Robert Longfield
Biography
Robert Longfield (b. 15 July 1947, Grand Rapids, Mich.) is an American composer, arranger and educator.
Longfield graduated with honors from the University of Michigan where he studied with Jerry H. Bilik and Paul Boylan and was a member of the band under William Revelli and George Cavender. He also earned a degree from the University of Miami where he was a student of Alfred Reed.
For fifteen years Mr. Longfield was the band and orchestra director at Davison High School, Davison, Michigan. Since 1987 he has held a similar position at Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Miami, Florida. Mr. Longfield was the recipient of the “Teacher of the Year” award by the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association. In 1996 he received the “Mr. Holland Award” from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for outstanding contributions to music education.
A member of ASCAP, Mr. Longfield has received several commissions and his compositions and arrangements have been played and recorded by bands throughout the United States as well as in Europe and Japan.
He is currently [2022] the conductor of the Greater Miami Symphonic Band.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- Allegretto (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1812/2011)
- The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2017/2020)
- Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1954/2006/2017)
- Lean on Me (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1972/2021)
- Three Ayres from Gloucester (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1969/2016)
- Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1993/2019)
All Wind Works
- Airs of the Court (as arranger) (1931/2009)
- Allegretto (as arranger) (1812/2011)
- Allegretto (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1812/2011)
- Also Sprach Zarathustra: Fanfare (as arranger) (1896/2001)
- America
- And the Mountains Echoed: Gloria! (1997)
- The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2017/2020)
- The Armed Man (as arranger) (1999/2015)
- The Banks of Green Willow (as arranger) (1913/2017)
- The Bells of Christmas (2002)
- Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird" (as arranger)
- Broad Stripes and Bright Stars (as arranger) (2005)
- Cakewalk (as arranger)
- Carol of the Bells (as adapter)
- Celebration (as arranger)
- Chorale from "Concord" (as arranger) (1988/2018)
- Cinema Paradiso (as arranger) (1988/2012)
- Cruzan Dances
- Danza Final (as arranger) (1941/2009)
- Deck the Halls (as arranger with Davis)
- Downton Abbey (as arranger) (2010/2015)
- El Camino Real (as arranger) (1985/2013)
- El Choclo (as arranger) (2006)
- The Engulfed Cathedral (as arranger)
- España Cañi (as arranger) (1921/1998)
- Excelsior
- Excerpts from "Symphony No. 5" Finale (as arranger) (1937/2007)
- Faeries (as adapter) (1891/)
- Fanfare for the Common Man (as arranger) (1942/1944/2007)
- Fantasia on "Kingsfold" (as arranger) (2014)
- Farandole (as arranger)
- Finale to "Symphony No. 5" (as adapter) (1804-1808/2020)
- First Suite in E-flat (as arranger)
- Five Little Dances (as transcriber) (1946/2013)
- Freedom, Justice, Honor
- Fum, Fum, Fum (as arranger, with Chip Davis) (2006)
- Gabriel's Oboe (as arranger) (1986/2009)
- Good King Wenceslas (as adapter)
- Greensleeves (arr. Davis) (as editor) (2011)
- Grover's Corners (as arranger) (1940/2023)
- Hallelujah (as adapter; arr. Davis) (1741/2004)
- Hallelujah Chorus (as arranger) (1741/1994)
- Highlights from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (as arranger) (1971/2009)
- The Holly and the Ivy (as adapter) (1988/1995)
- The Honor Roll
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 (as arranger) (1869/1996)
- Hungarian Dance No. 6 (as arranger) (1869/2005)
- Hymnsong from "Mannin Veen" (as arranger) (1933/2022)
- In Glory Triumphant
- In Quest of Excellence
- Italian Holiday (2009)
- Kalinka (as arranger) (2017)
- Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1954/2006/2017)
- Lean on Me (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1972/2021)
- Mamma Mia! (as arranger)
- Minuet and Trio (as arranger) (1782/2011)
- Music from "The Shape of Water" (as arranger) (2017/2018)
- Oblivion (as arranger)
- Over the Waves Waltz (as arranger) (1888/2017)
- Overture to "Abduction from the Seraglio" (as arranger)
- Parade March (as arranger)
- Passacaglia (as arranger) (c. 1720/2014)
- Passacaglia on an Old English Carol (as arranger) (2001)
- Pat-a-Pan (as adapter)
- The Purple Twilight (1993)
- Rapp's Woods Ramble (2004)
- Russian Sailors' Dance (as arranger) (1927/1996)
- Sanctuary
- Second Suite in F (as adapter) (1911/2007)
- Selections from "Capriol Suite" (as arranger)
- Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (as arranger) (1884/1992)
- Slava! (as transcriber) (1977/)
- Slavonic Dance No. 1, Op. 72 (as arranger)
- Slavonic Dance No 8, Op 46 (as arranger)
- Slavonic March (as arranger) (1878/2017)
- Solamente Una Vez (as arranger) (1941/2014)
- Stille Nacht (as arranger with Chip Davis) (1818/1987?)
- Street Tango (as arranger) (2017)
- Summertime from "Porgy and Bess" (as arranger)
- Swedish Hymn of Praise
- Take the Blues Train
- The Toy Trumpet (as arranger) (1937/2012)
- Three Ayres from Gloucester (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1969/2016)
- Transformations
- Turkish March (as arranger)
- Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1993/2019)
- Vortex
- Water Music (as arranger) (1717/1997)
- When Summer's in the Meadow
- Where Valor Proudly Sleeps
- The White Eagle
- The X Brigade
Resources
- Robert Longfield. Wikipedia. Accessed 24 May 2021