Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.899867

Composed by John Philip Sousa. Arranged by Alexander L Burden. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 10 pages. Alexander Burden #3560127. Published by Alexander Burden (A0.899867).

Genre: March

Length: 2:48

Instrumentation: Alto Saxophone and Euphonium

King Cotton is a military march composed in 1895 by John Philip Sousa, for the Cotton States and International Exposition (1895). The expression King Cotton in general refers to the historically high importance of cotton as a cash crop in the southern United States. This fun arrangement and challenging arrangement for alto saxophone and euphonium is sure to be a crowd favorite and includes altissimo passages in the saxophone part.

The Composer:

John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known primarily for American military and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition, he is known as The March King, or the American March King due to his British counterpart, Kenneth J. Alford also being known by the former nickname. Among his best-known marches are The Stars and Stripes Forever (National March of the United States of America), Semper Fidelis (Official March of the United States Marine Corps), The Liberty Bell (used as the theme for Monty Python's Flying Circus), The Thunderer and The Washington Post.

The Arranger:

Email: alburden9012@eagle.fgcu.edu

Alexander Burden is a Florida born, professional musician and music educator residing in Southwest Florida. There, he is the music teacher at Westside Elementary in Clewiston. Concurrent with his duties at Westside, he also teaches private and group instrumental music lessons and preforms regularly with various professional ensembles throughout Southwest Florida. Burden holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree with an instrumental concentration from the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. There he studied under world renowned saxophonist Mario Bernardo. He also holds an Associate of Arts degree with a Music Education and Saxophone Performance concentration from Eastern Florida State College where he was a student of James Bishop. During his time at the Bower School of music, he served as principle saxophonist in the FGCU Wind Orchestra, lead alto in the Jazz Band Flight: Jazz at FGCU, and played soprano saxophone in the Bower Saxophone Quartet. Alexander was selected to play tenor saxophone in the 2017 National Intercollegiate Band as well as principle alto saxophone in the 2017 Florida All-State Intercollegiate Band and tenor saxophone in the 2016 Florida All-State Intercollegiate Band. In November of 2015, Alexander participated in a critically acclaimed performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City with the FGCU Wind Orchestra.

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: A0.807044

Arranged by Glen Poehlmann. Christian,Sacred. Score and parts. 15 pages. Arrangements by GPoehlmann #6231443. Published by arrangements by GPoehlmann (A0.807044).

CHARLES WESLEY MEDLEY - BRASS QUARTET (unaccompanied)
12 hymn-tunes that are associated with Charles Wesley (lyrics) are used in this wonderful medley for 2 Bb Trumpets, Horn (or Trombone) and Trombone..

Hymn Tunes Quoted (lyrics by Charles Wesley):

And Can It Be (SAGINA)

O For A Thousand Tongeues (AZMON)

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (BEECHER)

Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim (LYONS)

Rejoice, the Lord is King (DARWALL)

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (HYFRYDOL)

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (MENDELSSOHN)

Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (LLANFAIR)

Arise, My Soul, Arise (LENOX)

Blow Ye The Trumpet, Blow! (LENOX)

A Charge to Keep I Have (BOYLSTON)

Christ The Lord is Risen Today (EASTER HYMN)

104 measures.

Performance Time approx. 4:00

Key: Ab - Bb

Meter: 4/4 - 3/4

Medium Difficult (Grade 3+)

INSTRUMENT RANGES (C4=middle C):

Trumpet 1 Bb3 - G5 (written)

Trumpet 2 D4 - F5 (written)

Horn D4 - G5 (written) (or Trombone 2)

Trombone Ab2 - F4

Composed by John Darwall. Arranged by Wesley D. Peters. Sacred, General Worship. Score, Set of Parts. 11 pages. Published by Published by Wesley D. Peters (S0.185001). - Score,Set of Parts - Sacred,General Worship - Published by Wesley D. Peters

Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.954295

Composed by Don W. Howe, ASCAP. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 26 pages. 5Bridge Music #2849815. Published by 5Bridge Music (A0.954295).

Third movement of the CA Suite, which also includes Fanfare for the Golden State, and Dec. 1846.
The title is a play on words, of course - gamble, and gambol, which means to frolic.  This is a rollicking Western type of piece, where you can imagine gold miners dancing at a big bash.  For 13 players, 3431, a normal symphony brass section.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1319582

By Rick Astley. By Matthew Aitken, Mike Stock, and Peter Waterman. Arranged by Adrian Horn. Pop. 27 pages. AJH Brass #908141. Published by AJH Brass (A0.1319582).

Arranged for 10 piece brass ensemble (with percussion).

4 Trumpets in Bb,
1 Horn in F,
2 Tenor Trombones (bass clef),
1 Bass trombone (bass clef),
1 Euphonium in Bb (treble clef),
1 Tuba (bass clef),


Never Gonna Give You Up was the debut single of English singer Rick Astley, released on 27 July 1987. It was written and produced by Stock Aitken and Waterman, and released as the first single from Astley's debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody. 
The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at the top of the chart for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year. It eventually topped the charts in 25 countries, including the United States and West Germany, and winning Best British Single at the 1988 Brit Awards. The song is considered to be Astley's signature song and it is often played at the end of his live concerts.

Brass Ensemble Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1433697

Composed by Grant Horsley. Classical,Comedy,Contest,Festival,Film/TV,Halloween. 33 pages. Grant Horsley #1013929. Published by Grant Horsley (A0.1433697).

A Hunky punk is a grotesque carving on the side of a building, typically found on Mid/ Late medieval churches in the UK. They are plentiful in Somerset in the West Country of England Though similar in appearance to a gargoyle, a hunky punk is purely decorative and has no other functional purpose whatsoever!! Unlike the gargoyle, which serves to drain water off the roof through its mouth.

The theory behind hunky punks and grotesques in general, was that churches were designed to reflect the balance between good and evil, reminding worshippers of the narrow path leading through life. As a result, for every saint or animal that was intended to signify purity and ‘goodness’, there was also an ugly creature to signify evil and ‘badness’.

Scored for 2 Trumpets in B flat, Horn in F, 2 Trombones and Tuba.
This piece is in concert C minor and begins with a medieval type of fanfare which occurs throughout. What follows is a haunting theme with lots of flattened 5ths and several discords to represent the uncomfortable nature of this statue. The staccato and accent direction in most of the piece gives the impression of walking on eggshells not knowing what lies around the corner! Then a brief legato section of the fanfare appears to provide a calmer atmosphere before eventually returning to the main theme and big ending.

Set at Advanced intermediate level although an intermediate player maybe fine with it. However, the youtube link has the full score for you to assess suitability. It is around 4 mins 30 in length and would be a great addition to a repertoire.

Price is for the full score and parts.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.974020

Composed by Trad. Serbian. Arranged by Alexander Bosrup Karlsen. Jewish,Standards,Wedding,World. Score and parts. 42 pages. Alexander Bosrup Karlsen #6027483. Published by Alexander Bosrup Karlsen (A0.974020).

This is a traditional serbian that I first heard on the CD East meets west by Nigel Kennedy and Kroke Band. In this package you'll get four parts in C, Bb, Eb and to in Bass clef. Have fun!

Feel free to contact me on alexander.bosrup@gmail.com if you got any questions.

Check out my other arrangements here:

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/alexander-bosrup-karlsen-sheet-music/3016025?ac=1

Backingtracks:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW_SF7NifB-ms_TTNhfRxuQ?disable_polymer=true

Brass Ensemble - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.931315

Composed by Richard Harvey. Arranged by Alessandro Macrì. Contemporary. Score and parts. 13 pages. Music Macri Editions #6691959. Published by Music Macri Editions (A0.931315).

The official motion picture soundtrack for The Da Vinci Code with Thomas Bowes (violinist), King's Consort Choir, Hugh Marsh, Orchestra, Richard Harvey, Hila Plitmann, Martin Tillman was released on May 9, 2006 via Decca label. The film's music was composed by Hans Zimmer, whose work resulted in a nomination for the 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

Brass Ensemble - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.931316

Composed by Hans Zimmer. Arranged by Alessandro Macrì. Contemporary. Score and parts. 11 pages. Music Macri Editions #6691811. Published by Music Macri Editions (A0.931316).

The official motion picture soundtrack for The Da Vinci Code with Thomas Bowes (violinist), King's Consort Choir, Hugh Marsh, Orchestra, Richard Harvey, Hila Plitmann, Martin Tillman was released on May 9, 2006 via Decca label. The film's music was composed by Hans Zimmer, whose work resulted in a nomination for the 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.