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CONCERTO FOR BAND
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THIS BEAUTIFUL COMPOSITION WAS WRITTEN IN 1970 BY ENGLISH COMPOSER GORDON JACOB WHO WROTE THE 'WILLIAM BYRD SUITE' AND ARRANGED 'ENGLISH FOLK SONG SUITE'. I- ALLEGRO, II- ADAGIO, III- ALLEGRO CON BRIO. PERFORMED BY THE 1971 AUSTIN PEAY ST. UNIV. BAND
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
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Classical • Symphonic
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Peak #1,083
Peak in subgenre #20
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August 29, 2009
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MP3 14.4 MB • 192 kbps • 10:28
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Gordon Jacob was an English composer and pedagogue. The youngest of ten siblings, he enlisted in the Field Artillery to serve in World War I when he was 19, and was taken POW in 1917, one of only 60 men in his battalion of 800 to survive. After being released he spent a year studying journalism, but left to studGordon Jacob (born 5 July 1895 in London; died 8 June 1984 in Saffron Walden) was an y composition, theory, and conducting at the Royal College of Music, where he then taught from 1924 until his 1966 retirement, counting Malcolm Arnold, Ruth Gipps, Cyril Smith and Imogen Holst among his students. Sadly, because of his cleft palate and a childhood hand injury, his instrumental abilities were limited; he studied piano but never had a performing career. Jacob's first major successful piece was composed during his student years: the William Byrd Suite for orchestra, after a collection of pieces for the virginal. It is better-known in a later arrangement for the symphonic band. While a student Jacob was asked by Vaughan Williams to arrange the latter's English Folk Song Suite in full orchestral form. Jacob became a Fellow of the Royal College in 1946, and throughout his career would often write pieces for particular students and faculties. After his retirement from the Royal College in 1966, he continued to support himself by composing, often on commission. He describes many of the works as "unpretentious little pieces", though some of his most works were published during this time, including his 1984 Concerto for Timpani and Wind Band.
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ALEXIS PATRICK
Jun 04, 2010
Hello Ivan, This is such an enchanting song. All of your music is so beautiful. Thank you so much for your kind messages and ratings. It's quite an honor since Classical is truly my favorite music, and you are so great!!!!!!! Many Hugs and Blessings, Lekzee