Wind Ensemble Repertoire

(in chronological order)

1400
Josquin: Vive le Roi (1498)

1500
Susato: Danserye (issued 1551) (Orig. for mixed consort; trans. For winds by M. Walters)
Byrd: Fitzwilliam Virginal Songbook (arr. For band as “The William Byrd Suite” by Gordon Jacob)
Sweelinck: Mein Jungen Leben hat ein’ End (orig. for organ; arr. By Ramon Ricker)
A. Gabrielli: Aria del la Battaglia (1580)
G. Gabrielli: Sonata pian’ e forte (1597?)

1600
Monteverdi: Toccata from “L’Orfeo” (1607)
Pezel: Tower Music (published 1670)
Lully: Fanfares and Marches for Louis XIV’s Tournaments – “Airs pour le carrousel de Monseigneur” (1684)
Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary (1695)
Bach, J.S. Fantasia in G Major (Orig. for organ; trans. For band by Robert Leist)

1700
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749)
C.P.E. Bach: Six Sonatas (1755 or 1775)
J.C. Bach: Six Wind Symphonies
C.P.E. Bach: Six Marches
Mozart: Serenade in Eb. KV. 166 (1781)
Mozart: Serenade in Bb. KV. 361 (1781-82)
Mozart: Serenade in Cm. KV. 388 (1782)
Rosetti, Antonio: Partita in F (1785)
Beethoven: Rondino in E-flat (1792)
Beethoven: Octet in E-flat (1792)
Catel: Overture in C (1793)
Gossec: Overture in C (1794)
Jadin, Louis: Symphony in F (1794)

1800
Krommer. Octet-Partita in F Major. Op 57 (1806)
Beethoven: Zapfenstreich No. 2 (March in ?. WoO ?) (1809?)
Beethoven: Wellington's Victory (1813) [14:30]
Spohr: Notturno (1815)
Mendelssohn: Overture. Op. 24 (1824)
Berlioz: Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale. OP. 15 (1840)
Wagner. Trauermusic (Trauersinfonie) (1844)
Grieg: Funeral Music for Rikard Nordraak (1866)
Bruckner: Mass in E minor (1866)
Saint-Saens: Occident et Orient (1869)
Dvorak: Serenade in D minor. Op. 44 (1878)
R. Strauss: Serenade in E-flat. Op. 7 (1881)
R. Strauss: Suite. Op. 4 (1884)
Gounod: Petite Symphonie
D'lndy: Chanson et Danses

1900
Mahler. “Um Mittemacht from "Ruckert-Lieder" (1902)
Holst: Suite No. 1 in E-flat (1909)
Hahn: Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este (1909)
1910
Holst: Suite No. 2 in F (1911)
Schmitt: Dionysiaques (1913)
Grainger. Irish Tune from County Derry (1918)
Grainger. Children's March (1919)

1920
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920/??)
Grainger Colonial Song (1921)
Milhaud: Dixtour ("Little Symphony No. 6") (1922)
Stravinsky: Octet (1923)
Vaughan Williams: Folk Song Suite (1923)
Varese: Octandre (1923)
Gershwin: Rhapsidy in Blue (original version) (1924)
Stravinsky: Piano Concerto (1924)
Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale (1924)
Weill: Violin Concerto (1924)
Varese: Hyperprism (1925)
Ibert: Cello Concerto (1925)
Varese: Integrates (1926)
Hindemith: Konzertmusik, op. 41 (1927)
Weill: Little Threepenny Music (1928)

1930
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (1930)
Hindemith: Konzertmusik, op. 49 (1930)
Holst: Hammersmith (1931)
Respighi: Huntingtower (1932)
Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy (1937)
Copland: Outdoor Overture (1939)
Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 19 in E-flat (1939)

1940
Barber: Commando March (1943)
Schoenberg: Theme and Variations, op. 43a (1943)
Milhaud: Suite Francaise (1945)
Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto (1946)
Gould: Ballad (1946)
Grainger: Shepherd's Hey (1948)
Hindemith: Septet for Winds (1948)
Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (1949)
H.O. Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana (1949)
Thomson: A Solemn Music (1949)

1950
Grainger Hillsong No. 2 (1950)
Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances (1950)
Piston: Tunbridge Fair (1950)
Hindemith: Symphony in B-flat (1951)
Mennin: Canzona (1951)
Riegger: Dance Rhythms (1951)
Persichetti: Divertimento (1951)
Schuman: George Washington Bridge (1951)
Gould: Symphony for Band ("West Point Symphony") (1952)
Grainger. The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (1953)
Hanson: Chorale and Alleluia (1954)
Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques ("Exotic Birds") (1955)
Kurka: The Good Soldier Schweik Suite (1956)
Persichetti: Symphony No. 6 ("Symphony for Band") (1956)
Vaughan Williams: Scherzo alia Marcia(1956)
Schuman: New England Tryptich ("Chester", "When Jesus Wept", Be Glad Then, America") (1957)
Bennett: Symphonic Songs (1958)
Giannanini: Symphony No. 3 (1958)
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 4 (1958)
Surinach: Paens and Dances of Heathen Iberia (1959)

1960
Nixon: Fiesta del Pacifico (1960)
Dahl: Sinfonietta (1961)
Brant: Verticals Ascending (1962)
Benson: Shadow Wood (1962, rev. 1992)
Bozza: Children's Overture (1965)
Copland: Emblems (1965)
Messiaen; Et Exspecto Ressurectionem Mortuorum (1965)
Gilmore: Five Folksongs for Soprano (1966)
Schuller: Meditation (1963/66)
Bassett: Designs, Textures and Images (1965/66)
Persichetti: Masquerade (1966)
Rodrigo: Adagio (1966)
LoPresti: Elegy for a Young American (1967)
Nelson: Rocky Point Holiday (1967)