Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808675 Composed by Alexander Borodin (1833–1887). Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Broadway,Holiday,Musical/Show,Romantic Period,Wedding. Score and parts. 19 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #3130463. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808675).      The defeat of Igor Svyatoslavich, a Rus’ prince, in his 1185 campaign against invading Cuman (Polovtsy) tribes was immortalized in the Russian epic, The Lay of Igor’s Campaign. Seven centuries later, Alexander Borodin started work on an opera based on that old tale. Borodin died before finishing, but Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov completed Prince Igor, and it was performed for the first time in 1890. Sixty-three years later the Broadway production Kismet opened featuring songs adapted by Robert Wright and George Forrest from the music of Borodin. Arguably, the most popular of the show’s songs was Stranger in Paradise, which was based on the Gliding Dance of the Maidens from the Polovtsian Dances of Prince Igor.      This beautiful brass quintet arrangement of Gliding Dance of the Maidens was adapted from the orchestra score. The key is A major, time signature is 4/4 and tempo marking is Andantino at the opening, slowing to a suggested quarter note = 63 at measure 15. Trumpets, Horn in F and Trombone all play a few grace notes. Highest notes for Trumpets are their G-sharp just above the staff; for Trombone, E above the staff. While not particularly challenging technically, the key to playing this piece is interpretation and feeling.     This arrangement was completed in 2017, and performance time runs about 2 minutes, 38 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, will be happy to provide substitute parts (for example, treble clef baritone for trombone) at no charge; contact him directly at lessmith61@bellsouth.net. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the 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.)

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1343777 Composed by Alexander Borodin. Arranged by John Ivor Holland. 19th Century,Broadway,Classical,Contest,Festival,Multicultural,Musical/Show,World. 264 pages. John Ivor Holland #929284. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1343777). The Polovtsian Dances form an exotic scene at the end of act 2 of Alexander Borodin's opera 'Prince Igor'. The work remained unfinished when the composer died in 1887, although he had worked on it for more than a decade. A performing version was prepared by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov in 1890. Several other versions, or completions, of the opera have been made. The dances are sometimes performed with chorus and last around 11 minutes. Themes from the Polovtsian Dances have been used widely in popular culture, notably the 1953 musical 'Kismet'; the most prominent example is the popular standard Stranger in Paradise, adapted from the Gliding Dance of the Maidens, which opens this piece. This great piece, a staple of the orchestral repertoire, would form a substantial showpiece in any concert and important solos have been cross-cued for smaller ensembles.

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.877108 Composed by Alexander Borodin. Arranged by Tim Laughlin. Classical,Opera,Romantic Period,Standards,World. Score and parts. 184 pages. Tim Laughlin #4597215. Published by Tim Laughlin (A0.877108). Though left unfinished by the composer before his death, Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor lives on in the repertoire thanks to orchestrations by Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The overture, a concert favorite of audiences since its posthumous premiere in 1890, is here reworked for wind ensemble. The piece is a collection of arias, duets, and dances from the opera itself, coursing in and out of love themes, marches, and fanfares, all to end in a vibrant flourish.Instrumentation: 2fl+pic/2ob/Ebcl+3Bbcl+bcl+cbcl/4sax/2bn+cbn; 4hn/3tp/3tb/eu/tba; bass; timpDuration: approx. 10 min.Level: Intermediate to Advanced IntermediateContents: Full score and parts

Saxophone Ensemble,Woodwind Ensemble Alto Saxophone,Baritone Saxophone,Bass Saxophone,Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1277599 Composed by Alexander Glazunov. Arranged by Gary Bricault. Romantic Period. 47 pages. Gary Bricault #869280. Published by Gary Bricault (A0.1277599). Arrangement as Clarinet Ensemble (Eb Sop 4 Bb 2 BH 3 Bs Cl Ca Cb + Timp + Perc). Performance time 3'45.Both Eb Alto Clarinet and Basset Horn part included.Changed the key to make it more readable and playable.

String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: A0.773236 Composed by Alexander Glazunov. Arranged by A.G. Romantic Period. Score and Parts. 8 pages. V.H. #380881. Published by V.H. (A0.773236).

Violin and piano - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q2918 Composed by Alexander Glazunov. This edition: Sheet music. Dushkin Transcriptions. Downloadable. Op. Nr. 8. Schott Music - Digital #Q2918. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q2918).

Harp - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797379 Composed by William Mahan. Baroque,Classical,Concert,Standards. Score. 26 pages. Afghan Press Music for the Harp #4831427. Published by Afghan Press Music for the Harp (A0.797379). Themes and Variations arranged for harp. These familiar melodies, loved the world over, have been simplified from their orchestral or original versions, none originally written for harp. Carefully edited with some fingerings and brackets, these are a great addition to your repertoire for performing or for self enjoyment. Titles: Pieds en l'air (Thoinot Arbeau), from Marizapalos (Don Francisco Geurau), Gigue from Suite for Strings (Arcangelo Corelli), 2-part Invention #11 (J.S. Bach), Etude #3 from 12 Etudes (Frederic Chopin), Heimweh from Lyric Piece #10 (Edvard Grieg), Pas Classique from Raymonda (Alexander Glazunov), Themes from Vaughan Williams' Tallis Fantasia, El noy de la mare (Catalonian)

Low Brass Ensemble Euphonium,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.825098 Composed by Alexander Glazunov. Arranged by Gary Bricault. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 31 pages. Gary Bricault #4319143. Published by Gary Bricault (A0.825098). Arrangement as Low Brass Ensemble (4E 4T + Timp + Perc). Performance time 3'48.

String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: A0.1191122 By Richard Byrnes. By Alexander Glazunov. Arranged by Richard Byrnes. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 36 pages. Richard Byrnes #790642. Published by Richard Byrnes (A0.1191122). Originally for organ, this fugue is indicated as being composed between 1906 & 1907.This is an arrangement for 6 Violins, Viola, 2 Celli & Bass.Please peruse the pages and listen to the recording of the score that is offered to determine whether this arrangement can work for your ensemble.In addition to the Prelude in D Major by Glazounov, we offer works by J.S. Bach, Debussy, Fauré, Glinka, Gottschalk, Granados, Griffes, Lotti, Mozart, Ravel, Richard Strauss, and Turina.

Violin and piano - advanced - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q519 Composed by Alexander Glazunov. Arranged by Fritz Kreisler. This edition: Sheet music. Kreisler Transcripts. Downloadable. Op Nr. 26. Schott Music - Digital #Q519. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q519).

Alto Saxophone,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1224302 Composed by Alexander Glazunov. Arranged by Gary Bricault. Romantic Period. Score and part. 13 pages. Gary Bricault #820405. Published by Gary Bricault (A0.1224302). Arrangement for solo Alto Saxophone and Piano. Performance time 4'55.

Brass Quintet Euphonium,Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.817435 Composed by Alexander Glazunov. Arranged by Charles Decker. 20th Century,Chamber,Contest,Festival,Romantic Period. 38 pages. Charles Decker Music Press #3548215. Published by Charles Decker Music Press (A0.817435). The brilliant opening movement to Glazounov's orchestral suite, Ballet Scenes, showcases brass technical mastery and is guaranteed to provide musical fireworks for programs. Trumpet parts come in B-flat and with alternate C parts. The audio file is an actual brass quintet performance of the entire work and not a computer playback of the score. See more than 70 mixed brass ensemble publications at Charles Decker Music Press at Sheet Music Plus for inexperienced to advanced musicians with music ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary new works for trios, quartets, quintets, brass choir and brass band. Many of the mixed brass ensemble editions include alternate and substitute parts being alternate C trumpet parts for B-flat trumpet parts, flugelhorn/trumpet substitute for horn, horn substitute for trombone and treble clef euphonium substitute for trombone. See also 50+ homogeneous brass group editions at Charles Decker Music Press for horn, trumpet and trombone ensembles. Check out the Music of Black Composers Series at Charles Decker Music Press with 25 arrangements for mixed brass ensembles ranging from early jazz to symphonic works with composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, Will Marion Cook, James Reese Europe, James Johnson and others.  All ensemble publications include recordings of the entire edition.  For more Charles Decker brass quintet editions use these links to Kendor Music and Cherry Classics Music for listings of arrangements of music by J.S. Bach, H.L. Clarke, Debussy, Dukas, Elgar, Falla, Holst, Ives, Nestico, Rachmaninoff, Satie, and Tchaikovsky.