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Laudibus in Sanctis [William Byrd] |
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SaAATB Choral piece in 3 parts. Play individually or as one. Good counting exercise. |
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Pastorale [Amy Beach] |
3 |
SATTB Lento tune by the first major American woman composer. |
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Abendlied [Josef Rheinberger] Sax Sextet |
3 |
SaAATTB Slow, beautiful tone poem original written for Choral sextet |
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Lacrimosa from Requiem in Dm [W.A. Mozart] for Sax Octet |
3 |
S2A2T2B2 Powerful. Sad but hopeful funereal piece. |
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Wind Quintet Opus 56 No 1 Menuetto [Franz Danzi] |
4 |
SAATB or SATTB Lively Minuet. Nice concert piece. |
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The Silver Swan [Orlando Gibbons] |
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SATTB, SAATB, AATTB, or AAATB. Slow, mournful madrigal. Play time 84 seconds. |
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Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes [Heinrich Schütz] |
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SATTB, SAATB, AATTB, or AAATB. Lively early Baroque choral anthem. |
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It Had To Be You [Isham Jones] |
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SAATB. Ballad Standard from 1930s. More recently made famous in the movie "A League of Their Own". |
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Easy To Love [Cole Porter] |
5 |
SaATTB (two tenors). Fast jazz arrangement of an old standard. |
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Smile [Charlie Chaplin, et. al.] |
3 |
SaATTB (two tenors). Arranged by Ben Bram of "Pentatonix". Excellent arrangement of a Depression-era tune. |
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Wind Quintet No.2, Presto [G. Cambini] |
6 |
SSATB (two Sopranos). Fast and lively. The Presto is Mvmt. 3 |
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Jubilate Te Deum [G.F. Handel] |
4 |
SAATB (two Altos). Celebratory piece for a military victory. |
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String Quintet No. 1 [F. Mendelssohn] |
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SATTB (two Tenors). Difficult but very nice concert piece. |
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Dixit Maria ("Mary Said" [Hans Leo Hassler 1564-1612] |
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SaATB. Beautiful! Maria's reply to the angel of the Anunciation, Luke 1:26-38. |
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Laudibus in Sanctis [William Byrd (1540-1623)] |
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SaATB. Choral piece in 3 parts, can be played separately or together. |
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Fantasia 9 [Purcell] |
3 |
SaATB. Pre-Baroque piece with interesting tempo and thematic changes. |
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Fantasia 4 [Purcell] |
3 |
SaATB. Pre-Baroque piece with interesting tempo and thematic changes. |
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O Clap Your Hands First Part V6 [O. Gibbons] |
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SaATB. Early Baroque Choral Anthem in 4/2 Time. Playing time 1.5 minutes. |
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Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes [Heinrich Schütz] |
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SaATB. Lively early Baroque choral anthem. Articulations recently added to increase lilt. |
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Cantata BWV131 'Aus der Tiefen' Final Chorus [J.S. Bach] |
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SaATB. NEW ARRANGEMENT. More difficult, but more movement and more intensity. |
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Cantata BWV131 Final Chorus [J.S. Bach] |
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SaATB. Fast and lively. |
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If Thou Be Near (Bist Du Bei Mir) [J.S. Bach] |
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Arranged by John Mills, SaATB, Slow, powerful religious tune. |
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La Raspona [Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)] |
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New Version, Jan 2017. Trio Sonata, early polyphonic. |
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In den angenehmen buschen (G.F. Handel) |
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My favorite. |
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So Shall the Lute and Harp Awake (G.F. Handel) |
4 |
SaATB Wonderful aria, improved version. |
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Blute nur, du Liebe Herz (JS Bach) |
4 |
Sop. solo w/organ style accompaniment. |
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Stabat Mater (Giovanni Pergolesi) |
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Arr. Al Bates. Slow, minor, great for church. |
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Larghetto [A. Vivaldi] |
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Formal and stately. Sounds good at Moderato tempo. |
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Amor s'Apprende [Donaudy] |
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SaATB. Nice easy melody, lute style. |
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Charmant Papillon [Andre' Campras (1660-1744)] |
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SaATB. Beautiful concert piece. French baroque style. |
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Sing Unto God [G.F. Handel]] |
4 |
SaATB. Soaring Anthem. |
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Jubilate [G.F. Handel] |
4 |
SATB. Joyful Anthem celebrating victory. |
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Overture to Ode for St. Cecilia's Day [G.F. Handel] |
4 |
SATB. Delightful melody |
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Fugue in G Minor (The Little Fugue) BWV 578 [JS Bach] |
6 |
SATB. One of Bach's greatest organ fugues. |
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Impressionist |
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Girl With The Flaxen Hair V8 [Claude Debussy] |
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SATB. A famous beautiful etude. |
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Allegro from Trois Pieces Breves [Jacques Ibert] |
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SATB. Very difficult. Interesting and melodic piece. |
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Pavane for a Dead Princess [M. Ravel] |
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A pop song "The Lamp Is Low" was derived from this piece. |
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Pavane (Gabriel Faure) |
4 |
Melodic concert piece. |
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Badinage [Bruce Evans] |
4 |
My composition imitating the style of the Debussy Preludes. Weird. |
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Melodic tunes for concerts |
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Minuet in G [Beethoven] |
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SaATB. Famous melody used in "The Music Man". Good teaching tool for young quartets. |
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Pastorale for Sax Quartet [Amy Beach] |
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SATB. Slow, peaceful. Interesting chords. By the first major American woman composer. |
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Abenlied [Josef Rheinberger] |
3 |
SaATB. Beautiful slow tone poem. |
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First Suite in Eb, Mvmt 2. Intermezzo [Gustav Holst] |
5 |
SATB. Fast and exciting. Revised from V9 to V11, now easier to play. |
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Scherzo vivace from Wind Octet in Bb [Carl Reinecke] |
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SATB. Interesting piece in 9/8 time. The Scherzo is Movement 2. REVISED 25Oct2022. |
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Wind Quartet in D Minor 1.Allegro (excerpt) [Karl Eduard Goepfart] |
4 |
SATB. Nice concert piece. |
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Wind Quartet in D Minor 2.Scherzo [Karl Eduard Goepfart] |
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SATB. Fun to play. Fast tonguing in all parts. Good Encore piece. |
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Wind Quartet in D Minor 3.Fuga [Karl Eduard Goepfart] |
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SATB. Fast moving, difficult, an innovative style of fugue. |
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Poet and Peasant Overture Excerpt [von Suppe] |
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SaATB. Really beautiful melody. Not very difficult. I suggest 60 beats/min. |
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Traumerei [R. Schumann] |
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Arr. John Mills, SATB, soothing slow (Lento) melody suggesting daydreaming or reverie |
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Wir Wandleten (J. Brahms) |
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SaATB. Very smooth, easy melody. |
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Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes |
4 |
Old English love song. Nice melody. |
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While Strolling Through The Park One Day (Ed Haley) |
4 |
1890's tune, jazzed up. |
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When You And I Were Young, Maggie (Butterfield) |
3 |
Retirement home favorite |
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A Stephen Foster Medley (S. Foster) |
4 |
Six favorite Foster tunes. |
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Funeral March of a Marionet (Charles Gounod) |
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Alfred Hitchcock theme.
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Religious Music |
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Panis Angelicus (Cesar Franck) |
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Well known choral hymn. |
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Ivory Palaces (H. Barraclough) |
4 |
Nice old hymn. |
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God So Loved The World (Sir John Stainer) |
4 |
Church music. Lovely chord changes. |
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Symphonies, concertos, multi-part works |
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Serenade in Dm 1st Mvmt [Beliczay] |
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SATB. very nice tune by a Hungarian composer. Not difficult. |
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Sonata 4 for Wind Quartet 3rd Mvmt. Rondo [Rossini} |
4 |
SaATB. Allegro. Bright and fun to play. Written by Rossini at age 12. |
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Sonata 4 for Wind Quartet 2nd Mvmt. [Rossini} |
4 |
SaATB. Andante. Nice piece written by Rossini at age 12. |
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Sonata 1 for String Quartet 3rd Mvmt. [Rossini} |
5 |
SATB. Allegro. Fast passages in all parts. |
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Donizetti Sinfonia for Winds in G minor [G. Donizetti] |
4 |
SATB. Lively concert piece with operatic-sounding themes. Transposed to A minor for saxes. |
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Fuga (Mendelssohn) |
5 |
Fugue written in the 19th century. |
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Cappricio (F. Mendlessohn) |
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Too long for most audiences. Really good rehearsal piece. |
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Perpetuum Mobile (J. Strauss) |
5 |
Lively 8-bar variations. Fun to play. |
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Petite Sym. For Woodwinds:Part 1 [Gounod, C.] |
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NEW VERSION with a few changes. Adagio and Allegretto, lively and very nice. |
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Petite Sym. For Woodwinds:Movement 2 Andanta Cantabile [Gounod, C.] |
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Beautiful and fun to play. tempo should be approx. 60. |
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Petite Sym. For Woodwinds:Part 3 [Gounod, C.] |
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Scherzo, a lively gallop. |
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Petite Sym. For Woodwinds:Finale [Gounod, C.] |
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Nice, easy concert piece. |
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Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Edvard Grieg) |
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Morning Mood |
5 |
Well known, beautiful reverie. Especially good chord changes. |
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The Death of Asa |
5 |
Somber funeral dirge. |
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Solveig's Song [Edvard Grieg]
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SaATB Melody written for Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt". Listen to it on youtube first. |
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Anitra's Dance |
5 |
Lively, accelerating dance. |
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In The Hall of the Mountain King |
5 |
Lively celebration music. |
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Themes from operas, operettas, and musicals |
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Fidanzata avventurosa (Verdi) |
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SaATB Simple, beautiful aria from the opera Oberto |
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Barber of Seville Overture (Rossini) |
5 |
Bugs Bunny loves it. |
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William Tell Overture - Finale [Rossini] |
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Famous "Lone Ranger" theme. VERY DIFFICULT. |
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Rendevous [Vince Trombetta] |
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SaATB. A Wendell Hobbs arrangement. Nice jazz, not too difficult. |
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Love Is Here To Play [G. Gershwin] |
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SATB. Wonderful harmonies. A lot of time changes and key changes. |
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Gershwin Classics [G. Gershwin] |
5 |
SATB. Medley of popular Gershwin tunes. |
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Viva La BeBop [Wendell Hobbs] |
5 |
SATB.Fast and lively. |
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We're Outta Here [Wendell Hobbs] |
4 |
SATB. Very fast, with a sense of humor. |
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The All-Seeing Eye [arr. Hobbs] |
4 |
Close Harmony Jazz |
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Delawhere? [Comp./Arr. Hobbs] |
5 |
A study in contrary motion |
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Blue Bossa [K. Dorham] |
4 |
Wendell's fun version of a jazz classic. |
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4 In The Morning [w. Hobbs] |
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Music for waking up early. |
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Decaf After Dark [W. Hobbs] |
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Sounds like a film noire detective story. |
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Whisper Not [Benny Golson] |
4 |
Beautiful harmonies, ingenious interplay, don't miss this one. |
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Doxology [W. Hobbs] |
4 |
A Study on Sonny Rollins' 'Doxy'. |
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Moonlight Memories [W. Hobbs] |
4 |
A medley. Fabulous voicing. |
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Summer Shadows [W. Hobbs] |
4 |
Medley of summer and shadow. |
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Strollin' [Horace Silver] |
4 |
Wendell makes this Silver classic come alive. |
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Alors, Heureuse? (So, Happy?) [Christophe Delvalle'] |
6 |
Exciting arrangement of a work by French pianist/composer Delvalle' |
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Bleu Nuit (Blue Night) [Christophe Delvalle'] |
6 |
Very nice arrangement of a Delvalle' multi-style piece. |
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Cantique [Christophe Devalle'] |
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Nice changes, bossa nova in the middle, Wendell writes excellent solos. |
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Amber Noir [Christophe Devalle'] |
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Haunting melody featuring soprano sax. |
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Stan's Idea [Lennie Niehaus] |
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Nice interpretation of a Niehaus tune. |
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Remember Wendell [Lennie Niehaus] |
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Written by Niehaus as "Remember When". |
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You're It [Lennie Niehaus] |
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Another great arrangement of a Niehaus tune. |
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Mr. K Is A-OK [W. Hobbs] |
4 |
An original Wendell Hobbs blues composition. |
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Workin' It [W. Hobbs] |
5 |
Another Wendell Hobbs blues, a little faster. |
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Bird Lives [arr. W. Hobbs] |
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Very nice arr. of Charlie Parker tunes. |
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Blue Night - not so very silent [W. Hobbs] |
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Bluesy jazz interpretation of "Silent Night". |
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Winter Wendell [W. Hobbs] |
4 |
Jazz interpretation of "Winter Wonderland" (by Felix Bernard) [W. Hobbs] |
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Blue Sleeves [W. Hobbs] |
4 |
Jazz interpretation of "Greensleeves" [W. Hobbs] |
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More Than You Know [Youmans/Cahn] |
4 |
Wendell gave this one a lot of different rhythms! |
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Yesterdays [Jerome Kern] |
4 |
Dreamy, with a nice opportunity for soprano ad lib. |
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Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring [JS Bach] |
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SOLO for Bb Sax or Clarinet with keyboard acc. |
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The Christmas Song [Mel Torme and Robert Wells] |
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SATB. Much loved Christmas tune from 1948. |
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Est Ne Le Divin Enfant [French Carol] |
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SaATB. Adapted from an arranement by Gabriel Faure. |
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Dixit Maria ("Mary Said" [Hans Leo Hassler 1564-1612] |
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SaATB. Beautiful! Maria's reply to the angel of the Anunciation, Luke 1:26-38. |
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [English Air] |
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SaATB. Jazzy version of a well known Christmas Carol |
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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear [Willis/Anon.] |
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SaATB. Simple transposition of both the American and British tunes |
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Hark The Herald Angels Sing [Mendelssohn] |
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SaATB. Moderato Christmas Carol. |
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The First Noel [Old English Carol] |
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SaATB. Moderato Christmas Carol. |
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Bethlehem Down [Peter Warlock] |
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SaATB. Slow and quiet, with very nice chords. |
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Carol of the Bells [Leontovych] |
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SaATB. Bright and fast Christmas carol from Ukraine |
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Star In The East[Anon.] |
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SaATB. Carol from the Appalachian Mountains or Southern USA. |
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The Huron Carol [St. Jean Brebeuf] |
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SaATB. Canadian 17th century Christmas carol. |
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Dadme Albricias [Anon.] |
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SaATB. Spanish Renaissance Carol |
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Riu Riu Chiu [Anon.] |
3 |
SaATB. Spanish Renaissance Carol |
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The Shephard's Farewell [Berlioz] |
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SATB. From the Oratorio "L'Infance du Christ" |
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Mille Cherubini in Coro [Franz Schubert] |
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SaATB. Beautiful lullaby for Christmas or anytime. |
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Bring A Torch Jeanette Isabella [French Carol] |
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SaATB. Joyful French carol. New Version 3Nov2024 |
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Vomm Himmel hoch, da komm Ich her [J.S. Bach] |
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SaATB. Two chorales and a fugue by Bach, based on a melody by Martin Luther, combined in one arrangement. |
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Silent Night [Franz Gruber] |
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SaATB.Well known Christmas song. Slow and Quiet. |
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Fröhliche Wëihnacht überall [German Children's Christmas Song] |
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SaATB. (Happy Christmas Everywhere) Lively Christmas song for children, derived from an English tune. |
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I Wonder as I Wander [Appalachian Folk Carol] |
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SaATB. Folk Christmas carol. Based on a piano arr. by Amy Potter. |
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Santa Baby [Phillip Springer] |
3 |
SaATB. Pop tune made famous by Eartha Kitt |
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Hugh Martin] |
3 |
SaATB. Popular tune from WW2. |
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Angels We Have Heard On High [Traditional French Carol] |
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SaATB. French carol. Joyous Christmas anthem. |
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O Holy Night [Adolphe Adam] |
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SaATB. French carol. Simple 4-part arrangement for Christmas concerts. |
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The Wexford Carol [Anonymous] |
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SATB. Old Irish Christmas carol. |
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Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming (Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen) [Praetorius] |
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SaATB. Beloved Ancient Christmas carol arranged by Praetorius in 1609. |
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Sheep May Safely Graze (JS Bach) |
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New Arrangement Jan 2017. Played any time, but especially at Christmas |
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Canon in D Major [J. Pachelbel] |
4 |
SaATB. New Version. Especially popular at Christmas. |
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Anthem for Christmas Day, Overture [Henry Purcell] |
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SaATB Arr. John Mills. Adagio intro, then bright and fast moving. |
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Hallelujah Chorus [G.F. Handel] |
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SATB final chorus of the oratorio "The Messiah". |
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O Thou that Tellest (G.F.Handel) |
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SaATB aria from the oratorio "The Messiah", solo voice in the alto sax. |
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Pifa from Messiah [G.F. Handel] |
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SaATB or as trio. Brief instrumental interlude. |
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Gesu Bambino [Pietro A. Yon] |
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SATB Beautiful religious Christmas melody. |