Aaron Rabushka wrote:
Perhaps I should know better than to debate what is or isn't an established
classic, but how 'bout Korsakov's Concerto for Trombone and Band (which the
Russian in me dearly loves no matter how many others find it a waste), and
Tchaikovsky's March in B-Flat?
Oh don't muddy the denigration of the band world with facts, man!
There is a large body of band music from the 19th century, but many
choose to ignore it because it makes discussion so much more neat and
succinct.
Rimsky's Concerto for Clarinet and Band is equally nice and interesting
to hear.
Universal Judgement is another, and that's Italian from the mid 1800s.
The fact that there are a number of town bands in America which date
back into the mid 1800s indicates a fairly large body of literature, a
fairly large amount of which is still available. That bands in general
don't program it as much as music by contemporary composers doesn't mean
it doesn't exist.
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David H. Bailey
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