Northwind March
W Paris Chambers (ed. John R. Bourgeois)
General Info
Year: 1895 / 2004
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones, through Excelcia Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00; (digital) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Introduce your audience to the proud musical heritage of America's circus bands with this march classic. Written in 1895, this edition is offered here with modern concert band instrumentation. It's as brisk and quick as a north wind.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band (Charles T. Menghini, conductor) - 2004
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP II
- Kansas: V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Charles T. Menghini, conductor) – 17 December 2004 (2004 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Boys of the Old Brigade (1901)
- Boys of the Old Brigade (ed. Smith) (1901/1981)
- Boys of the Old Brigade (arr. Brittain) (1901/2012)
- Buffalo Bill's Equestrian March (1903/1987)
- Chicago Tribune March (arr. Oliver) (1892)
- Commodore Polka (1899)
- Comrades Return (1902)
- Detroit Free Press (1897)
- Giralda March
- Hostrauser's March (arr. G. Reeves) (1896)
- King of Terror (1892)
- Kryl’s Favorite
- Marche Religioso (1895)
- Narcissus
- Nelly Gray with Variations
- Northwind March (ed. Bourgeois) (1895/2004)
- Revelation March (arr. Bourgeois) (1901/2002)
- Seraph, The (1899)
- St. Andrew's March (1902)
- Softly Speaks the Night
- Sweeney’s Cavalcade (1902)
- Trombone Section (1886)
- Trombone Sneeze (as arranger) (1908)
Resources
- Chambers, W.; Bourgeois, J. (2004). Northwind March: For Concert Band [score]. Wingert-Jones: Kansas City, Mo.