Music for Brass Choir

Wallingford Riegger

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This work bears the designation Opus 45.

General Info

Year: 1948/1949
Duration: c. 8:20
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Rental | Score Only (print) - $30.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-X
Horn in F I-VIII
Trombone I-X
Bass Trombone
Tuba I-II
Timpani
Crash Cymbals

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

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Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Alumni of the National Orchestra Association (John Barnett, conductor)

Media

Audio: Members of the Alumni of the National Orchestra Association and The American Brass Quintet (John Barnett, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Southern California Thornton Wind Ensemble (H. Robert Reynolds, conductor) - 10 February 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Ballet for Band, Op. 18 (1935)
- New Dance (1935/1942)
Dance Rhythms for Band, Op. 58 (1954)
Music for Brass Choir (1949)
Passacaglia and Fugue, Op. 34 (1942)
Prelude and Fugue, Op. 52 (1953)
Processional, Op. 36 (1943)

Resources

Goldman, Richard Franko. (1950). "The Music of Wallingford Riegger." The Musical Quarterly 36, no. 1 (January 1950): 39–61.
Riegger, W. (1949). Music for Brass Choir [score]. Mercury Music Corp.: New York, N.Y.