American Christmas Festival

Frank Erickson

Frank Erickson

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General Info

Year: 1975
Duration: c. 4:25
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

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Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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• Belleville (Ill.) Community Band (Kerry Welker, conductor) – 9 December 2015
• Hartland (Mich.) High School Varsity Band (Michael Letovsky, conductor) – December 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Air for Band (1966)
• Allegro Animato (1991)
• American Christmas Festival (1975)
• American Patriots (1991)
• Americana
• Aria Cantabile (1990)
• Aria on a Bach Prelude
• Arrietta and Rondo (1960)
• Arietta for Band (arr. Echols) (1973/2014)
• Arietta for Winds (1973)
• Balladair (1958)
• Ballad for Peace
• Barcarolle (1992)
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison (1954)
• Blue Ridge Overture (1976)
• Cameo Overture
• Cheerio March (as arranger)
• Children's March (as reviser) (1919/1971)
• Chroma
• Citadel
• Colwyn Bay
• Desert Suite
• Double Concerto for Trumpet, Trombone, and Concert Band (1956)
• Drummer's Delight (as arranger) (1969)
• Elegy (as arranger) (1961)
• English Folk-Song Fantasy
• Eroica Variations
• Fanfare for a Festival
• Fantasy for Band (1955)
• Fantasy on Nordic Themes
• Fantasy on Themes from Tchaikovsky
• Festiva Musica
• First Symphony for Band (1961)
• Folk Song Suite (as transcriber) 1909/1968)
• A Gaelic Ballad
• A Handel Celebration (as arranger) (1985)
• "Hansel and Gretel" Overture (as arranger) (1892/1960)
• Heritage Hills (1982)
• Introduction, March and Shepherd’s Dance from "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (as arranger)
• Irish Folk Song Suite (1952)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (as arranger) (1918/1970)
• James Bond Suite (as arranger) (1962/2003)
• La Danza (as arranger) (1835/1967)
• Land of the Vikings (1959)
• Light a Distant Fire
• Lyric Episode
• Lyric Suite (1974)
• March Capriccioso (1979)
• March of the Mimes
• March with Fanfares
• Marche from the Opera "Love for Three Oranges" (as arranger)
• Mexicana
• Misty Rain, Softly Falling
• A Mozart Celebration
• A Nordic Trilogy (with Davis and Reed) (1967)
• Norwegian Folk Song Suite (1953)
• Overture for Synthesizer and Band (1989)
• Overture Jubiloso (1978)
• Percussion Mystique
• A Percy Grainger Suite (as arranger) (1996)
• Pillars of the Earth
• President's Suite
• Red Bridge March
• Red’s White and Blue March (as transcriber) (1965)
• Reverence for Life
• Rhythm of the Winds (1964)
• The Rhythms of Christmas
• River Wind
• Rondonova
• Royal Armada (1963)
• Russian Easter Overture (as arranger)
• Rustic Overture
• Sarabande (as transcriber) (1894/1967)
• Saturnalia (1967)
• Second Symphony for Band (1958)
• Selections from "1776" for Concert Band (as arranger) (1969)
• Sinfonía india (as arranger) (1978)
• Sonatina for Band (1962)
• Spoon River Variations
• Suite for Percussion in Three Movements
• Symphonette for Band (1959)
• Third Symphony for Band (1984)
• Three Impressions (as transcriber) (1970)
• Tia Juana Trumpets
• Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, The
• Toccata for a New Age (1995)
• Toccata for Band (1957)
• Two Songs Without Words (as arranger) (1906/1996)
• Wind Dancer

Resources

• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Frank Erickson." Accessed 23 December 2015.