station in Munich, Germany, and hosted by Ralph Moffat. Thanks to the station's immensely powerful twin 100 kW transmitters, AFN Munich could be heard as far away as the UK; this, and the popularity of Moffat's show, evidently helped Skyliner and many other contemporary American swing hits to gain wide popularity across Europe and become hits in the UK. The title (which was originally printed as Sky Liner) may be a reference to the practice of American pilots flying into Munich who used the radio station's powerful signal to home in on the city.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.734535 Composed by Traditional English Tune. Arranged by Dennis Ruello. Children,Contemporary,Film/TV,Folk. Score and parts. 10 pages. Chicory Music #6273081. Published by Chicory Music (A0.734535). Soft Kitty is a children's song, popularized by the characters Sheldon and Penny in the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory, and also on the new series Young Sheldon. This tune may be rendered elsewhere as Warm Kitty.This Mixed Brass Trio is arranged in the brass friendly keys of Eb, F, and Bb Major Concert at the Intermediate Level.Performance Time: Approx. 1 minute 30 seconds

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.831359 Composed by Bobby Plater, Ed Johnson, Robert Wright, and Tiny Bradshaw. Arranged by Gary Fladmoe (ASCAP). Contemporary. Score and parts. 28 pages. Gary Fladmoe #6236173. Published by Gary Fladmoe (A0.831359). A setting for brass quintet of the swing classic popularized by Benny Goodman and Harry James. Duration: 3:02. Playable by intermediate musicians. Features solos for horn and trombone. Solos are written out but chord symbols are included for improvisation. Both Bb and C trumpet parts are included.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.740278 By The Usaf Band. By Giacomo (Dp) Puccini and Giacomo Puccini. Arranged by Craig Garner. Contemporary. Score and parts. 22 pages. Dorm 40 Music #4413145. Published by Dorm 40 Music (A0.740278). This arrangement is part of the Chicago Gargoyle Brass &  Organ Ensemble Signature Series. Nessun dorma (None shall sleep) is  an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot and is one of the best-known arias in all of opera. Although Nessun dorma has long been a staple of  operatic recitals, Luciano Pavarotti popularized the piece well beyond the world  of opera with his many recordings and live performances. Nessun  dorma became his signature aria. Nessun dorma also appeared on the best selling classical album of all time, The  Three Tenors in Concert. However, our favorite  version will always be the soul-infused rendition by Aretha  Franklin during the 1998 Grammy Awards, in which she sang in place of Luciano Pavarotti when he was unable to  perform due to throat problems. This arrangement for brass  quintet, organ, timpani/suspended cymbal, includes a full score, organ, percussion and brass parts (trumpet parts are provided for both B-flat and C; percussion part is designed for one player). Perfect  for any concert and it makes a great encore, as well! And, if you want to add voices,  we’ve got you covered. Dorm 40 Music has also published a version for mixed  choir (SATB), brass quintet, organ and percussion. And, it is available for  sale on Sheet Music Plus. Performance time, 2:45. Published by Dorm 40 Music, www.dorm40music.com.