Larry Daehn

Biography

Larry D. Daehn (b. 10 May 1939, Rosendale, Wisc.) is an American composer, arranger and educator.

Mr. Daehn grew up on the farms of Wisconsin. He received a B.A. in musical education from the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh in 1964 and his master's degree in 1976 from the University of Wisconsin at Platteville. He was a teacher of music for 33 years, the last 27 of them at the New Glarus (Wisc.) High School. A past president of the Wisconsin chapter of Phi Beta Mu, he was honored by that organization as Outstanding Bandmaster.

Daehn has composed With Quiet Courage, in memory of his mother, and As Summer Was Just Beginning. An avid admirer of Percy Aldridge Grainger, he has written several arrangements of that composer's melodies and an article on the Grainger Museum. He was the owner of Daehn Publications until his retirement.

Works for Winds

Adaptable Music

A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)

All Wind Works

633 Squadron (as arranger) (1964/2003)
Adagio Cantabile (as arranger) (1798/2009)
Adagio for Winds (2004)
Allegro: From Brandenburg Concerto #3 (as arranger) (1721/1980)
Aria (as arranger)
As Summer Was Just Beginning (1994)
British Isles Suite (1999)
Chaconne (2011)
Chaconne and Festive Aria (as arranger)
Chaconne in D Minor (as arranger)
Chorale and Fugue in F Major (as arranger)
Christmas Day (as arranger)
Concerto for Prince Johann (as arranger) (c. 1713 / 2011)
Country Wildflowers (1998)
Die Meistersinger Themes (as arranger) (18684/2009)
Highland Echoes (1995)
Fa Una Canzona (as arranger) (c. 1590/1990)
Farewell, Dear Voyager (2000)
Fugue in B-flat Major (as arranger) (1722/1988)
I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (as transcriber) (1905-12/1987)
Irish Trilogy (as arranger) (1961/2003)
Nottingham Castle (1997)
Old Irish Tune (2002)
Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (as arranger)
Pioneer Songs (2003)
Remembrance (2014)
Romany Life (as arranger)
The Running Set (as arranger) (1933/2007)
Sarabande (as arranger) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
Song for Friends, A (1997)
A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)
Symphony No. 6: Third Movement Finale (as arranger) (1893/2007)
Symphony No. 11: Second Movement Excerpts (as arranger) (1957/1989)
Tchaikovskyana (as arranger) (1979/2015)
Themes from "Green Bushes" (as arranger) (1906/1987)
Trieste Overture (as arranger) (2006)
Walking Tune (as arranger) (1900/1940/1988)
West Point Bicentennial March (2002)
Where Eagles Dare (as arranger) (1968/2011)
While I Watch the Yellow Wheat (2002)
With Quiet Courage (1995)

Resources

Lopez, John. "Chaconne." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 133-239. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.
Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 249.
"Larry Daehn." Foothill Symphonic Winds. Web.