Forgotten Band Repertoire?
When I retired as conductor of the California State University, Northridge,
Wind Ensemble in Los Angeles in the year 2000, I consulted my repertoire book and
determined that during my career I had learned and memorized more than 650
scores. The first thought that occurred to me, in contemplation of this staggering
total, was that one can have an entire career as an orchestral conductor by knowing
only maybe 50 scores.
The above experience I share, of course, with all other band conductors. And
this shared experience has two significant by-products. First, we have less free time
than orchestral conductors. I recall in my first job I was always at home
memorizing scores while my colleague the orchestral conductor spent most of his
time fly-fishing.
Second, caught up as we are in the habit of always seeking to perform the
latest new publication, or the latest new work our friends are playing, we doom
ourselves to a life of the non-stop learning of new scores. In the process we leave
behind a huge number of perfectly wonderful compositions performed in past
seasons. If we could just break the obsession with the new, maybe we might enjoy
doing some repeat performances of works we already know and, in the process,
discover time for a few hours for social life!
I have been thinking about this for some time as I have examined the current
concert repertoire which colleagues send in to be published in the CBDNA
newsletter. My decision to comment on this in print came when I found a document
on my computer. When I retired I donated my library to the State Library in
Trossingen, Germany. Among the things I sent them were a selected number of
recordings of live performances by my CSUN Wind Ensemble, which I sent for
reference use by the many European conductors who visit this institution attending
workshops. It occurred to me that sharing this list of donated performance
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recordings might be of interest to current conductors in the US as a reminder of
“forgotten repertoire.”
How many of these scores have you conducted? How many have you heard?
How many have you even heard of?
Alleppo, Giancarlo.
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Van Ammelsvoort, Jos.
Bach, J.S.
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Badings, Henk.
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Batiste, Edouard (19th c.)
Beglarian, Grant.
Beethoven.
Benson, Warren.
Berlioz.
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Brahms.
Broege, Timothy.
Carafa, Michele (19th c.).
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Casella, Alfredo.
Clarke, Nigel.
Connor, Bill.
Copland, Aaron.
Cushing, Charles.
Ellerby, Martin.
Erickson, Frank.
Fasch, Johann (Baroque).
Fauchet, Paul.
Fletcher, Grant.
Flippa, Giuseppe (19th c.).
Francaix, Jean.
Franck, Cesar.
Gallo, Vincenzo (19th c.).
Gorb, Adam.
Gossec, Francois (18th c.).
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Gotkovsky, Ida.
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Gould, Morton.
Prima Lux
Cogitationes
French Overture
Capriccio on the Departure of his Brother
Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Armageddon
Sinfonietta Nr. II
Sinfonie
Sinfonia
Siegessinfonie
Dawn’s Early Light
Symphony for Band
Overture to Beatrice and Benedict
Begrabnisgesang
Sinfonia XVI, Transcendental Vienna
Allegretto for solo clarinet
Andante for solo horn
Introduzione Corale e Marcia
Samurai
Tails of the Vienna Woods
Emblems
Angel Camp
Venetian Spells
Time and the Winds
Concerto for Three Bands
Symphony in Bb
Concerto for Winds
Marcia funebre
Sept danses apres ‘Les malheurs de Sophie’
Choral Nr. 2
Piccola Sinfonia
Yiddish Dances
Hymn to Liberty
Le Triomphe de la Loi
Marche lugubre
Te Deum
Symphonie pour Orchestre d’Harmonie
Poem du Feu
Concertette for Viola and Band
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Grainger, Percy.
Lincolnshire Posy
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Marching Song for Democracy
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Gum Suckers March
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Irish Tune
Gulda, Friedrich.
Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra
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Halevy, Jacques (19 c.)
Marche Heroique
Hidas, Frigyes,
Save the Sea Symphony
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Coriolanus
Hindemith.
Symphony for Band
Holst, Gustav.
Suite in F
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Music for a London Pageant
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Hammersmith
Hovhaness, Alan.
Symphony Nr. 4
Hummel, Johann (19th c.) Trumpet Concerto
Husa, Karel.
Apotheosis of this Earth
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Concerto for Wind Ensemble
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Concerto for Trumpet
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Concerto for Saxophone
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Les Couleurs Fauves
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Music for Prague, 1968
Hutcheson, Jere.
Caricatures
Ito, Yasuhide.
Glorioso
Jadin, Hyacinthe (18th c.). Ouverture
von Karajan, Herbert.
The European Anthem
Kling, Henri (19th c.).
Hommage a Haydn
Lancen, Serge.
Aunis et Saintonge en Fete
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Symphonie de L’Eau
Larsen, Libby.
Grand Rondo, Napoleon dances the Cancan
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Lefevre, Xavier (18 c.).
Marche militaire
Loechlin, Charles.
Chant Louis XIII
Linn, Robert.
Propagula
Lukas, Zdenek.
Musica Boehma
Mahler.
Um Mitternacht
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Symphony Nr. 5, first movement
Mascagni, arr. Carl Ruggles. Introduction and Siciliana from Cavalleria Rusticana
Maschek, Paul (19th c.)
The Battle of Leipzig
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The Occupation of Paris
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Austria’s Triumph
Maslanka, David.
Symphony Nr. 2
Maw, Nicholas.
American Games
McCoy, David.
A Symphony for Salem, 1692
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Mehul, Etienne (18 c.).
Ouverture
Mejo, Guillaume (19th c.). Variations on ‘Gaudeamus igitur’
Mendelssohn, Felix.
Festgesang
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Overture for Band
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Fingal’s Cave Overture
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Mertens, Hardy.
U Mundu Drentu A Ti
Messiaen.
Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum
Meyerbeer.
Torch Dance Nr. 2
Miaskovsky, Nikolai.
Symphony Nr. 19
Milhaud, Darius.
Suite Francaise
Mozart.
Partita in C minor, K. 384a
Munchs, C. (19th c.)
Overture a Grande Harmonie
Naylor, Craig.
Convivial Tides
Nielsen, Carl.
Paraphrase on ‘Nearer My God to Thee
Ochs, Siegfried.
Variations on ‘Kommt a Vogel geflogen
Orrego-Salas, Juan.
Concerto for Wind Orchestra
Penderecki, Krzysztof.
Pittsburgh Overture
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Pierne, Gabriel (19 c.)
Marche Solennelle
Ponchielli, Amilcare(19th c.) Elegia on the Death of Garibaldi
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Sinfonia in F minor
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Sinfonia in Bb minor
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Variations on Carnevale di Venezia
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Trumpet Concerto
Poole, Geoff.
Sailing with Archangels
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Reicha, Anton (19 c.)
Commemoration Symphony
Respighi, Ottorino.
Feste Romane
Rimsky-Korsakov.
Variations on a Theme of Glinka
Saint-Saens.
Orient et Occident
Sallinen, Aulis.
Chorali
Schmidt-Wunstorf, Rudolf. Symphony Ardennaise
Schmitt, Florent.
Marche in Eb
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Dionysiaques
Schonberg.
Theme and Variations
Schubert.
Hymne, Op. 154
Schumann, Robert.
Beim Abschied zu Singen
Schumann, William.
Chester
Sibelius.
Suite for Band
Sorcsek, Jerome.
Variations for Band
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Symphony Nr. 1
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Symphony Nr. 2
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Two Chorale Preludes
Sousa.
Stars & Stripes Forever
Stokes, Eric.
The “Continental Harp and Band Report.
Strauss, Richard.
Ein Heldenleben
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Rosenkavalier Waltzes
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Suite in Bb, Op. 4
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Feierlicher Einzug
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Also Sprach Zarathustra
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Till Eulenspiegel
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Don Juan
Stravinsky, Igor.
Le Sacre du Printemps
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Surinach, Carlos.
Tchaikowsky.
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Verdi.
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Villa-Lobos,
Vitaliti, Sebastiano (19th c.)
Von Weber.
Wagner.
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Whitwell.
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Widmer, Ernst.
Williams, John T.
Paens and Dances of Heathern Iberia
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy
Capriccio Italian
Excerpts from the Manzoni Requiem
Overture, La Forza del Destino
Fantasy in the form of a Choros
Sinfonia, La Corona d’Italia
Concertino for Oboe
Rienzi Overture
Ring excerpts
Symphony Nr. 1, The Viennese Legacy
Symphony Nr. 2, Sinfonia da Requiem
Symphony Nr. 3, Meditations on Hamlet
Symphony Nr. 4, Symphony of Songs
Symphony Nr. 5, Sinfonia Italia
Variations on “l’homme arme”
Sinfonia
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