This study of brass chamber music in lyceum and chautauqua fills a lacuna in brass history. It explores the forgotten phenomenon of the many chamber brass ensembles that entertained millions of Americans from coast to coast from 1877 to 1939 and presents histories of sixty-one ensembles that performed music for brass trio, brass quartet, brass quintet, and brass sextet for lyceum and chautauqua audiences. The author also writes about the large repertoire of music for small brass ensembles that he discovered was published in America from 1875 through the 1920s. This First American Chamber Brass School is discussed in one of five overviews of the principal eras in brass chamber music history that form the most comprehensive history of brass chamber music written in fifty years. Paperback.

(Ukulele). If you've been learning ukulele for a little while, you are probably eager to put your new skills to work and learn some familiar songs. This book features 50 favorite Disney songs arranged with melody, lyrics and chord diagrams for standard G-C-E-A tuning. Songs include: The Bare Necessities * Beauty and the Beast * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Chim Chim Cher-ee * Do You Want to Build a Snowman? * Evermore * Hakuna Matata * How Does a Moment Last Forever * How Far I'll Go * I See the Light * Into the Unknown * Lava * Let It Go * The Place Where Lost Things Go * Remember Me (Ernesto de la Cruz) * Speechless * Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious * True Love's Kiss * Under the Sea * When She Loved Me * A Whole New World * You've Got a Friend in Me * and more!

Some thirty-two experts from fifteen countries join three of the world's leading authorities on the design, manufacture, performance and history of brass musical instruments in this first major encyclopedia on the subject. It includes over one hundred illustrations, and gives attention to every brass instrument which has been regularly used, with information about the way they are played, the uses to which they have been put, and the importance they have had in classical music, sacred rituals, popular music, jazz, brass bands and the bands of the military. There are specialist entries covering every inhabited region of the globe and essays on the methods that experts have used to study and understand brass instruments. The encyclopedia spans the entire period from antiquity to modern times, with new and unfamiliar material that takes advantage of the latest research. From Abblasen to Zorsi Trombetta da Modon, this is the definitive guide for students, academics, musicians and music lovers.

Craig Courtneys One Faith, One Hope, One Lord is a must-have standard for any church choir library. Dignified and thoughtful, this powerful affirmation of faith is harmonically rich and features beautiful choral writing, which thickens through the piece. Optional solo trumpet or brass and strings enhance the majestic text, One faith, one hope, one Lord, one God.

The first study of the performance practice, repertoire and context of the modern 'brass ensemble' in the musical world.