Band Literature
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UNDDuring the fall of 1996, the graduate UND "Band Literature" students in co-operation with the North Dakota Music Educators' Association sought recommendations from band directors across the state for quality literature at the elementary/middle school and high school levels. Click here to see a copy of the survey form. A composite listing of the recommendations appears below.
| Title | Composer/Arranger |
| 6/8 Shuffle | O'Reilly/Kinyon |
| Acclamations | Huckeby |
| Adagio for Winds | Del Borgo |
| Africa | Smith, Robert |
| Ah Tunum Ridge | Eggebraten |
| Aladdin | Sweeney (arr.) |
| All Glory Told | Swearingen, James |
| All the King's Men | Williams |
| Alleluia | Mozart/Barnes |
| Alleluias | Spears, Jared |
| Allred Honour March | King, Karl/Swearingen, James |
| Almighty Fortress, An | Schaffer, David |
| Amazing Grace | Tichelli, Frank |
| America's Finest | Bocook |
| American Folk March | Rhoads, William |
| American Heritage | Ployhar, James |
| Americans We | Fillmore |
| Ancient Voices | Sweeney |
| Anthem for Winds and Percussion | Smith, Claude |
| As Summer was Just Beginning | Daetum, Larry |
| Ashland Park | Huckeby, Ed |
| Ashokan Farewell | Lavender |
| Ave Verum Corpus | Mozart/? |
| Aventura | Swearingen |
| Bald Eagle March | Bullock, Jack |
| Balladair | Frank Erickson |
| Band Room Rock | Balent |
| Bandology (March) | Osterling |
| Bartok: Folk Trilogy | Bartok/McGinty |
| Battle Pavane | Susato/Margolis |
| Blue and the Gray, The | Grundman, Clare |
| Blue Ridge Saga | Swearingen, James |
| Brandon Bay | Huckeby, Ed |
| Brooke Park | Swearingen, James |
| Brookpark | Erickson, Frank |
| Brother Jame's Air | Wagner |
| By Dawn's Early Light | Shaffer, David |
| C'est Noel | Jutras, Andre |
| Cambridge | Tatenhorst, John |
| Cantilena | Seward |
| Canto | Francis McBeth |
| Cathedral Echoes | John Morissey |
| Celebration and Dance | Swearingen |
| Celebration of Life | Ralph Hultgren |
| Celebrations | Zdechlik, John |
| Cenotaph | Stamp, Jack |
| Centerfold | Norred |
| Ceremony and Lyric Song | Kopetz, Barry E. |
| Chant and Jubilee | Del Borgo, Elliott |
| Chant and Jubilo | McBeth |
| Chant Rituals | Borgo, Del Elliott |
| Chapel Chimes | Ostling |
| Chesford Portrait | Swearingen |
| Chester | Schuman |
| Childhood Hymn, A | Holsinger |
| Chinese Folk Suite | Barker, Warren |
| Choral and Capriccio | Giovanini, Caesar |
| Chorale and Shaker Dance | Zdechlik, John |
| Chorale and Shaker Dance II | Zdechlik, John |
| Chorale and Variation | Kinyon, John |
| Chorale Prelude in E flat | Bach, J.S./Kinyon, John |
| Christmas Festival, A | Anderson, Leroy |
| Christmas Suite, A | Borgo, Del Elliott |
| Cimarron Trail | Shaffer, David |
| Civil War, The | Ployhar |
| Classic Overture, A | Swearingen |
| Clouds | McGinty, Ann |
| Concert Overture | Johnson, Robert |
| Cordasko | Kerkorian |
| Corsairs Landing, The | Sheldon |
| Court Festival | Latham |
| Courtly Airs & Dances | Nelson, Ron |
| Covington Square | Swearingen |
| Crystal Medallion Overture | Huckeby, Ed |
| Cumberland 1787 | Osterling, E |
| Cumberland Cross | Strommen, Carl |
| Danny Boy | Barker, Warren |
| Day at the Zoo, A | Curnow, James |
| December March, A | Rhoads, William |
| Decennium | Edmondson |
| Declaration Overture | Smith, Claude |
| Declaration, Ballad, & Finale | Huckeby |
| Dedicatory Overture | Lowden, Robert |
| Dedicatory Overture | Williams, Clifton |
| Do Re Mi | Lavender (arr) |
| Dorchester March | Osterling |
| Dorian Rhapsody | Del Borgo |
| Down a Country Lane | Copland/Patterson |
| Dramatic Essay | Del Borgo |
| Drum Majors Daughter | Offenbach/Odom |
| Drunken Sailor, The | Hull, Grant |
| Eagle Mt. Overture | Sheldon, Robert |
| Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | Mozart/Balent |
| El Encanto | O'Reilly/Feldstein |
| Elegy for a Young American | LoPresti |
| Emblem of Unity | Richards, J.J. |
| Emperata Overture | Smith, Claude T. |
| English Folk Song Suite | Vaughan Williams, R. |
| Engulfed Cathedral | Debussy/Longfield |
| Epcot Center Sound Spectacular | Edmondson, J. |
| Epinicion | Paulson, John |
| Exaltation | Swearingen, J. |
| Explorations | Huckeby, Ed |
| Famous Canon | Pachelbel/Balent |
| Fanfare and Flourishes | Curnow, James |
| Fanfare and Procession | Sebesky, Gerald |
| Featuring the Band | Feldstein/O'Reilly |
| Festivo | Nelhybel |
| First Suite in E flat | Holst |
| Florentiner March | Smith, Robert |
| Flourish for Wind Band | Vaughan Williams |
| Folk Legend | Hunsberger |
| Fortress | Tichelli, Frank |
| Free Spirit Overture | Williams |
| From Whom All Blessings Flow | Huckeby |
| Gallant Men | Cacavas |
| Gathering of Eagles, A | Halliday, Paul |
| Gershwin Medley | Gershwin/Balent, Andrew |
| Gimme Some Lovin | Sweeney |
| Gospel Train, The | Ployhar, James |
| Harmonious Blacksmith | Handel/? |
| His Honor | Fennell |
| Hounds of Spring | Reed, Alfred |
| Hymn of St. James | Clark, Reber |
| In Memoriam | O'Reilly, John |
| In the Shining of the Stars | Sheldon, Robert |
| In the Willows | McBeth |
| Incantation and Dance | Chance, John Barnes |
| Inferno | Smith, Robert |
| Instant Concert | Walters, Harold |
| Instant X-Mas Concert | Edmondson, John |
| Into the Storm | Smith, Robert |
| Intrada for Winds | Sheldon, Robert |
| Invicta | Swearingen |
| Irish Tune/Shepherds Hey | Grainger, Percy |
| Italian in Algiers | Rossini/Callient |
| Joi | Logan, Robert |
| Jubilant Tribute, A | McGinty, Anne |
| Jubilations | Pearson, Bruce |
| Jubileus | Edmondson, John |
| Jungle Fever | Kinyon |
| Jupiter (From Planets) | Holst/Curnow |
| Kenya Contrasts | Hines, William |
| Kid Stuff | Ployhar |
| Kilkenny Brigade | Ployhar, James |
| King of Love My Shepherd Is | Reed, Alfred |
| King's Musicians | Lully |
| King's Road Overture | Niehaus, Lennie |
| La Bamba | Valens/Jennings, Paul |
| Land of 1000 Dances | Jennings |
| Land of the Free March | Hargis, Ken |
| Legend of the Eagles | Shaffer, David |
| Let it snow!Let it snow!Let it snow! | Nowak, Jerry |
| Let the Light Shine | Benserientto |
| Lexington March | Edmondson |
| Lexington March | King, Karl L./Swearingen |
| Light Cavalry Overture | Suppe, von F. |
| Light Eternal, The | Swearingen |
| Lincolnshire Posy | Grainger, Percy |
| Little English Girl | Dellacese |
| Locksley Hall | Del Borgio, Elliott |
| Lost Creek Adventure | Huckeby |
| Louie Louie | Vinson |
| Mad Major, The | Alford, K/Fennel, F. |
| Magic of Andrew Lloyd Weber | Weber/Barker, Warren |
| Magic of Mozart, The | Mozart |
| March from 1941, The | Williams, John |
| March Majestic | Handel |
| March of the Irish Guard | Ployhar, James |
| March on a Scottish Air | Smith, Claude T. |
| March Triumphant | Ployhar, James |
| March Winds | Sobesky |
| Marche Des Parachutistes Belges | Leemans |
| Marches of America | Edmondson |
| Marriage of Figaro | Mozart/Slocum |
| Matrix | Leckrone, Mike |
| Men of Sherwood | Williams |
| Military Salute | Del Borgo |
| Mission Creek | Spears, Jared |
| Modal Song and Dance | Del Borgo |
| Monticello Montage | Curnow |
| Mother Machree | Zdechlik, John |
| Mount Hood Portrait | Schaffer |
| Mr. Holland's Opus | Sweeney, Michael |
| Music for a Celebration | McGinty |
| My Sharona | Story, Mike |
| New South Wales March | Edmondson |
| New Wrinkle on Twinkle, A | Ployhar |
| Night at the Opera, A | Taylor, Jeffrey |
| Night Train | Osterling |
| Nimrod | Elgar/Reed |
| Northpointe Fantasy | Swearingen |
| Northwest Suite | O'Reilly, John |
| Of Pride and Celebration | Swearingen, James |
| Olympic Spirit | Williams, John |
| On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss | Holsinger, David |
| On Broadway | Lavender |
| Oriental Portrait, An | Curnow |
| Overtura | Huckeby, Ed |
| Overture | Sueta, Ed |
| Overture for Winds | Carter, Charles |
| Overture in B flat | Giovannini, Cesar |
| Overture Variations | Bulla, Stephen |
| Pachelbel's Canon | Pachelbel/Lavender |
| Parade of the Tall Ships | Chattaway, Jay |
| Pentland Hills | |
| Pevensey Castle | Sheldon, Robert |
| Pioneers, The | Curnow, James |
| Pipe Line | Jennings |
| Poet and Peasant Overture | Von Suppe, Franz |
| Poof Royal Overture | O'Reilly |
| Portrait of a Clown | Ticheli, Frank |
| Prelude and Fugue in Bb | Bach, J. S. |
| Prelude and Primal Dance | Huckeby, Ed |
| Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo | Arnold, M/Paynter |
| Procession of Nobles | Rimsky-Korsakov/Bocook |
| Procession of Nobles | Rimsky-Korsakov/Ployhar |
| Procession of the Sandar | Williams, M. |
| Psalm 46 | Zdechlik, John |
| Ranger Rock | Connery, Brian |
| Red Balloon, The | McGinty |
| Religioso | Nelhybel |
| Resonances | Nelson |
| Rhosymedre | Vaughan Williams/Beeler |
| Roman Festival Overture | Edmondson, John |
| Rondo for Winds and Percussion | Edmondson |
| Rough Rider March | Swearingen |
| Royal Empire Overture | Huckeby, Ed |
| Rushmore | Reed |
| Sailors Dance | Bernstein |
| Salvation is Created | Tschesnokoff |
| Sater Jentens Sontag | Bull, Ole |
| Satyric Dances | Dello Joio, Norman |
| Sax Attack | Sweeney, Michael |
| Sea Gate Overture | |
| Sea Song Trilogy | McGinty |
| Second Suite in F | Holst |
| Serengeti: An African Rhapsody | Higgins |
| Shepherd's Hey | Grainger, Percy |
| Shiloh Canyon Fantasy | Akey, Douglas |
| Shoutin' Liza Trombone | Fillmore, Henry |
| Silver Bay Festival | Gorham |
| Silver Scepter, The | Kinyon, John |
| Silver Spring Soliloquy | Sheldon, Robert |
| Sinfonia VI | Broege, Tim |
| Sing, Sing, Sing | Cook, Paul |
| Slavic Farewell, A | Agapkin/Bourgeois |
| Sleepers' Wake | Bach, J. S./Finlayson |
| Sleighride | Anderson, Leroy |
| Smoke on the Water | Adams |
| Snakes | Duffy |
| Soldiers' Procession & Sword Dance | Margolis, Bob |
| Song for Winds | Edmondson, John |
| SS Eagle | Bennett, Robert Russell |
| Stars and Stripes Forever | Sousa/Rush |
| Stonehenge Overture | Curnow |
| Strategic Air Command, The | Williams |
| Suite Concertante | Nelhybel |
| Suite for Winds and Percussion | Kinyon |
| Suite from Candide | Bernstein/Grundman |
| Suite from Lincolnshire Posy | Grainger/Vinson |
| Suite in a Minor Mode | Kabalevski |
| Summit Ridge Festival | Hodges |
| Tanoan Echoes | Smith, Robert |
| They Hang Their Harps | McBeth |
| Third Suite | Jaeger, Robert |
| Three Ayres from Glouchester | Stuart, Hugh |
| Three Colonial Ballads | Curnow, James |
| Three Czech Folk Songs | Vinson, Johnnie |
| Three Folk Tunes | Holst/Curnow |
| Three Scottish Folk Songs | Edmondson |
| Toccata | Frescobaldi |
| Trail Blazers | Court, Douglas |
| Trails of Glory | Swearingen |
| Tropical Winds | Cowherd |
| Twas in the Moon of Wintertime | McGinty, Ann |
| Two British Folk Songs | Del Borgo |
| United Nations March | King, Karl/Swearingen |
| Variations on a Korean Folk Song | Chance, John Barnes |
| Variations Overture | Williams, Clifton |
| Voodoo | Bukvich, Daniel |
| Waltzing Matilda | Schaeffer, D. |
| We Didn't Start the Fire | Edmondson |
| We Three Kings . . . | Ployhar, James |
| We Will Rock You | Sweeney |
| Welsh Rhapsody, A | Grundman, Clare |
| Western Dance | Grundman, Clare |
| Where the Black Hawk Soars | Smith, Robert |
| Windstar | Smith, Claude |
| Windward Passage March | Shaffer, David |
| With Quiet Courage | Daehr |
| Woodland Overture | O'Reilly |
| Yorkshire Ballad | Barnes, James |
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UNDLast Updated: 21 January 1997