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Original works

This is an inclusive list of the accepted standard works written specifically for concert band or wind ensemble.

Cornerstone works

The following works are some of the most universally respected and established cornerstones of the band repertoire. All have "stood the test of time" through decades of regular performance, and many, either through an innovative use of the medium or by the fame of their composer, helped establish the wind band as a legitimate, serious performing ensemble. ; Kenneth J. Alford (Fred J. Ricketts) :

Colonel Bogey The "Colonel Bogey March" is a British march that was composed in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881–1945) (pen name Kenneth J. Alford), a British Army bandmaster who later became the director of music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth ...

(1914) ;

Samuel Barber Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor (music), conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the mid-20th century. Principally influenced ...

:Commando March (1943) ;

Robert Russell Bennett Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981) was an American composer and arranger, best known for his orchestration of many well-known Broadway and Hollywood musicals by other composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershw ...

: Suite of Old American Dances (1949) : Symphonic Songs for Band (1957) ;

Hector Berlioz Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the ''Symphonie fantastique'' and ''Harold en Italie, Harold in Italy'' ...

: Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15 (1840) ; Arthur Bird :Suite in D Major, Op. 29 (1889) ;

John Barnes Chance John Barnes Chance (November 20, 1932 – August 16, 1972) was an American composer. Chance studied composition with Clifton Williams at the University of Texas, Austin, and is best known for his concert band works, which include '' Variatio ...

:Elegy (1972) :

Incantation and Dance ''Incantation and Dance'' is a piece composed by John Barnes Chance in 1960 as his first work for wind ensemble. Before it was published in 1963, it went under the working title of ''Nocturne and Dance.'' It has become a cornerstone work in win ...

(1960) :Symphony No. 2 (1972) : Variations on a Korean Folk Song (1966) ;

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Compos ...

:Emblems (1964) :Variations on a Shaker Melody (1944/1958) ;

Ingolf Dahl Ingolf Dahl (June 9, 1912 – August 6, 1970) was a German-born American composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Biography Dahl was born Walter Ingolf Marcus in Hamburg, Germany, to a German Jewish father, attorney Paul Marcus, and his Swedi ...

:Saxophone Concerto (1948) :Sinfonietta (1961) ;

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predec ...

: Serenade in D Minor (1878) ;

Henry Fillmore Henry Fillmore (December 3, 1881 – December 7, 1956) was an American musician, composer, publisher, and bandleader, best known for his many march (music), marches and Screamer (march), screamers, a few of which he wrote for the Band of the Hou ...

:Americans We (1929) :The Footlifter (1935) :His Honor (1933) ;

Vittorio Giannini Vittorio Giannini (October 19, 1903 – November 28, 1966) was an American neoromanticism, neoromantic composer of operas, songs, symphonies, and band works, and member of the Giannini family. Life and work Giannini was born in Philadelphia on Oct ...

:Variations and Fugue (1967) :Symphony No. 3 (1958/1961) ;

Morton Gould Morton Gould (December 10, 1913February 21, 1996) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist. Biography Morton Gould was born in Richmond Hill, New York, United States. He was of Austrian-Jewish heritage. He was recognized ear ...

:American Salute (1943) :Symphony No. 4 (West Point) (1952) ; Claudio Grafulla :Washington Grays (1861) ;

Percy Grainger Percy Aldridge Grainger (born George Percy Grainger; 8 July 188220 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who moved to the United States in 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918. In the course of a long and ...

: Irish Tune from County Derry (1918) :

Lincolnshire Posy ''Lincolnshire Posy'' is a musical composition by Percy Grainger for concert band commissioned in 1937 by the American Bandmasters Association. Considered by John Bird, the author of Grainger's biography, to be his masterpiece, the work has six ...

(1937) : Country Gardens (1928) ;

Howard Hanson Howard Harold Hanson (October 28, 1896 – February 26, 1981)''The New York Times'' – Obituaries. Harold C. Schonberg. February 28, 1981 p. 1011/ref> was an American composer, conductor, educator and music theorist. As director for forty year ...

:Chorale and Alleluia (1954) ;

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...

: Symphony in B-flat (1951) ;

Gustav Holst Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite ''The Planets'', he composed many other works across a range ...

:Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52 (1930) : First Suite in E-flat Major, Op. 28/1 (1909) : Second Suite in F Major, Op. 28/2 (1911) ;

Karel Husa Karel Husa (August 7, 1921 – December 14, 2016) was a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. In 1954, he emigrated to ...

: Music for Prague (1968) :Apotheosis of This Earth (1971) ;

Gordon Jacob Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE (5 July 18958 June 1984) was an English composer and teacher. He was a professor at the Royal College of Music in London from 1924 until his retirement in 1966, and published four books and many articles about ...

:An Original Suite (1928) :William Byrd Suite (1923) ;

Joseph Willcox Jenkins Joseph Willcox Jenkins (15 February 1928 – 31 January 2014) was an American composer, professor of music, and musician. During his military service in the Korean War, he became the first arranger for the United States Army Chorus. He ended h ...

:American Overture for Band, Op. 13 (1956) ; David Maslanka :''A Child's Garden of Dreams'' (1981) ;

Peter Mennin Peter Mennin (born Mennini; May 17, 1923 – June 17, 1983) was a prominent American composer, teacher and administrator. In 1958, he was named Director of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and in 1962 became President of the Juilliard Sch ...

:Canzona (1951) ;

Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (, ; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His composition ...

:Suite Française (1944) ; Camillo de Nardis :The Universal Judgment (1878) ; Ron Nelson : Rocky Point Holiday (1966) ; W. Francis McBeth :Masque (1968) ;

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions inc ...

:Overture in C Major for Wind Band (Ouvertüre für Harmoniemusik) Op. 24 (1824) ;

Vincent Persichetti Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work ...

:Divertimento, Op. 42 (1950) :Psalm for Band, Op. 53 (1953) :Symphony No. 6, Op. 69 (1956) ;

Walter Piston Walter Hamor Piston, Jr. (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University. Life Piston was born in Rockland, Maine at 15 Ocean Street to Walter ...

:Tunbridge Fair (1950) ;

Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

:March in B-flat Major, Op. 99 (1944) ;

Alfred Reed Alfred Reed (born as Alfred Friedman) (January 25, 1921 – September 17, 2005) was an American Neoclassicism (music), neoclassical composer, with more than two hundred published works for concert band, orchestra, choir, chorus, and chamber e ...

: Armenian Dances (Part I) (1972) : Armenian Dances (Part II) (1976) :El Camino Real (1985) : Russian Christmas Music (1968) ; H. Owen Reed :La Fiesta Mexicana (1949) ;

Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. He gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote man ...

:Scherzo (1863) ;

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...

:Orient et Occident, Op. 25 (1869) ;

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first Modernism (music), modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-centu ...

:Theme and Variations, Op. 43a (1943) ;

William Schuman William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator. Life Schuman was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan, New York City, son of Samuel and Rachel Schuman. He was named after the 27th U.S. ...

:George Washington Bridge (1950) ;

Joseph Schwantner Joseph Clyde Schwantner (born March 22, 1943) is an American composer, educator and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 2002. He was awarded the 1970 Charles Ives Prize. Schwantner is prolific, with many works to his cred ...

:...and the mountains rising nowhere (1977) ; John P. Sousa :

Semper Fidelis ''Semper fidelis'' () is a Latin phrase that means "always faithful" or "always loyal" (Fidelis or Fidelity). It is the motto of the United States Marine Corps, usually shortened to Semper Fi. It is also in use as a motto for towns, families, ...

(1888) :

Stars and Stripes Forever "The Stars and Stripes Forever" is a patriotic American march written and composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896. By a 1987 act of the U.S. Congress, it is the official National March of the United States of America. History In his 1928 autobi ...

(1896) :

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...

(1889) ;

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; ; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his Tone poems (Strauss), tone poems and List of operas by Richard Strauss, operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Roman ...

:Sonatina No 1 in F major ''(Aus der Werkstatt eines Invaliden)'' (1943) ;

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...

Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments The Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments was written by Igor Stravinsky in Paris in 1923–24. This work was revised in 1950. It was composed four years after the ''Symphonies of Wind Instruments'', which he wrote upon his arrival in Paris afte ...

(1924) :

Symphonies of Wind Instruments The ''Symphonies of Wind Instruments'' (French title: ''Symphonies d'instruments à vent'') is a concert work written by Igor Stravinsky in 1920, for an ensemble of woodwind and brass instruments. The piece is in one movement, lasting about 9 m ...

(1920/rev. 1947) ; Carl Teike :Old Comrades (

Alte Kameraden "" ("Old Comrades") is the title of a popular German military march by Carl Teike. It is included in the ''Armeemarschsammlung'' as HM II, 150. History The march was written around 1889 in Ulm, Germany, by military music composer Carl Teike ...

) (1889) ; Jaime Texidor :

Amparito Roca Amparito Roca is the name of a piece of music composed in 1925 by Spanish musician and composer Jaume Teixidor (1884–1957) who named it after one of his piano students, then 12-year-old Amparito Roca (1912–1993). It was first performed in Sept ...

(1925) ; Clifton Williams :Symphonic Suite (1957) :Fanfare and Allegro (1956) :Symphonic Dance No. 3: Fiesta (1967) ;

Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams ( ; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

English Folk Song Suite ''English Folk Song Suite'' is one of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams' most famous works. It was first published for the military band as ''Folk Song Suite'' and its premiere was given at Kneller Hall on 4 July 1923, conducted by Lt Hec ...

(1923) :Flourish for Wind Band (1939) :Toccata Marziale (1924)

Respected works

These pieces may not necessarily be quite as universally acknowledged as the above list, but occupy an extremely important place in the repertoire nonetheless. Like the previous works, they have proven themselves through many performances, most over a span of decades. ;

David Amram David Werner Amram III (born November 17, 1930) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor of orchestral, chamber, and choral works, many with jazz flavorings.

:''King Lear Variations'' (1966) ; James Barnes :''Symphonic Overture'' (1991) :Symphony No. 2 :Third Symphony "The Tragic" (1994) :''Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Nicolo Paganini'' :''Alvamar Overture'' (1981) ; C.L. Barnhouse :''The Battle of Shiloh'' (1888) ; Leslie Bassett :Concerto Grosso (1982) :''Designs, Images and Textures'' (1965) :''Lullaby for Kirsten'' (1985) :''Sounds, Shapes and Symbols'' (1977) ;

David Bedford David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music. He was the brother of the conductor Steuart Bedford, the grandson of the composer, painter ...

:''Sun Paints Rainbows over the Vast Waves'' (1982) ; Frank Bencriscutto :''Latina'' (1964) :''Let the Light Shine'' (1978) ;

Richard Rodney Bennett Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 193624 December 2012) was an English composer and pianist. He was noted for his musical versatility, drawing from such sources as jazz, romanticism, and avant-garde; and for his use of twelve-tone technique ...

:''Morning Music'' (1986) ;

Warren Benson Warren Frank Benson (January 26, 1924 – October 6, 2005) was an American composer. His compositions consist mostly of music for wind instruments and percussion. His most notable piece is titled ''The Leaves Are Falling'' (1964). Biography Benso ...

:Concertino for Alto Saxophone and Band (1954) :''The Leaves Are Falling'' (1963) :''The Passing Bell'' (1974) :''Recuerdo'' (1966) :''The Solitary Dancer'' (1966) :Symphony for Drums and Wind Orchestra (1963) :Symphony No. 2, "Lost Songs" (1983) :''Wings'' (1984) ; Jerry Bilik :''Block M'' (1955) ; Giouse Bonelli :Symphonic Concert March (1968) ; Eugene Bozza :''Children's Overture'' (1964) ; Houston Bright :Prelude and Fugue in F minor (1960) ;

Howard Cable Howard Reid Cable (December 15, 1920March 30, 2016) was a conductor, arranger, music director, composer, and radio and television producer. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Biography Cable received an Associate diploma (ATCM) from The Ro ...

:''Newfoundland Rhapsody'' (1956) :''Quebec Folk Fantasy'' (1953) :''Snake Fence Country'' (1954) ;

Alfredo Casella Alfredo Casella (25 July 18835 March 1947) was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor. Life and career Casella was born in Turin, the son of Maria (née Bordino) and Carlo Casella. His family included many musicians: his grandfather, a f ...

:Introduzione, Corale e Marcia, Op. 57 (1935) ;

Michael Colgrass Michael Charles Colgrass (April 22, 1932 – July 2, 2019) was an American and Canadian musician, composer, and educator. He was an associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre. Early life and education Colgrass was born in Brookfield, I ...

:'' Winds of Nagual'' (1985) ;

John Corigliano John Paul Corigliano (born February 16, 1938) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. With over 100 compositions, he has won accolades including a Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, and a ...

:''Gazebo Dances'' (1973) : Symphony No. 3 ''Circus Maximus'' (2004) ;

Paul Creston Paul Creston (born Giuseppe Guttoveggio; October 10, 1906 – August 24, 1985) was an American composer of classical music. He composed six symphonies and several concertante works for violin, piano, accordion, marimba and saxophone. Biography B ...

:''Celebration Overture'' (1955) ;

James Curnow James Curnow (born 17 April 1943) is a composer of music for concert bands, brass bands, vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles. Curnow has also written arrangements of music pieces such as Trumpet Voluntary. He has taught at both public sc ...

:''Where Never Lark Or Eagle Flew'' (1993) ; Elliot Del Borgo :''Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night'' (1978) ;

Norman Dello Joio Norman Dello Joio (January 24, 1913July 24, 2008) was an American composer active for over half a century. Best known for his choral music, he won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1957. Life Dello Joio was born in New York City to Italian im ...

:''Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn'' (1968) :''Satiric Dances: For a Comedy by Aristrophanes'' (1975) :''Scenes from the Louvre'' (1966) :''Variants on a Mediaeval Tune'' (1963) ; Thomas C. Duffy :''Crystals'' (1985) ; Frank Erickson :Air for Band (1956) :Toccata for Band (1957) ; Paul Fauchet :Symphony in B−flat (Symphonie pour musique d′harmonie) (1926) ;

:''The Klaxon'' (1929) :''Military Escort'' (1928) :'' Rolling Thunder'' (1916) ;

Luboš Fišer Luboš Fišer (30 September 1935 – 22 June 1999) was a Czech composer, born in Prague. He was known both for his soundtracks and chamber music. From 1952 to 1956 he studied composition at the Prague Conservatory as a pupil of Emil Hlobil. Fr ...

:''Report'' (1971) ; Julius Fučík :''The Florentiner March'' (1907) ; David Gillingham :''Heroes Lost and Fallen'' (1990) ;

Edwin Franko Goldman Edwin Franko Goldman (January 1, 1878 – February 21, 1956) was an American composer and conductor. One of the most significant American band composers of the early 20th century, Goldman composed over 150 works, but is best known for his March ...

:''On the Mall'' (1924) ;

:''Derivations'' (1956) :''Jericho'' (1939) ;

:" Children's March: Over the Hills and Far Away" (1918) :'' Colonial Song'' (1928) :" The Gum-Suckers March" (1928) :Handel in the Strand (1911) :'' Molly on the Shore'' (1921) :''Shepherd's Hey'' (1918) ; Samuel Hazo :''Arabesque'' (2008) ; Clare Grundman :''Kentucky 1800'' (1954) ;

Kenneth Hesketh Kenneth Hesketh (born 20 July 1968) is a British composer of contemporary classical music in numerous genres including Dance music, dance, Orchestral music, orchestral, Chamber music, chamber, vocal and solo. He has also composed music for win ...

:''Masque'' (1987) ; Frigyes Hidas :''Merry Music'' (1983) ;

David Holsinger David Rex Holsinger is an American composer and conductor writing primarily for concert band. Holsinger is a graduate of Hardin-Central High School in Hardin, Missouri, Central Methodist University, the University of Central Missouri, and the Un ...

:''In the Spring, at the Time When Kings Go Off to War'' (1986) :''Liturgical Dances'' (1981) :''To Tame the Perilous Skies'' (1992) :''On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss'' (1988) ;

Alan Hovhaness Alan Hovhaness (; born Alan Vaness Chakmakjian; March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts ...

:Symphony No. 4 (1959) ;

: Concerto for Wind Ensemble (1982) ;

:''Music for a Festival'' (1951) ; Robert Jager :''Diamond Variations'' (1967) :''Esprit De Corps'' (1984) :Third Suite (1966) ;

Tristan Keuris Tristan Keuris (3 October 1946 in Amersfoort – 15 December 1996 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer. Life and career Keuris initially studied with Jan van Vlijmen in Amersfoort. At the age of 15 he started his studies with Ton de Leeuw at the Utr ...

:''Catena'' (1988) ;

Karl King Karl L. King (February 21, 1891 – March 31, 1971) was a United States march music bandmaster and composer. He is best known as the composer of " Barnum and Bailey's Favorite". Early life Karl Lawrence King was born in the village of Painte ...

:Barnum and Bailey′s Favorite (1913) :Broadway One−step, or Two−step (1919) ; Boris Kozhevnikov :Symphony No. 3: ''Slavyanskaya'' (1950/rev. 1958) ;

Robert Kurka Robert Frank Kurka (December 22, 1921 – December 12, 1957) was an American composer, who also taught and conducted his own works. Biography Kurka was born in Cicero, Illinois. He was mostly self-taught as a musician. He studied for short period ...

The Good Soldier Schweik ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

" Suite (1956) ;

Elizabeth Maconchy Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy LeFanu (; 19 March 1907 – 11 November 1994) was an English-Irish composer. She is considered to be one of the finest composers Great Britain and Ireland have produced. Biography Elizabeth Violet Maconchy was b ...

:Music for Woodwind and Brass (1965) ;

Martin Mailman Martin S. Mailman (30 June 1932, in New York City – 18 April 2000, in Denton, Texas) was an American composer noted for his music for orchestra, chorus, multimedia, and winds. Biography He was born in New York City on June 30, 1932. He studi ...

:''For precious friends hid in death's dateless night'' (1988) :''Liturgical Music'' (1963) ; Pascual Marquina : España Cañi (1921) ; David Maslanka :Symphony No. 4 (1993) ; W. Francis McBeth :''Of Sailors and Whales'' (1990) ;

Johan de Meij Johannes Abraham "Johan" de Meij (; born November 23, 1953 in Voorburg) is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, and composer, best known for his '' Symphony No. 1'' for wind ensemble, nicknamed ''The Lord of the Rings'' symphony. Biography Johan d ...

: Symphony No. 1 ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1984–88) :Symphony No. 2 "The Big Apple" (1993) : T-Bone Concerto (1996) ;

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...

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Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum ''Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum'' (And I await the resurrection of the dead) is a suite for wind orchestra and percussion instruments by Olivier Messiaen, written in 1964 and first performed the following year. It is composed of five moveme ...

'' (1964) :'' Oiseaux exotiques'' (1956) ; Vaclav Nelhybel :''Antiphonale'' (1972) :''Festivo'' (1968) :''Trittico'' (1965) ; Ron Nelson :''Medieval Suite'' (1983) :Passacaglia (''Homage on B-A-C-H'') (1992) ;

Roger Nixon Roger Alfred Nixon (August 8, 1921 – October 13, 2009) was an American composer, musician, and professor of music. He wrote over 60 compositions for orchestra, band, choir and opera. Nixon received multiple awards and honors for his works, m ...

:''Festival Fanfare March'' (1971) :''Fiesta del Pacifico'' (1966) :''Music of Appreciation'' (1944) ;

:''Masquerade'', Op. 102 (1965) :''Pageant'', Op. 59 (1954) :Parable IX, Op. 121 (1972) ;

:''A Festival Prelude'' (1962) : "Alleluia! Laudamus Te (1973)" :''First Suite for Band'' (1976) :'' The Hounds of Spring'' (1980) ;

Anton Reicha Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalization, naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Ludwig van Be ...

:''Commemoration Symphony'' (1815) ;

Ottorino Respighi Ottorino Respighi ( , , ; 9 July 187918 April 1936) was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. List of compositions by Ottorino Respighi, His compositions ra ...

:''Huntingtower'', P. 173 (1932) ; Vincent Frank Safranek :Atlantis (The Lost Continent) Suite in Four Parts (1913) ;

Florent Schmitt Florent Schmitt (; 28 September 187017 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are ''La tragédie de Salome'' and ''Psaume XLVII'' ( Psalm 47). He has been described as "one of t ...

:''Dionysiaques'' (1913) ;

Gunther Schuller Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician. Biography and works Early years Schuller was born in Queens, New York City ...

:''Diptych for Brass Quintet and Concert Band'' (1964) :''Meditation'' (1963) :''On Winged Flight'' (1989) :Symphony for Brass and Percussion, Op. 16 (1950) :Symphony No. 3 ''In Praise of Winds'' (1981) ;

:''From a Dark Millennium'' (1981) ; John P. Sousa :''

The Thunderer "The Thunderer" is a march composed by John Philip Sousa John Philip Sousa ( , ; November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic music, Romantic era known primarily for American military ...

'' (1889) :'' High School Cadets'' (1890) :'' The Fairest of the Fair'' (1908) :''The Pathfinder of Panama'' (1915) :''Sabre and Spurs'' (1918) ; Claude T. Smith :''Emperata Overture'' (1964) :''Festival Variations'' (1982) :''Flight'' (1984) :''Incidental Suite'' (1966) ; Philip Sparke :''Jubilee Overture'' (1983) ; Eric Stokes :''The Continental Harp and Band Report'' (1975) ;

:''Festmusik der Stadt Wien'' (1943) ;

James Swearingen James Swearingen (born 1947) is an American composer and arranger. He holds a Master’s Degree from the Ohio State University and a Bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and is Professor of Music Emeritus, Department Chair of ...

:''Novena'' (1980) ;

Frank Ticheli Frank Ticheli ( ; born January 21, 1958) is an American composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and concert band works. He lives in Los Angeles, California, where he is a Professor Emeritus of Composition at the University of Southern Califo ...

:''Blue Shades'' (1996) :''Vesuvius'' (1997) ;

Virgil Thomson Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as a modernist, a neoromantic, a neoclassic ...

:''A Solemn Music'' (1949) ;

Fisher Tull Fisher Aubrey Tull, Jr. (September 23, 1934 – August 23, 1994), known professionally as Fisher A. Tull, aka Mickey Tull, was an American composer, arranger, educator, administrator, and trumpeter. Life and career Tull was born in Waco, Texas, w ...

:''Sketches on a Tudor Psalm'' (1971) ; Clifton Williams :''Caccia and Chorale'' (1973) :''Dedicatory Overture'' (1964) :Symphonic Dance No. 3 ''Fiesta'' :''Festival'' (1962) :''Sinfonians'' (1960) ;

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (; ; March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for hi ...

:''Kleine Dreigroschenmusik'' (1929) ; Dana Wilson :''Piece of Mind'' (1987) ;

Haydn Wood Haydn Wood (25 March 1882 – 11 March 1959) was a 20th-century English composer and concert violinist, best known for his 200 or so ballad style songs, including the popular '' Roses of Picardy''. Biography Early life and education Haydn ...

:''Mannin Veen'' (1938) ;

Guy Woolfenden Guy Anthony Woolfenden (12 July 1937 – 15 April 2016) was an English composer and conductor. He was head of music at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon for 37 years, making music an integral part of over 150 productions t ...

:''Gallimaufry'' (1983) :''Illyrian Dances'' (1986) ;

:''Sea Songs'' (1923) ; John Zdechlik :'' Chorale and Shaker Dance'' (1971)

Recent works

The following works are rapidly gaining acceptance as standard repertoire. Most have been composed within the last 30 years. ;

:Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra (1993) :The Four Seasons (1991) ; Steven Bryant : Concerto for Wind Ensemble (2007) :Dusk (2004) :Ecstatic Waters (2008) ;

Mark Camphouse Mark Camphouse (born 1954 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American composer and conductor who has written primarily for symphonic band, but whose output also includes works for orchestra, choir and chamber brass. A product of the rich, cultural l ...

:A Movement for Rosa (1992) ; :Asgard, 1st. symphony (2003) :States of mind, 2nd. symphony (2008) :Cue Sheets (2008) :Portraits of Spain (2004) :Hyphotesis for parallel souls (for marimba, flute and wind band) :The rise of the phoenix (2009) :El atardecer de los inocentes (2007) :Wink at you (2011) ; :Poema Alpestre (1999) :Symphony No. 1, "The Archangels" (2015) :Symphony No. 2, "Views of Edo" (2018) ; Óscar Navarro :El Arca de Noe (2005) :Las Siete Trompetas del Apocalipsis (2011) :II Concierto para clarinete y banda (2013) :El Olimpo de los Dioses :Expedition :El ilustre marino :Hispania :Legacy. Concierto para oboe y banda sinfónica :Libertadores :Hell and Heaven. Symphony n.1 for wind band (2019) ;

:Urban Requiem (1996) ; Klaas Coulembier :Resilience (2015) :The Garden of Earthly Delights (2018) :Tramontana (2018) ; Greg Danner :Walls of Zion (1999) :Critical Speed (2001) :The Greatest Generation (2009) ;

Michael Daugherty Michael Kevin Daugherty (born April 28, 1954) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American composer, pianist, and teacher. He is influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and Postmodernism. Daugherty's notable works include his Superman comic b ...

: Bells for Stokowski (2001) :

Niagara Falls Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the Canada–United States border, border between the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York (s ...

(1997) ;

Eric Ewazen Eric Ewazen (; born March 1, 1954, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American composer and teacher. Biography Ewazen studied composition under Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, Gunther Schuller, Joseph Schwantner, Warren Benson, and Eugene Kurtz at the Eastm ...

:A Hymn for the Lost and the Living (2001) ; Aldo Rafael Forte :Synergy! (1997) ; Rossano Galante :Transcendant Journey (2005) :Afterlife (2015) :Cry Of The Last Unicorn (2011) ;

Michael Gandolfi Michael James Gandolfi (born July 5, 1956) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He chairs the composition department at the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC). Gandolfi was born in Melrose, Massachusetts. He taught hims ...

:Vientos y Tangos (2003) ; David Gillingham :Apocalyptic Dreams (1997) :Galactic Empires (1998) :Be Thou My Vision (2000) :With Heart and Voice (2000) ; Julie Giroux :Culloden (2000) :No Finer Calling (2007) :Khan (2008) ; Peter Graham :Harrison's Dream (2001) ;

Ferrer Ferran Ferrer may refer to: Generic *Ferrer (surname) People surnamed Ferrer or de Ferrer *Ada Ferrer (born 1962), American historian *Albert Ferrer (born 1970), Spanish footballer *Aldo Ferrer (1927–2016), Argentine economist *Alex Ferrer, judge in ...

:Comic Overture (2012) :En un lugar de La Mancha (2003) :El Misteri del foc (2007) :Dragut El Pirata (2018) :La Passió de Crist. Sinfonia n.2 (2001) :Desert Storm. Symphony n.1 (2000) :The Colossus. Symphony n.4 (2011) :The Great Spirity. Symphony n.3 (2005) ;

Donald Grantham Donald Grantham (born November 9, 1947) is an American composer and music educator. Grantham was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. After receiving a Bachelor of Music from the University of Oklahoma, he went on to receive his MM and DMA from the Universi ...

:Fantasy Variations (1997) :J'ai été au bal (1995) :Southern Harmony (1998) :Baron Cimetière's Mambo (2004) ;

Edward Gregson Edward Gregson (born 23 July 1945) is an English composer of instrumental and choral music, particularly for brass and wind bands and ensembles, as well as music for the theatre, film, and television. He was also principal of the Royal Northern ...

:Celebration (1991) ; Samuel Hazo :Ride (2003) :Perthshire Majesty (2003) :Fantasy On A Japanese Folk Song (2008) ;

John Harbison John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938) is an American composer and academic. Life John Harris Harbison was born on December 20, 1938, in Orange, New Jersey, to the historian Elmore Harris Harbison and Janet German Harbison. The Harbisons ...

:Three City Blocks (1991) ;

Evan Hause Evan Hause (born 1967) is an American composer, percussionist and conductor. Hause has composed over one hundred works ranging from rock music to opera. Biography and career After growing up in Greenville, North Carolina, he earned the Doctor o ...

:Tango Variations (2009) ;

:Diaghilev Dances (2002) ; Yasuhide Ito : Gloriosa (1990) ; Brant Karrick :Bayou Breakdown (2003) :They Shall Run And Be Free (2007) ; Scott Lindroth :Spin Cycle (2001) ; John Mackey :The Frozen Cathedral (2013) :Kingfishers Catch Fire (2006) :Redline Tango (2004) :Aurora Awakes (2009) :Asphalt Cocktail (2009) :Hymn to a Blue Hour (2010) :Wine-Dark Sea (2014) ;

James MacMillan Sir James Loy MacMillan, TOSD (born 16 July 1959) is a Scottish classical composer and conductor. Early life MacMillan was born at Kilwinning, in North Ayrshire, but lived in the East Ayrshire town of Cumnock until 1977. His father is Jam ...

:Sowetan Spring (1990) ; David Maslanka :Give Us This Day: Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble (2006) :''Hymn for World Peace'' (2014) :''Traveler'' (2003) ;

Nicholas Maw John Nicholas Maw (5 November 1935 – 19 May 2009) was a British composer. Among his works are the operas '' The Rising of the Moon'' (1970) and '' Sophie's Choice'' (2002). Biography Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Maw was the son of Clarence ...

:American Games (1991) ; Scott McAllister :Black Dog (for Clarinet & Band, 2003) ; Cindy McTee :Circuits (1990) ; Andres Valero :Dredred (1999) :Polifemo (2000) :La Vall de la Murta. Sinfonía n.1 (2002) :Teogónica. Sinfonía n.2 (2003) ; Michael Oare :Equilibrium (2015) ; Ron Nelson :Courtly Airs and Dances (1996) :Epiphanies (Fanfares and Chorales) (1994) :Lauds (1991) :Sonoran Desert Holiday (1994) ;

Carter Pann Carter Pann (born February 21, 1972, in La Grange, Illinois) is an American composer. He studied composition and piano at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. His ...

:Slalom (2003) ; Marco Pütz :Derivations (2003) :Four Sketches (2007) ; Steven Reineke :Symphony No.1, New Day Rising (2007) ; Jan Van der Roost :Suite Provençale (1992) ; Rolf Rudin :The Dream of Oenghus, Op. 37 (1996) ;

:In Evening's Stillness (1996) :Recoil (2004) ;

Robert Sheldon Robert Edward Sheldon, Baron Sheldon PC (born Isaac Ezra Shamash; 13 September 1923 – 2 February 2020) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton under Lyne from 1964 to 2001. ...

:Metroplex (2006) :Chanteys (2000) :As a Wind From The North (2006) ; Robert W. Smith :Into the Storm (1993) :

The Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' (, ) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest wor ...

(1995) :The Odyssey :Twelve Seconds to the Moon (1996) :Songs of Sailor and Sea (1997) :Inchon (2001) ; Philip Sparke :Dance Movements (1997) :Sunrise at Angel's Gate (2001) :Pittsburgh Overture ; Jack Stamp :Cloudsplitter Fanfare (1999) :Escapade (2002) : Gavorkna Fanfare (1990/1) ;

Steven Stucky Steven Edward Stucky (November 7, 1949 − February 14, 2016) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer. Life and career Steven Stucky was born in Hutchinson, Kansas. At age 9, he moved with his family to Abilene, Texas, where, as a teenager ...

:Funeral Music for Queen Mary (1992) ;Omar Thomas :Come Sunday (2018) ;

:Amazing Grace (1994) :An American Elegy (2000) :Angels in The Architecture (2009) :Nitro (2006) :Postcard (1991) :Symphony No. 2 (2004) ;

Michael Tippett Sir Michael Kemp Tippett (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was an English composer who rose to prominence during and immediately after the Second World War. In his lifetime he was sometimes ranked with his contemporary Benjamin Britten as o ...

:Triumph (1992) ; Jess Langston Turner :Rumpelstilzchen (2009) :Through the Looking Glass (2008) :Black Bolt! (2012) :Concertino Caboclo (2012) :Bock Fanfares (2013) :Reanimations (2014) ; :Arrullo, Suite No. 1 for Band (2004) :Suite No. 2 for Band (2007) :200, Suite No. 3 for Band (2010) :Sinú, Suite No. 4 for Band (2013) ; Dan Welcher :Zion (1996) :Circular Marches (1997) ;

Eric Whitacre Eric Edward Whitacre (born January2, 1970) is an American composer, conductor, and speaker best known for his choral music. Early life Whitacre was born in Reno, Nevada, to Ross and Roxanne Whitacre. He studied piano intermittently as a child a ...

Cloudburst Cloudburst in New Orleans A cloudburst is an enormous amount of precipitation in a short period of time, sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, which is capable of creating flood conditions. Cloudbursts can quickly dump large amounts of wat ...

(2002) :Equus (2000) :Ghost Train Triptych (1994) :Godzilla Eats Las Vegas! (1996) :

October October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôctō'' meaning "eight") after Januar ...

(2000) ; Dana Wilson :Shortcut Home (1998) ; Charles Rochester Young :Tempered Steel (1997)

Transcriptions

There are thousands of transcriptions of pieces from other media (mostly orchestra) available for the concert band; however, some transcriptions are performed so often that they can be said to have achieved a place of their own in the concert band repertoire. ;

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before Presidency of John Adams, his presidency, he was a leader of ...

Short Ride in a Fast Machine ''Short Ride in a Fast Machine'' is a 1986 orchestral work by John Adams (composer), John Adams. Adams applies the description "fanfare for orchestra" to this work and to the earlier ''Tromba Lontana'' (1986). The former is also known as ''Fanfar ...

''(trans. Lawrence Odom)'' ;

Isaac Albéniz Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (; 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the post-romantic era who also had a significant influence on his con ...

: Iberia, Book 1: III. Fête-dieu à Seville ''(trans. Lucien Cailliet)'' ;

Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music f ...

Four Scottish Dances ''Four Scottish Dances'' ( Op.59) is an orchestral set of light music pieces composed by Malcolm Arnold in 1957 for the BBC Light Music Festival. The dances Arnold's set, or suite, consists of four dances inspired by, although not based on, Sco ...

''(trans. John Paynter)'' :Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo ''(trans. John Paynter)'' : Tam o' Shanter Overture ''(trans. John Paynter)'' ;

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

The Art of Fugue ''The Art of Fugue'', or ''The Art of the Fugue'' (), BWV 1080, is an incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation by Johann Sebastian Bach. Written in the last decade of his life, ''The Art of Fugue'' is the culmination of Bach's e ...

''(trans.

Kenneth Amis Kenneth Amis (born 1970) is a Bermudian tuba player and composer best known for his association with the Empire Brass. He is also the assistant conductor of the MIT Wind Ensemble, a group he has been involved with since its creation in 1999. I ...

)'' : Come, Sweet Death ''(trans.

)'' :Fantasia in G Major ''(trans. Goldman / Leist)'' :Fugue a la Gigue ''(trans.

)'' :

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" is the popular English title of the chorale from the 1723 Advent cantata ''Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'' (Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life), BWV 147, by Johann Sebastian Bach. The chorale occurs twice in the ca ...

''(trans. Alfred Reed)'' : Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor ''(trans. Nicholas Falcone or Donald Hunsberger)'' : Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major ''(trans. John Paynter)'' : Toccata and Fugue in D Minor ''(trans. Erik W. G. Leidzén or

Donald Hunsberger Donald Ross Hunsberger (August 2, 1932 – November 5, 2023) was an American conductor and arranger. He served as the conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble from 1965 until 2002. He also held the position of Professor of conducting at the Eastman ...

)'' ;

: First Symphony ''(trans. Guy Duker)'' ;

: Le corsaire, Op. 21: Overture ''(trans. Gunther Schuller)'' ;

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was th ...

:Overture to "

Candide ( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled ''Candide: or, All for the Best'' (1759); ''Candide: or, The ...

" ''(trans. Walter Beeler or Clare Grundman)'' :

Slava! A Political Overture ''Slava! A Political Overture for Orchestra'' is a short orchestral composition by Leonard Bernstein. It was written for the inaugural concerts of Mstislav Rostropovich's first season with the National Symphony Orchestra in 1977. It premiered ...

''(trans. Clare Grundman)'' :Symphonic Dances from "

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a Musical theatre, musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a Book (musical theatre), book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo an ...

" ''(trans. Paul Lavender)'' ;

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

Academic Festival Overture ''Academic Festival Overture'' (), Op. 80, by Johannes Brahms, was one of a pair of contrasting concert overtures — the other being the ''Tragic Overture'', Op. 81. Brahms composed the work during the summer of 1880 as a tribute to the ...

''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' : Haydn Variations ''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' ;

Eric Coates Eric Francis Harrison Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a leading violist. Coates was born into a musical family, but, despite his wishes and obvious talent, his parents ...

The Dam Busters March ''The Dam Busters'' is the theme for the 1955 British war film '' The Dam Busters''. The musical composition, by Eric Coates, has become synonymous with both the film and the real Operation Chastise. ''The Dam Busters March'' remains a very pop ...

''(trans. William J. Duthoit)'' ;

:Down a Country Lane ''(trans. Merlin Patterson)'' :

El Salón México ''El Salón México'' is a symphonic composition in one movement by Aaron Copland, which uses Mexican folk music extensively. Copland began the work in 1932 and completed it in 1936, following several visits to Mexico. The four melodies of th ...

''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' : Lincoln Portrait ''(trans. Walter Beeler)'' :An Outdoor Overture ''(trans. Aaron Copland)'' :Preamble for a Solemn Occasion ''(trans. Aaron Copland)'' ;

Claude Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

: Préludes, Book 1: X. La cathédrale engloutie ''(trans. Merlin Patterson)'' ;

: Carnival Overture, Op. 92 ''(trans. Leigh Steiger)'' : Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, "From the New World": IV. Finale ''(trans. Mark Hindsley, Erik W. G. Leidzén or Weston Nicholi)'' ;

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

Enigma Variations Edward Elgar composed his ''Variations on an Original Theme'', Op. 36, popularly known as the ''Enigma Variations'', between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variations on an original theme. Elgar ...

, Op. 36 ''(trans. Earl Slocum, John Morrison, or Douglas McLain)'' ;George Gershwin :Cuban Overture ''(trans. Dwayne S. Milburn)'' :Three Preludes (Gershwin), Prelude No. 2 in C Sharp Minor ''(trans. John Krance)'' :Rhapsody in Blue ''(trans. Ferde Grofé,

or Tohru Takahashi)'' ;Alberto Ginastera :Estancia Suite, Op. 8a ''(trans. Donald Patterson)'' ;

:The Warriors ''(trans. Frank Pappajohn)'' ;Ferde Grofé :Mississippi Suite, "A Journey in Tones" ''(trans. Don Chown)'' ;W. C. Handy :Saint Louis Blues March ''(trans. Jerry Gray and Perry Burgett)'' ;

:Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber, Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber ''(trans. Keith Wilson (musician), Keith Wilson)'' ;

:Capriccio ''(trans. John Boyd)'' :A Moorside Suite ''(trans.

or Denis Wright)'' :The Planets ''(trans. George Smith probably with the collaboration of the composer, Merlin Patterson)'' ;Charles Ives :Country Band March ''(trans. James Sinclair)'' :Fugue in C Minor, from String Quartet No. 1 (Ives), String Quartet No. 1, "From the Salvation Army": I: Chorale ''(trans. James Sinclair)'' :Old Home Days ''(trans. Jonathan Elkus)'' :Variations on "My Country, 'Tis of Thee, America" ''(trans.

/ William Rhoads)'' ;Edward MacDowell :Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 ''(trans. Frank Winterbottom)'' ;

:Fingal's Cave Overture ''(trans. Julius Seredy or Frank Winterbottom)'' ;Modest Mussorgsky :Night on Bald Mountain ''(trans. William Schaefer or Mark Hindsley)'' :Pictures at an Exhibition ''(trans. Paul Lavender, Mark Hindsley, Erik W. G. Leidzén or Tohru Takahashi)'' ;Alfred Newman (composer), Alfred Newman :20th Century Fox Fanfare (1933) ;Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov :Procession of the Nobles from "Mlada (Rimsky-Korsakov), Mlada" ''(trans. Erik W. G. Leidzén)'' :Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov), Scheherazade ''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' ;

:Pini di Roma, The Pines of Rome ''(trans. Guy Duker or Yoshihiro Kimura)'' ;Richard Rodgers :Victory at Sea Symphonic Scenario ''(trans.

)'' ;Gioachino Rossini, Gioacchino Rossini :L'italiana in Algeri, Italian in Algiers Overture ''(trans. Lucien Cailliet)'' :Tancredi Overture ''(trans. Leonard Falcone)'' :William Tell Overture ''(trans. Erik W. G. Leidzén)'' ;

:Marche Militaire Française from "Suite Algérienne" ''(trans. Mayhew Lake or Mark Hindsley)'' ;

:New England Triptych (1956) ;Dmitri Shostakovich :Festive Overture (Shostakovich), Festive Overture ''(trans.

)'' :Folk Dances ''(trans. H. Robert Reynolds)'' :Galop from "Moscow, Cheryomushki" ''(trans. Donald Hunsberger)'' :October ''(trans. Preston Mitchell)'' ;Jean Sibelius :Finlandia ''(trans. Lucien Cailliet)'' ;

:Allerseelen, Op. 10, nr. 8 ''(trans. Albert O. Davis)'' ;

:The Firebird Suite ''(trans. Guy Duker, Thomas Knox, or Lawrence Odom)'' :Feu d'artifice, Fireworks ''(trans. Mark Rogers)'' ;Arthur Sullivan/Charles Mackerras :Pineapple Poll ''(trans. William J. Duthoit)'' ;Franz von Suppé :Light Cavalry Overture ''(trans. Henry Fillmore)'' ;Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky :1812 Overture ''(trans. Conway Brown, Yoshihiro Kimura, Mayhew Lake or Mark Williams)'' :Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Tchaikovsky), Suite No. 3 in G Major ''(trans. Frank Winterbottom)'' :Dance of the Jesters from "The Snow Maiden" ''(trans. Ray Cramer)'' :Marche Slave, Op. 31 ''(trans. L.P. Laurendeau)'' ;Richard Wagner :Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from "Lohengrin (opera), Lohengrin" ''(trans. Lucien Cailliet)'' :Prelude to Act III of "Lohengrin" ''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' :"Tannhäuser (opera), Tannhauser" Overture ''(trans. Vincent Frank Safranek or John Philip Sousa)'' ;William Walton :Crown Imperial (march), Crown Imperial (trans. William J. Duthoit) ;Carl Maria von Weber :Invitation to the Dance (Weber), Invitation to the Dance :Oberon (Weber), Oberon Overture ''(trans. Mark Hindsley)'' ;John Williams :Hymn to the Fallen ''(trans. Paul Lavender)'' :Olympic Fanfare and Theme ''(trans.

)'' ;Giuseppe Verdi :Prelude to Act 1, La traviata, La Traviata ''(trans. Leonard Falcone)'' ;

:Fantasia on ″Greensleeves″ ''(trans. Douglas Wagner)''

Recordings of concert band literature

The Klavier Wind Recording Project was started in 1989 by Eugene Corporon while he was director of bands at the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music. It has helped provide recordings of many of the most important and more recent pieces in the wind band literature. The recording project continues today, having followed Corporon to the University of North Texas. The project continues to this day under the label GIA Publications. Corporon's recordings exist in the form of the Teaching Music Through Performance In Band Series, Windworks Series and Composer's Collections. Still more recordings have been released by The Keystone Winds, conducted by Jack Stamp. The Keystone Winds consists of faculty, alumni and students from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Two of the most prominent professional bands are the Dallas Wind Symphony, Dallas Winds, conducted by Jerry Junkin, and the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, conducted by Takeshi Ooi. Both bands were at one point led by Frederick Fennell who recorded several albums of concert band literature with them. The French Republican Guard Band, known as ''Musique de la Garde républicaine'' and one of the oldest concert bands in the world, has recorded numerous works from the early 1900s.

References

External resources

BandMusicPDFThe Wind Repertory Project

Timothy Reynish, ''Making it Better: Creating a Wind Repertoire in the UK''
(2022) {{Musical repertoire Concert band pieces, * Lists of compositions by instrumentation, Concert band