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Symphonies were almost exclusively written for orchestra at the time, but, beginning in the early-mid 20th century, numerous symphonies for concert band began to appear. [ vague ] There are also numerous orchestral symphonies that have been transcribed for concert band, but those are not included in this article.
Symphonic Songs are as much a suite of dances or scenes as songs, deriving their name from the tendency of the principal parts to sing out a fairly diatonic tune against whatever rhythm develops in the middle instruments. The Serenade has the feeling of strumming, from which the title is obtained, otherwise it bears little resemblance to the ...
A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, [1] is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion families of instruments, [2] and occasionally including the harp, double bass, or bass guitar.
In 1857, the known 17 Polish songs that had been written at various stages throughout Chopin's life were collected and published as Op. 74, the order of the songs within that opus having little regard for their actual order of composition. [2] Other songs have since come to light, but they are not part of Op. 74.
Music on Open Strings: 1972: 2: Illuminatio in Tenebris: Enlightenment in the Dark: 1973/74: Also called Music on Abstract Lines: 4: Chiaroscuro: 1984 revised 1989/1990: 5: Drei mystische Gesänge: Three mystical Chants: 1985: For choir and orchestra, choir text by the composer's daughter Alexandra Coates 6: Music in Microtones: 1985/86: 8 ...
Title page of Beethoven's symphonies from the Gesamtausgabe. The list of compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven consists of 722 works [1] written over forty-five years, from his earliest work in 1782 (variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler) when he was only eleven years old and still in Bonn, until his last work just before his death in Vienna in 1827.
Sea Songs; Second Suite in F for Military Band; Semper Fidelis (march) Semper Paratus (march) Seventeen Come Sunday; Seventy-Six Trombones; Sleep (Whitacre) Somewhere in My Memory; Star Wars (Main Title) The Stars and Stripes Forever; Strike Up the Band (song) Suite of Old American Dances; Summon the Heroes; Superman March; Symphonic Songs for Band
Music lost XXIXa:2 Der Hexenschabbas: 1773: Music lost XXIXa:3 Didone Abbandonata (Dido) 1776: 7 people, mixed choir, orchestra: Music lost XXIXa:4 Das abgebrannten Haus: c. 1779: Music lost XXIXa:5 Genovevens vierter Theil: 1777: Music lost XXIXb:1a Der krumme Teufel: c. 1751: Music lost XXIXb:1b Der neue krumme Teufel: 1758 or before: Music ...