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Trumpet Mania! is a unique book of trumpet studies designed for serious students who want to bring their technique to the next level. The author, a professional with more than two decades in the field, has provided numerous exercises and warmups specially designed to enhance stamina and technique along with practical advice on how to get it done. Tichenor's volume… Read more

Composed in the summer of 1831 while in Rome, Berlioz's work was inspired by the Scottish rebel Rob-Roy MacGregor had to wait until the spring of 1833 for its premiere. The composer abandoned the piece shortly afterwards, but used some of the music material for his more famous "Harold in Italy". An unabridged, digitally enhanced reprint from Volume 4 of… Read more

Rimsky-Korsakov's second excursion into the symphonic form came early in his career (1869) but underwent two major revisions, in 1875 and 1897. The second version of 1875 was modified in 1903 due to his publisher Bessel's refusal to engrave the new plates required for the final version of 1897. This 1875/1903 revision became the most popular version for many decades,… Read more

Composed in 1887-1888, Debussy's cantata, or Poème Lyrique, was based upon the ballad "The Blessed Damozel" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in a French translation by Gabriel Sarrazin. Though premiered and published in vocal in 1893, the orchestral score didn't appear until 1902 due to the composer's revisions to the orchestration. The 1902 Durand scoree is reprinted here in an easy-to-read… Read more

Pohadka Leta (A Sumer Tale) was composed at a particularly dark time in the composer's life, just after the deaths of both his wife and father in law - the composer Antonin Dvorak. A remarkable work, with many shfting moods and brilliant orchestration, ending with a wistful nocturne. Available for the first time as a digitally-enhanced reprint of the score… Read more

First performed in New York City on January 23, 1896 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, MacDowell's Suite No. 2 or 'Indian' suite so impressed the faculty members of Columbia University that the composer was offered the school's first music professorship. A superb example of MacDowell's mature romantic style, the music is all original despite the descriptive subtitle and programmatic movement… Read more

This is a new, digitally enhanced reprint of the score originally issued circa 1910 in Leipzig by Ernst Eulenburg. Inspired by Canto V of the "Inferno" of Dante's "Divine Comedy", Tchaikovsky composed this work in 1876. Bearing all the hallmarks of the composer's late romantic style, "Francesca da Rimini" takes full advantage of the powerful orchestral forces employed.

A study score of the spectacular new setting for wind symphony. Simpson's orchestration is the first one for winds based upon the composer's manuscript instead of the flawed 1886 edition of the piano original. Edited by the eminent American composer of wind music, Alfred Reed. Promenade I Gnomus Promenade II Il Vecchio Castello (The Old Castle) Promenade III Tuileries Bydlo Promenade IV… Read more

Chabrier's orchestral showpiece was composed in 1883 and received its premiere in November of that year in Paris under the baton of Charles Lamoreaux, founder of the now famous orchestra bearing his name. Inspired by a vacation to Spain taken the year before its composition, Espana is a superb example of the Spanish-genre showpiece - featuring driving rhythms, brilliant orchestral… Read more

Composed in 1869 for the Vienna Men's Choral Association, Strauss' Opus 333 originally included parts for men's chorus. It has since become far more popular in the version he prepared afterward for orchestra only, which is the one presented here in a beautifully engraved new score edited by Clark McAlister. A welcome addition to the libraries of Johann Strauss aficionados,… Read more