Festival Band Series

Julius Fučik; Edited by John Neumann 

CB-026 Grade 4 $59.95

This classic and recognizable march is now available in a new, easy-to-read edition. Every advanced band should have this one in their library!

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Porter Steele; Arr. by John Neumann

CB-037 Grade 4 $59.95

This classic New Orleans jazz standard is now available for modern concert band. Featuring the famous piccolo obbligato, this march's technical difficulty is overshadowed by its stylistic excellence.

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Carl Friedemann; Arr. by John Neumann

CB-029 Grade 4 $60.00

“Hoch Deutschlands Flotte” was composed in 1915 by German-Swiss composer Carl Friedemann for the German navy during World War I. It is a great example of a European concert march, featuring sections that vary in dynamics and mood. This arrangement makes this great march available to the modern concert band and is a fine addition to any advanced band's library.

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Richard Strauss; Edited by John Neumann

CB-028 Grade 3.5 $64.95

Written for Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1906, this excellent concert march by late-Romantic composer Richard Strauss is equally bombastic as it is introspective. Featuring an opening fanfare, a quiet trio section, and an epic Bach-style chorale, this march is the perfect concert opener or processional for any ceremony!

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Percy Aldridge Grainger; Arr. by John Neumann

CB-045 Grade 4.5 $80.00

"Lincolnshire Posy" is one of the most groundbreaking works for wind band. Here it is available in a new edition for modern Symphonic Band featuring revised instrumentation, corrected errors, and updated scoring. This version makes this work more accessible than ever! 

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E. E. Bagley; Edited by John Neumann

CB-025 Grade 4 $60.00

“National Emblem” is a standard of American march repertoire, and this new edition gives it a breath of new life. Clear engraving, corrected errors, and revised percussion parts make this version the perfect choice for any band that wants to perform this classic!

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; Arr. by John Neumann

001046 Grade 4 $70.00

A charming suite of incidental music composed for a production of William Shakespeare's Othello. Written by Black composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, it is a great example of British light concert music.

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John Neumann

001035 Grade 3.5 $60.00

A classic-style rag with modern jazz harmonies. This piece is a real “Barn Burner” and the whole band will have fun playing it!

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Johnann Strauss, I; Arr. by John Neumann

001054 Grade 4 $60.00

Here's an excellent arrangement of this iconic Austrian march, commonly played by the Vienna Philharmonic as an encore. 

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John Neumann

CB-31 Grade 4 $80.00

An original work for band written in the Romantic style. Reminiscent of Jean Sibelius and Franz Liszt's tone-poems, this work will make any advanced wind band shine.

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John Philip Sousa; Edited by John Neumann

CB-011 Grade 4 $55.00

This edition of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was made so that all bands can play this famous march in the style of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. Included are triangle and timpani parts for larger percussion sections, and added dynamics for a greater range of styles.

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Richard Wagner; Arr. by John Neumann

CB-044 Grade 4 $79.95

Here's a great arrangement of some of the highlights from the final opera of "The Ring Cycle." This edition transforms some of Wagner's most epic music into a concert piece for modern symphonic band. 

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