A Selected Bibliography of Original Concert Band Music

Michael Good

Part I (Adler - Husa) originally published in Journal of Band Research, 18 (2), Spring 1983, 12-35.  Part II (Jacob - Zdechlik) originally published in Journal of Band Research, 19 (1), Fall 1983, 26-51. 

Copyright © 1983 by the Journal of Band Research and included here with permission. The Journal of Band Research is published for the American Bandmasters Association by Troy State University Press, Troy, Alabama 36082. Composer dates and typographical errors have been updated from the print publication.

 

The following is a selected bibliography of writings relating to specific pieces of music originally written for concert band or large wind ensemble.* The material listed includes such diverse sources as doctoral theses, articles from the Journal of Band Research and The Instrumentalist, reviews of new band music, and record reviews.  These sources vary in the depth of information provided -- some of the record reviews may summarize their opinions in a sentence or two -- and also encompass a broad variety of attitudes towards band music, but all should be available in larger libraries.

The bibliography is ordered by composer, and then by pieces in approximate order of composition. The year listed beside a piece refers to the year when the composition was completed, unless prefaced by "fp.," indicating year of first performance, or "c.," indicating year of copyright.

A few remarks about sources are in order.  Most of the theses listed here were found through "A Bibliography of Dissertations Relative to the Study of Bands and Band Music" by Frank J. Cipolla (Journal of Band Research 15, Fall 1979, 1-31). All of the entries from these were made on the basis of abstracts appearing in Dissertation Abstracts International mentioning the particular composition in question.  The reader will also note a number of entries from Smith and Stoutamire's book Band Music Notes. The interested reader may consult this valuable reference source. Music reviews from The Instrumentalist and The School Musician are generally limited to more recent reviews of major compositions. Some of this work was supported by the MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, under the supervision of John Corley.

*Editor's Note:

Some additional pertinent entries have been added to Mr. Good's original listing.

Adler, Samuel 1928-

Southwestern Sketches (1962)

Amram, David 1930-

King Lear Variations (1966)

Badings, Henk 1907-1987

Concerto for Flute (1963)

Transitions (fp. 1973)

Barber, Samuel 1910-1981

Commando March (1943)

Bassett, Leslie 1923-

Designs, Images, and Textures (c. 1966)

Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827

Military March, WoO 24 (1816)

Bennett, Robert Russell 1894-1981

Suite of Old American Dances (c. 1950)

Symphonic Songs (c. 1958)

Down to the Sea in Ships (fp. 1969)

Four Preludes (c. 1974)

Benson, Warren 1924-2005

Symphony for Drums and Wind Orchestra (1962)

The Leaves are Falling (1964)

The Solitary Dancer (1966)

Bergsma, William 1921-1994

March With Trumpets (1956)

Berlioz, Hector 1803-1869

Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15 (1840)

Beversdorf, Thomas 1924-1981

Symphony No. 3 for Winds and Percussion (1954)

Bielawa, Herbert 1930-

Spectrum (1966)

Bilik, Jerry H. 1933-

Symphony No. 1 (c. 1972)

They Walked in Darkness (c. 1973)

Bottje, Will Gay 1925-

Contrasts (c. 1953)

Boyer, Louis 1864-1918

Ariane (c. 1935)

Brant, Henry 1913-2008

Verticals Ascending (fp. 1968)

Immortal Combat (1972)

An American Requiem (1973)

Sixty (1974)

Nomads (1974)

A Plan of the Air (1975)

Bruckner, Anton 1824-1896

Apollo March (1865)

March in E Flat (1865)

Busch, Carl 1862-1943

A Chant from the Great Plains (fp. 1920)

Catel, Charles Simon 1773-1830

Overture (1792)

Chance, John Barnes 1932-1972

Incantation and Dance (c. 1963)

Variations on a Korean Folk Song (1965)

Symphony No. 2 (1972)

Chavez, Carlos 1899-1978

Chapultepec (c. 1963)

Childs, Barney 1926-2000

Supposes: Imago Mundi (1970)

Chobanion, Loris O. 1933-

Armenian Dances (1975)

Copland, Aaron 1900-1990

An Outdoor Overture (1941)

Variations on a Shaker Melody (1956)

Emblems (1964)

Cowell, Henry 1897-1965

Shoonthree (1939)

Little Concerto for Piano and Band

Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 1 (1943)

A Curse and a Blessing (1949)

Creston, Paul 1906-1985

Legend, Op. 31 (1942)

Zanoni, Op. 40 (1946)

Celebration Overture, Op. 61 (1954)

Prelude and Dance , Op. 76 (1949)

Anatolia (Turkish Rhapsody), Op. 93 (1967)

Concerto for Marimba and Band, Op. 21B

Dahl, Ingolf 1912-1970

Concerto for Alto Saxophone (1949)

Sinfonietta (1961)

Dello Joio, Norman 1913-2008

Variants on a Mediaeval Tune (1962)

From Every Horizon (c. 1965)

Scenes from "The Louvre" (fp. 1966)

Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn (c. 1968)

Songs of Abelard (fp. 1969)

Satiric Dances for a Comedy by Aristophanes (fp. 1975)

Colonial Ballads (c. 1979)

Dvorak, Robert J. 1919-

El Anillo Guatemalteco (c. 1970)

Effinger, Cecil 1914-1990

Prelude and Fugue, Op. 14 (1942)

Erb, Donald 1927-2008

Stargazing (1966)

Erickson, Frank 1923-1996

First Symphony for Band (c. 1961)

Second Symphony for Band (c. 1959)

Earth-Song (c. 1969)

Fauchet, Paul 1881-1937

Symphony in F Flat (fp. 1926)

Fiser, Lubos 1935-1999

Report (c. 1971)

Flagello, Nicolas 1928-1994

Symphony No. 2 (Symphony of the Winds) (1970)

Giannini, Vittorio 1903-1966

Praeludium and Allegro (1958)

Symphony No. 3 (1958)

Fantasia (1963)

Variations and Fugue (1966)

Gillis, Don 1912-1978

Symphony "X" (Big "D") (1972)

Gossec, François Joseph 1734-1829

Military Symphony in F (1793)

Classic Overture in C (1795)

Gould, Morton 1913-1996

Jericho (c. 1941)

Ballad for Band (1946)

Symphony No. 4 (1952)

Grainger, Percy Aldridge 1882-1961

Hill Song No. 2 (1907)

Irish Tune from County Derry (1911)

Shepherd's Hey (1913)

Colonial Song (1914)

Children's March, "Over the Hills and Far Away" (1918)

Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (c. 1936)

Linconshire Posy (1937)

The Immovable Do (1939)

The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (1947)

Marching Song of Democracy (1948)

Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow (1954)

Grieg, Edvard 1843-1907

Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak (1866)

Hamilton, Iain 1922-2000

The Chaining of Prometheus (1963)

Hanson, Howard 1896-1981

Chorale and Alleluia (1953)

Laude (c. 1976)

Harris, Roy 1898-1979

Cimarron (1941)

First Concerto for Piano and Band (1942)

Fantasy for Piano and Band (1943)

Symphony for Band (1952)

Hartley, Walter S. 1927-

Concerto for 23 Winds (1957)

Sinfonia No. 4 (1965)

Capriccio for Trombone and Band (1969)

Symphony for Wind Orchestra (1970)

Bacchanalia for Band (1973)

Hartmann, Karl Amadeus 1905-1963

Concerto for Piano, Winds and Percussion (1953)

Heisinger, Brent 1937-

Statement (fp. 1971)

Hemel, Oscar van 1892-1981

Concerto for Wind Instruments (1960)

Hindemith, Paul 1895-1963

Konzertmusik für Blasorchester, Op. 41 (fp. 1926)

Symphony in B Flat (1951)

Hoddinott, Alun 1929-2008

Concerto for Piano, Winds and Percussion, Op. 19 (1960)

Hodkinson, Sydney P. 1934-

Tower (c. 1976)

Hoffman, Theodore B. 1925-

Variations on Jesu Meine Freude

Holloway, John

Wood Up (1835)

Holst, Gustav 1874-1934

First Suite in E Flat, Op. 28a (1909)

Second Suite in F, Op. 28b (19)

Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52 (1930)

Honegger, Arthur 1892-1955

March sur la Bastille (1936)

Hovhaness, Alan 1911-2000

Tapor No. 1, Op. 14 (c. 1968)

Suite for Band, Op. 15 (c. 1968)

Hymn to Yerevan, Op. 83 (c. 1969)

Symphony No. 4, Op. 165 (1958)

Symphony No. 7 - Nanga Parvat, Op. 178 (1959)

Symphony No. 23 - Ani, Op. 249 (1972)

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk 1778-1837

Three Marches for Band

Husa, Karel 1921-

Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Concert Band (1967)

Music for Prague 1968 (1969)

Apotheosis of This Earth (1970)

Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble (1971)

Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (1973)

Al Fresco (1975)

Jacob, Gordon P. 1895-1984

William Byrd Suite (1923)

An Original Suite (c. 1928)

Music for a Festival (fp. 1951)

Flag of Stars (1954)

Concerto for Band (1970)

Giles Farnaby Suite (c. 1970)

Tribute to Canterbury (c. 1977)

Jadin, Louis E. 1768-1853

Symphonie for Band (1794)

Jager, Robert E. 1939-

Symphony No. 1 (1963)

Second Suite (c. 1965)

Third Suite (fp. 1965)

Diamond Variations (c. 1968)

Symphony No. 2 (The Seal of the Three Laws) (c. 1978)

Apocalypse (1978)

Jenkins, Joseph Willcox 1928-

American Overture for Band, Op. 13 (c. 1955)

Kennan, Kent 1913-2003

Night Soliloquy (1962)

Khachaturian, Aram 1903-1978

The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)

Krenek, Ernst 1900-1991

Dream Sequence, Op. 224 (fp. 1977)

Latham, William P. 1917-2004

Three Chorale Preludes (c. 1956)

Dodecaphonic Set (c. 1967)

Leeuw, Ton de 1926-1996

Symphonies of Winds (1963)

Linn, Robert 1925-1999

Propagula (c. 1973)

Long, Newell 1905-1999

Concertino for Woodwind Quintet and Band (1961)

Mailman, Martin 1932-2000

Geometrics No. 1, Op. 22 (1960)

Liturgical Music for Band, Op. 33 (1964)

Geometrics No. 4, Op. 43 (1968)

Mayuzumi, Toshiro 1929-1997

Music with Sculpture (fp. 1961)

Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra (1965)

McBeth, W. Francis 1933-

The Seventh Seal (fp. 1971)

To Be Fed By Ravens (c. 1975)

McGinnis, Donald E. 1917-

Symphony for Band (c. 1977)

McPhee, Colin 1901-1964

Concerto for Wind Orchestra (1959)

Méhul, Etienne-Nicolas 1763-1817

Overture in F (1795)

Mendelssohn, Felix 1809-1847

Overture for Band, Op. 24 (1824)

Trauermarsch, Op. 103 (1836)

Mennin, Peter 1923-1983

Canzona (1951)

Messiaen, Olivier 1908-1992

Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum (1964)

Couleurs de la cité céleste (1963)

Meyerowitz, Jan 1913-1998

Three Comments on War (fp. 1965)

Miaskovsky, Nicolai 1881-1950

Symphony No. 19, Op. 46 (1939)

Milhaud, Darius 1892-1974

Suite Française, Op. 248 (1944)

Two Marches, Op. 260b (1946)

West Point Suite, Op. 313 (1951)

Nelhybel, Vaclav 1919-1996

Notes for many of Nelhybel's works for band are found in:

Symphonic Requiem (c. 1965)

Two Symphonic Movements (c. 1970)

Nelson, Ron 1929-

Rocky Point Holiday (c. 1969)

Nixon, Roger 1921-2009

Elegy and Fanfare-March (1957)

Fiesta Del Pacifico (1960)

Pacific Celebration Suite (1979)

Reflections (c. 1965)

Penderecki, Krzysztof 1933-

Pittsburgh Ouverture (1967)

Persichetti, Vincent 1915-1987

Divertimento for Band, Op. 42 (1950)

Psalm for Band, Op. 53 (1952)

Pageant, Op. 59 (1953)

Symphony No. 6, Op. 69 (1956)

Serenade No. 11, Op. 85 (1960)

Bagatelles for Band, Op. 87 (1961)

Chorale Prelude: So Pure the Star, Op. 91 (1962)

Masquerade for Band, Op. 102 (1965)

Chorale Prelude: Turn Not Thy Face, Op. 105 (1966)

O Cool Is The Valley, Op. 118 (1971)

Parable IX, Op. 121 (1972)

A Lincoln Address, Op. 124A (fp. 1974)

Piston, Walter 1894-1976

Tunbridge Fair (1950)

Presser, William H. 1916-2004

Symphony No. Two (c. 1971)

Read, Gardner 1913-2005

Dunlap's Creek, Op. 67, No. 1a (1956)

Reed, Alfred 1921-2005

Russian Christmas Music (1944)

Music for "Hamlet" (fp. 1971)

Armenian Dances (1975)

Othello (1976)

Second Symphony (1978)

Reed, Herbert Owen 1910-

La Fiesta Mexicana (1949)

For The Unfortunate (c. 1975)

Respighi, Ottorino 1879-1936

Huntingtower Ballad (1932)

Reynolds, Verne 1926-

Scenes (1971)

Riegger, Wallingford 1885-1961

New Dance, Op. 18c (1935)

Passacaglia and Fugue, Op. 34 (1942)

Dance Rhythms, Op. 58a (1957)

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai 1844-1908

Concerto for Trombone and Band (1877)

Concerto for Clarinet and Band (1878)

Rochberg, George 1918-2005

Apocalyptica (1964)

Rogers, Bernard 1893-1968

Three Japanese Dances (1954)

Ross, Walter B. 1936-

Tuba Concerto (1973)

Roussel, Albert 1869-1937

A Glorious Day, Op. 48 (1932)

Prelude to Act II of "Le Quatorze Juillet" (1936)

Russell, Armand King 1932-

Theme and Fantasia (c. 1965)

Saint-Saëns, Camille 1835-1921

Orient et Occident, Op. 25 (1869)

Sanders, Robert L. 1906-1974

Symphony for Band (1943)

Sanjuan, Pedro 1886-1976

Canto Yoruba' (1942)

Sapieyevski, Jerzy 1945-

Morpheus (1973)

Schickele, Peter 1935-

Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion (c. 1975)

Schmitt, Florent 1870-1958

Dionysiaques, Op. 62 (1914)

Schoenberg, Arnold 1874-1951

Theme and Variations, Op. 43a (1943)

Schuller, Gunther 1925-

Meditation (1963)

Diptych (1964)

Study in Textures (1967)

Schuman, William 1910-1992

Newsreel (1941)

George Washington Bridge (1950)

Chester Overture (1956)

Dedication Fanfare (c. 1969)

New England Triptych

Schwantner, Joseph 1943-

and the mountains rising nowhere (1977)

From a Dark Millennium (1980)

Smith, Claude 1932-1987

Festival Variations

Smith, Hale 1925-

Somersault (c. 1964)

Expansions (1967)

Snoeck, Kenneth M. 1946-

Scaramouch - Symphony No. 3 for Winds and Percussion (1971)

Somers, Harry S. 1925-1999

Symphony for Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion (1961)

Spohr, Louis 1784-1859

Notturno, Op. 34 (1815)

Starer, Robert 1924-2001

Fanfare, Pastorale and Serenade (1964)

Stone Ridge Set (1973)

Still, William Grant 1895-1978

To You, America! (1951)

Stravinsky, Igor 1882-1971

Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)

Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (1924)

Circus Polka (1942)

Surinach, Carlos 1915-1997

Paeans and Dances of Heathen Iberia (1959)

Ritmo Jondo (c. 1967)

Sinfonietta Flamenca (c. 1971)

Thomson, Virgil 1896-1989

At the Beach (1949)

A Solemn Music (1949)

Toch, Ernst 1887-1964

Spiel für Blasorchester, Op. 39 (1926)

Tull, Fisher A. 1934-1994

Toccata (1969)

Sketches on a Tudor Psalm (1971)

Reflections on Paris (c. 1975)

Credo (fp. 1975)

Cryptic Essay (fp. 1976)

Studies in Motion (c. 1977)

The Final Covenant (fp. 1979)

Van Vactor, David 1906-1994

Passacaglia, Chorale and Scamper (c. 1966)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph 1872-1958

English Folk Song Suite (1923)

Sea Songs (1923)

Toccata Marziale (1924)

Flourish for Wind Band (fp. 1939)

Velke, Fritz 1930-2005

Concertino for Band (c. 1962)

Villa-Lobos, Heiter 1887-1959

Fantasy in Three Movements (c. 1959)

Wagner, Richard 1813-1883

Trauersinfonie (1844)

Huldigungsmarsch (1864)

Ward, Robert 1917-

Prairie Overture (1957)

Washburn, Robert 1928-

Symphony for Band (1963)

Werle, Floyd E. 1929-

Sinfonia Sacra (Symphony No. 1 for Winds) (1971)

Westergaard, Peter 1931-

Tuckets and Sennets (1969)

Whear, Paul 1925-

Stonehenge Symphony (Symphony No. 1) (1970)

Of This Time (c. 1972)

White, Donald H. 1921-

Miniature Set for Band (1957)

Dichotomy (c. 1966)

Ambrosian Hymn Variants (c. 1968)

Willan, Healey 1880-1968

Elégie Héroique (1960)

Williams, Clifton 1923-1976

Fanfare and Allegro (c. 1956)

Symphonic Suite (c. 1957)

Concertino for Percussion and Band (c. 1960)

Festival (1961)

The Ramparts (fp. 1965)

Caccia and Chorale (c. 1976)

Williams, John T. 1932-

Sinfonietta

Wood, Haydn 1882-1959

Mannin Veen (c. 1933)

Zdechlik, John 1937-

Chorale and Shaker Dance (c. 1972)