Name: CELEBRATION OVERTURE OP. 61
Duration: 6 min 50 s
Channel: Paul Creston - 1955
Description: Free MP3 download. THE TITLE TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PIECE. THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1955 BY ITALIAN - AMERICAN COMPOSER PAUL CRESTON. THIS HAS BECOME A STAPLE IN THE WIND BAND REPERTOIRE. COMMISSIONED FOR THE 1955 AMERICAN BANDMASTERS ASSOCIATION.

CELEBRATION OVERTURE OP. 61

Symphonic Band Performances

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THE TITLE TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PIECE. THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1955 BY ITALIAN - AMERICAN COMPOSER PAUL CRESTON. THIS HAS BECOME A STAPLE IN THE WIND BAND REPERTOIRE. COMMISSIONED FOR THE 1955 AMERICAN BANDMASTERS ASSOCIATION.

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Symphonic Band Performances

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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Genre

Classical • Classical General

Charts

Peak #28

Peak in subgenre #15

Author

Paul Creston - 1955

Rights

public domain

Uploaded

February 05, 2010

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MP3 11.0 MB • 224 kbps • 6:50

Story behind the song

Paul Creston (born Giuseppe Guttoveggio (October 10, 1906 – August 24, 1985)) was an Italian American composer of classical music.

Born in New York City to Sicilian immigrants, Creston was self taught as a composer. He was an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity, initiated into the national honorary Alpha Alpha chapter. His work tends to be fairly conservative in style, with a strong rhythmic element. His pieces include six symphonies, a number of concertos, including two for violin, one for one piano, one for two pianos, one for accordion and one for alto saxophone (the latter dedicated to Cecil Leeson), a fantasia for trombone and orchestra (composed for and premiered by Robert Marsteller), and a Rapsodie again for alto saxophone - written for famous virtuoso Jean-Marie Londeix. He also wrote a suite (1935) and a sonata (op. 19, 1939) for alto saxophone and piano (both dedicated to Cecil Leeson), as well as a suite for organ, Op. 70. Several of his works were inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman. He died in Poway, CA, a suburb of San Diego.

Creston was one of the most performed American composers of the 1940s and 50s. Several of his works have become staples of the wind band repertoire. Zanoni, Prelude and Dance, and the Celebration Overture have been and still are on several state lists for contests across the USA.