The Nancy Affair
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The funeral service for the victims of the Nancy Affair featured the performance of Gossec's Marche Lugubre, a work that had an influence over the composition of memorial music for decades.
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The Iron Garden
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A tour of national parks in southern Utah during 2017 inspired composer Jerome Sorsek to create a five-movement, 36-minute masterpiece celebrating nature: The Iron Garden.
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A Whole World of the Deepest Thoughts
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Known simply as the Chaconne, the last movement of Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin is said to be a celebration of the breadth of human possibility.
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David Whitwell's Symphony No. 1
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As a first foray into composition in 1987, acclaimed conductor David Whitwell created a two-movement, 11 minute-long symphony for band depicting the "dark side of the Viennese Waltz."
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The Birth of the Modern Band
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On the 14 July 1790, at the Festival of the Federation in Paris, François-Joseph Gossec performed his Te Deum in front of an audience of 400,000 and forever changed the instrumentation of the concert band.
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Ponchielli's Carnevale
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Ponchielli's arrangement of The Carnival of Venice, composed for band in 1868 is a tour de force for the whole ensemble, not just one soloist.
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The Battle of the Bands
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In 1845, in an effort to gain a contract to supply instruments to the French military, the bands of Adolphe Sax and Michele Carafa competed against each other in front of an audience of 20,000 people.
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Beethoven's Band Music
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Did Beethoven compose any music for band? Find out about Beethoven's works for band we've forgotten, and hear the real story behind his work Wellington's Victory.
info_outlineThe funeral service for the victims of the Nancy Affair featured the performance of Gossec's Marche Lugubre, a work that had an influence over the composition of memorial music for decades.