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PATRIOTIC MUSIC
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Composed (Arranged) |
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American Hymn (A heartfelt tribute to our wonderful country.) |
Nancy Bloomer Deussen |
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The Armed Forces March (A salute to our Armed Forces.) |
(Robert Wendel) |
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Commemoration (For Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, and 9-11.) |
Robert Wendel |
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Fanfare For Freedom (A brilliant up-tempo flourish for any patriotic Pops concert.) |
Robert Wendel |
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Fanfare For The FrontLine Workers (To those who kept us safe in times of crisis.) |
Robert Wendel |
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A Field In Pennsylvania (A tribute to the heros of Flight 93 on 9-11 near Shanksville, PA.) |
Nancy Bloomer Deussen |
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The Gettysburg Address (Lincoln's timeless speech with a stirring musical underscore.) |
Richard Chiarappa |
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Spirit Of Freedom (An audience favorite for over 20 years!) |
Tracey Rush |
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Towers Of Light (An elegy for orchestra for 9-11.) |
Robert Wendel |
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Valor (For the Bravest, the Finest, the First Responders, and the Heros!) |
Christopher Tyler Nickel |
Detailed listings
by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
An original composition dedicated to all the front line workers who kept us all safe and safely functioning: doctors, nurses, EMT's, police, fire, sanitation, transportation, food and medicine delivery persons, care takers, mask makers and so many more who volunteered for so many needed tasks! |
| Instrumentation: | 0/0/0/0 - 4/4(or 3)/3+BTb/1 - Timp, Sn Dr., Field Dr., Bass Drum. |
| Duration: | 2:45 |
| Rental Fee: | $50/+$25/+$12.50 |
Notes: |
Commissioned and premiered July 3, 2020 by the Philly Pops, David Charles Abell, conductor. |
by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
An original composition by Robert Wendel, rapidly becoming an often-programmed opener for Memorial Day and 4th of July concerts with its blazing trumpets, thundering timpani, and pealing bells! Now having had over 250 performances to date, this has truly become a new part of the standard repertory. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, 2-3 percussion, opt piano, and strings |
| Duration: | 3:30 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
Notes: |
This work served as the July 4th Concert opener for the Atlanta Symphony 7 years in a row, was conducted by Erich Kunzel numerous times in Cincinnati, Naples, and on tour, and has been frequently performed on Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day across the country every year. |
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A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com |
by Tracey Rush
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| Description: |
Commissioned and premiered by the Dubuque Symphony in 1997, this work has had many performances since then. Now Tracey has gone back and made some revisions, especially in the finale, and added an optional 4th trumpet for more excitement than ever. This one will definitely get your audience cheering and waving their flags and we are proud to now be your source for this newly revised classic! |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3(4)/3/1 - Timp, 3 perc and strings. |
| Duration: | 3:35 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
A salute to the personnel of our Armed Forces: The Army, Marines, Coast Guard, Navy, and Air Force, with a tag from the Star Spangled Banner. Perfect for Memorial Day or July 4th Concerts. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 Percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 3:15 |
| Rental Fee: | $160/+$80/+$40 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
An original work by Robert Wendel that is a sort of "double trumpet voluntary" suitable for any occasion of importance or remembrance. Starting as almost a funeral march, it builds slowly and relentlessly to a life-affirming conclusion. |
| Instrumentation | 2+picc/1 + E. Hrn/2/2 - 4/2,3,or 4 Trumpets/3/1 Timpani, 2-3 percussion, optional organ, and strings |
| Duration: | 3:45 |
| Comments: |
"...a penetrating work." — The Cleveland Plain Dealer |
| Notes: |
Though composed and premiered in 2000 to remember the unexpected passing of two long-time friends, Commemoration was performed numerous times around the country in the months following the 9-11 attack, most notably on a 7 city tour by Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops. It was also played at the Kennedy Space center launch pad in a memorial concert for the Challenger Astronauts. It has been featured 5 times on the National Memorial Day Concert on PBS: In 2006 to mark the opening of the WW II memorial, with Erich Kunzel conducting the National Symphony, again in 2009 as part of the Lincoln Tribute, again on the 2011 telecast for Gen. Colin Powell's welcoming home of our troops, also featured in the 2017 concert conducted by Jack Everly to honor the Tuskeegee Air Men and veterans of WWII, and most recently in 2022 as part of the salute to the women's contributions during WWII.
This work has been recorded by Sean O'Boyle & The Tasmanian Symphony for ABC Classics, and a CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
by Nancy Bloomer Deussen
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| Description: |
Nancy Bloomer Deussen's newest work for orchestra is a stirring tribute to America, beginning almost pensively, but building to a stirring climax. World Premiere by The Diablo Symphony conducted by Joyce Johnson-Hamilton on July 1, 2, and 3, 2005. It carries the inscription: "In appreciation of how fortunate I am to be a citizen of this great nation." |
| Instrumentation: | 2+Picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timp, 3-4 perc - Harp, and strings. |
| Duration: | 5:25 |
| Rental Fee: | $240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
| Notes: | This work has been recorded by Robert Ian Winston and The Kiev Philharmonic for ERM Media. |
by Richard Chiarappa, Jr.
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| Description: |
A new inspirational setting of Lincoln's famous speech for narrator and orchestra by conductor/composer Richard Chiarappa, Jr. The music follows the text most effectively yet requires little rehearsal to coordinate with the speaker. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, 3 percussion, strings, and narrator. |
| Duration: | 3:55 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
by Christopher Tyler Nickel
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| Description: |
Valor is particularly suited to Memorial Day, Independence Day, 9/11,and Veterans Day concerts, or any concert with an heroic theme. A dramatic work in the tradition of the best in film music, Valor is written with soaring lines and stirring brass fanfares to inspire pride and patriotism! |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2+E Hn/2+B Cl/2+Cbn - 4/3/3/1 - Timp, 2-3 Perc, Harp, and Strings |
| Duration: | 4:45 |
| Rental Fee: | $240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
Notes: |
World premiere: May 25th, 2014 by the Gulf Coast Symphony, John Strickler, conductor. |
| Notes: |
From the conductor: "The orchestra enjoyed the piece, and the audience reaction was immediate and very enthusiastic. Lot's of cheering and whistling." |
by Christopher Tyler Nickel
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| Description: |
A new and exciting composition full of shifting rhythms in contrasting fanfare-like and pastoral passages. This work by award-winning Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel will surely delight both your audiences and musicians. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+Picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timp, 3 perc & Strings |
| Duration: | 3:15 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
A musical journey across the USA including America The Beautiful with San Francisco, Deep In The Heart Of Texas, Meet Me In Saint Louis, The Tennessee Waltz, Chicago (That Toddlin' Town), My Old Kentucky Home, Georgia On My Mind, Carolina In The Morning, and New York, New York with a finale orchestrated to withstand fireworks if you want to end with a "bang!" A favorite of Erich Kunzel & The Cincinnati Pops! |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2+opt B Cl/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 9:10 |
| Rental Fee: | $360/+$180/+$90 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
| Notes: | This selection usually "sells out" between Memorial Day and Labor Day, so please reserve your copy early! |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
A musical "recollection" of summer in simpler times. Includes: School Days, In The Good Old SummerTime, Sidewalks Of New York, Bicycle Built For Two, Take Me Out To The Ball Game and By The Sea in a concert-overture setting. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, harp, and strings |
| Duration: | 4:00 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
Bring on the trapeze artists, the elephants, dogs and ponies and, of course, the clowns! They are all here in this new medley that's sure to be fun for all! |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/2/3/1 Timpani, 3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 6:25 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
| Notes: | Commissioned by The Houston Symphony and Michael Krajewski. Premiered May 24th, 2006. |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description |
Includes the themes from Dragnet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Honeymooners, The Lone Ranger, I Love Lucy, and the "N-B-C" signature! |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3
percussion, harp, and strings |
| Duration: | 4:40 [ASCAP] |
| Rental Fee: | $240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
A great nostalgia trip through the ever-changing music of the 50's including "Mister Sandman", "The Great Pretender", Academy-Award winning "Que Sera-Sera", "Sh-Boom Sh-Boom", and the original 'party' song, "Tequila!" |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2[2nd doubles tenor sax]/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, harp, opt piano, and strings |
| Duration: | 5:45 [ASCAP] |
| Rental Fee: | $240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
The hit song by Bill Haley and His Comets that started the whole Rock-and-Roll phenomenon, with interruptions by Mozart, Beethoven, and the 1812 Overture! |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 3:00 [ASCAP] |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
Arr.: David Culross
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| Description: |
Be it a Celtic, Scottish, or American Country theme, this medley of "Reel Saint-Joseph" and "Reel Saint-Antoine" for 2 violins and orchestra will have toes tapping and hands clapping. Add Irish or clog dancers too if you wish... just have fun with this one! |
| Instrumentation: | 2-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/timp +3 and strings with 2 solo violins. |
| Duration: | Approximately 3:05 |
| Rental Fee: | $180/+$90/+$45 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
An original composition written to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first powered flight, this work celebrates everyone who dares to dream. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2+opt B Cl/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, 2-3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 5:20 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
Give My Regards To Broadway, Mary, Harrigan, Over There, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and You're A Grand Old Flag in a hand-clapping arrangement. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 6:30 |
| Rental Fee: | $240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
Notes: |
The recording of this work has been used repeatedly on the NBC "Today" show for commercial bumpers. |
| Notes: |
A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
Similar to the above, but in different keys for singers. Vocal parts available: Mezzo and/or Baritone soloists, or SATB chorus. Please specify which version when ordering. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 Percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 6:10 |
| Rental Fee: | $280/+$140/+$70 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). 50 chorus books are included. Extra books are available at 50¢ rental each. |
by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
An original composition based on the Legend Of Sleepy Hollow. Creepy sounds of the foggy forrest, the clock strikes midnight, the horse rears up, and the chase is on until the Headless Horseman traps Ichabod Crane on the covered bridge and "the deed is done!" |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap set, Mark Tree, Xylophone, Glock, Chimes, Tam-Tam, Triangle, Piatti and Bass Drum, Harp, and Strings |
| Duration: | 5:15 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
Notes: |
A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com |
by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
An original tone picture by Robert Wendel that evokes the spirit of the early maritime explorers, the wind in the sails, sea chanties, and waves crashing on the ship's bow. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, 2-3 percussion, harp, Celeste and strings |
| Duration: | 5:55 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
Notes: |
"Robert Wendel's 'The Tall Ships' proved a cinematic extravaganza, the soundtrack for tall ships sailed by old salts." - JEFFREY KACZMARCZYK, The GR Press July 29,2011 |
Notes: |
A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com |
by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
This work was inspired by memories and impressions of the annual light tributes held at "Ground Zero" in NYC every year. It depicts the Hudson River at sunset and the Manhattan skyline playing with light. As darkness descends, the light "towers" gradually appear, reaching ever upwards. Dust, smoke, bugs and birds swirl within the light columns, as if ascending towards the infinite. Finally, gradually, the light towers fade into morning twilight, not to be seen for another year. |
| Instrumentation: | 2/2(2d EH)/2/2 - 2(or 4)/0/0/0 - timp, 2 perc, celeste, harp, and strings |
| Duration: | 7:00 |
| Rental Fee: | $240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
| Notes: | This work placed 4th nationally in the 2011 "American Prize for Orchestral Composition." |
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The RSO gave this mournful contemporary work an exquisite interpretation, and the audience, held in its spell, respectfully waited a couple of beats before they applauded. - Libby Parker, The Rockford Register Star Review, 7/5/2011 |
| Notes: |
A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com |
by Nancy Bloomer Deussen
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| Description: |
In moving tribute to the passengers and crew of UA Flight 93 that crashed near Shanksville, PA, Nancy Bloomer Deussen brings us a work of passion, reflection and triumph. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2+E Hn/2+B Cl./2 - 4/3/2/1 - Timp, 3 percussion and strings. |
| Duration: | 7:10 |
| Rental Fee: | $240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
It's back! A medley of Billy Joel songs including "Movin' Out," "Just The Way You Are," "Uptown Girl," and "Big Shot" all used in the Broadway Show "Movin' Out" conceived by Twila Tharp. This medley was originally commissioned by the Cincinnati Pops for Erich Kunzel and the copyright holders have given us permission to make it available on a limited basis to other orchestras as well. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2+ B Cl/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Set,
Glock, Chimes, Xylophone, Vibes, Triangle, Bass Drum, Piatti, Tambourine, Cabassa, Mark Tree, guitar[opt], bass guitar[opt], piano[opt], and Strings. OPTIONAL: SATB chorus and/or 1-3 soloists. |
| Duration: | 6:35 |
| Rental Fee: | $300/+$150/+&75 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
An all new, down and dirty version of an American classic starting with a simple "strip" beat and ending in an all-stops-out finale. |
| Comments: |
"...the piece de resistance...a deliciously decadent arrangement" — The Columbus Dispatch |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 3:20 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
Notes: |
A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
The Beach Boys first three big hits: Surfin', Surfer Girl, and Surfin' Safari, complete with an orchestral tidal wave and the drum set solo from "Wipe Out". |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 3:00 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
A Dixieland-style march made from When the Saint's Go Marching In, Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey, and 12th Street Rag. A perennial Cincinnati Pops Encore! |
| Comments: |
"...[he] threw in everything but the kitchen sink...great fun!" — The Portland Press Herald |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 3:30 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
Notes: |
A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
The famous fiddler's tune about an old time steam train with bits of Choo-Choo Charlie, Flight of the Bumble Bee, I've Been Working On The RailRoad, and Chattanooga Choo-Choo. |
| Comments: |
"I believe the hit of the evening was the "Orange Blossom Special", featuring the country music style of the "fiddle section" of the orchestra." — The Rapid City Journal |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 3:10 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
by Berlin & Joplin, arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
Celebrate the birth of Ragtime with Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band in combination with Joplin's Ragtime Dance, The Entertainer, and of course, The Maple Leaf Rag. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, piano, and strings |
| Duration: | 3:45 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
Notes: |
A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
A medley of some of the 60's favorite folk songs will bring back many memories and can be used as an "impromptu" sing-along. It is also a great tribute to the late Pete Seeger. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 4:30 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
by Robert Wendel
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| Description: |
Here is a salute to Beethoven's 5th and 9th Symphonies in the style of Benny Goodman's swing classic "Sing, Sing, Sing." For some 2 decades now, this selection has never failed to bring audiences to their feet yelling and cheering (and asking where they can buy the track!) which is now available on Amazon.com. |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 3:20 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
Notes: |
A CD quality download of this work from the album "American Reflections" is available at iTunes and Amazon.com |
arranged by Robert Wendel
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| Description |
A stand-alone arrangement of the hit song by Kander and Ebb, this selection is also very much at home as part of a tribute to Frank Sinatra! PLUS: IT'S NOW PLAYING ON BROADWAY! |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2/2+opt B Cl/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings |
| Duration: | 3:45 |
| Rental Fee: | $200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
by Christopher Tyler Nickel
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| Description: |
Valor is particularly suited to Memorial Day, Independence Day, 9/11,and Veterans Day concerts, or any concert with an heroic theme. A dramatic work in the tradition of the best in film music, Valor is written with soaring lines and stirring brass fanfares to inspire pride and patriotism! |
| Instrumentation: | 2+picc/2+E Hn/2+B Cl/2+Cbn - 4/3/3/1 - Timp, 2-3 Perc, Harp, and Strings |
| Duration: | 4:45 |
| Rental Fee: | $240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each). |
Notes: |
World premiere: May 25th, 2014 by the Gulf Coast Symphony, John Strickler, conductor. |
| Notes: |
From the conductor: "The orchestra enjoyed the piece, and the audience reaction was immediate and very enthusiastic. Lot's of cheering and whistling." |
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