This exuberant work is imbued with Spanish stylistic musical elements. Colorful rhythms are tossed around the first movement while the second movement displays the sensitive emotional core of the composition. The final Flamenco movement is a technical tour de…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Aldo Rafael Forte
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Only two mallets are required for the majority of the piece, with four required in the slower middle section. This is a wonderful addition to the existing body of marimba duet literature with the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic interplay between the two…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Thomas Grassano
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Viola Feature
In three contrasting movements, Mueller creates innumerable intriguing combinations of timbres. The first two movements are rather free and improvisational in nature while the third movement is quick and syncopated with fugal entrances in all…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Robert Mueller
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written for solo percussion and utilizing several instruments, the first movement is a three-voice fugue, challenging the performer to enhance the subject and counter-subject interplay. The second movement, Trio, makes use of the metallic percussion…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Thomas Grassano
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Thunderbirds is a powerful composition that utilizes every section of the band to its fullest. Fast paced and fully scored with driving percussion parts, there is excitement around every corner.Program NotesDedicated to Capt. Larry H. Lang and the USAF…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Aldo Rafael Forte
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Spanish title Vestida de Luto translates roughly into "draped in mourning black" since the composition is inspired by the image of the black clad "old world widows" donning black veils indefinitely after the passing of their spouse. The entire tone poem…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Aldo Rafael Forte
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications