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WorksheetsBand Directors Bonanza
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
How many military marches were written by John Philip Sousa?
97
154
136
163
Although Joseph Wilcox Jenkins has written many works for band, this one is by far his most popular work due to its effervescent character. If you are a French Horn player, you will either embrace this work or run and hide from it. Which composition is it?
American Overture for Band
Cumberland Gap Overture
Toccata for Winds
Tartan Suite
An old Shaker hymn is the basis of this work by John Zdechlik (b. 1937). What did he call this piece?
Shaker Variants
Chorale and Shaker Dance
Simple Gifts
Variations on a Shaker Melody
The beguine started as a West Indies Dance and has found its way into wide use as a style on the "lighter side". "Beguine for Band" is a great example of this form. It was written in in 1954 and has been recorded several times, most recently by the Dallas Wind Symphony under Frederick Fennell. Who wrote this piece?
Oscar Glen
Galen Osprey
Glenn Osser
George Oliver
Donald H. White (b.1921) wrote this suite consisting of 5 short movements. What did he call it?
Miniature Set for Band
Brevities
Miniature Suite
A Suite in Five Movements
"Tetra Ergon" is the name of a solo composition by Donald H. White. For what instrument was this solo composed?
Tuba
Trumpet
French Horn
Trombone
In 1956 William Schumann (1910-1992) wrote a 3 movement piece for orchestra called "A New England Triptych" based hymns of William Billings. In 1957, Schumann took the third movement,expanded it, and scored it for band. What title was this piece published under?
On a Hymn of William Billings
Be Glad Then, America
Chester Overture for Band
When Jesus Wept
H.Owen Reed wrote this three movement work, subtitled "A Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Concert Band". What is the actual name of this descriptive piece?
Mosaico de Mexico
La Fiesta Mexicana
Chapultepec for Band
Tres Danzas de Mexico
Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966) wrote only five works for concert band, but this large-scale, four movement work is probably the most recorded American work for band. Which of the works below is it?
Dedication Overture
Variations and Fugue
Fantasia
Symphony No. 3
Which one of these composers was the founding director of the North Carolina School of the Arts?
John Philip Sousa
Donald H. White
Vittorio Giannini
H. Owen Reed
Glenn Osser
