Euphonium Excerpts Course of Study Survey

(Survey taken by Dr. Askew, Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Research Assistant, Michael McMillan)

Purpose

The following excerpts are selections that have been chosen to be surveyed to determine a four year course of study of euphonium excerpts for an undergraduate student. Once these selections have been classified by order of importance, difficulty, and quality, they will used to design this course of study of standard excerpts that should be studied while completing the undergraduate degree program. This survey will provide euphonium music majors a plan of study with a broad range of musical experiences from which they can draw upon.

Method

The following list contains the works to rate. The list includes title, composer, and arranger, if available, of each work for clarification and quick referencing. The first 25 selections are marches. Numbers 26 to 100 are Concert or Orchestral selections to be rated on a 1 – 5 scale in order of difficulty (1 being most difficult). If you think that any of these 100 compositional works should be considered a standard, place an X in that box to identify its importance in this study.

Survey Selections of Euphonium Excerpts

  Title of Composition Composer / Arranger
Rating (1-5)
 Standard
1 The Army Harry L. Alford
2 3 4 5
2 Law and Order March Harry L. Alford
2 3 4 5
3 Skyliner Harry L. Alford
2 3 4 5
4 The World is Waiting For The Sunrise Harry L. Alford
2 3 4 5
5 Colonel Bogey March Kenneth J. Alford
2 3 4 5
6 National Emblem March K. K. Bagley
2 3 4 5
7 Commando March Samuel Barber
2 3 4 5
8 Revelation March W. Paris Chambers
2 3 4 5
9 The Official West Point March L. Philip Egner
2 3 4 5
10 Bombasto March O.R. Farrar
2 3 4 5
11 Florentiner March Julius Fucik / M.L. Lake
2 3 4 5
12 Thunder and Blazes March Fucik-Laurendeau/ J.S. Seredy
2 3 4 5
13 March of the Mighty Al Hayes
2 3 4 5
14 "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite" March K.L. King
2 3 4 5
15 Invictus March K.L. King
2 3 4 5
16 "The Melody Shop" March K.L. King
2 3 4 5
17 The U.S. Air Force March Paul Lavalle
2 3 4 5
18 March Grandioso Roland F. Seitz
2 3 4 5
19 El Capitan March John Philip Sousa
2 3 4 5
20 George Washington Bicentennial March John Philip Sousa
2 3 4 5
21 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine March John Philip Sousa
2 3 4 5
22 Stars and Stripes Forever March John Philip Sousa
2 3 4 5
23 The Directorate March John Philip Sousa
2 3 4 5
24 The Invicible Eagle March John Philip Sousa
2 3 4 5
25 Washington Post March John Philip Sousa
2 3 4 5
26 Toccata and Fugue in D minor Johann Sebastian Bach / E. Leidzen
2 3 4 5
27 First Symphony (in one Movement) Samuel Barber / G.M. Duker
2 3 4 5
28 Suite of Old American Dances Robert Russell Bennett
2 3 4 5
29 Symphony # 5 Beethoven
2 3 4 5
30 March To The Scaffold Hector Berlioz / E.W.G. Leidzen
2 3 4 5
31 Pineapple Poll (suite from the ballet) Chappall's Army Journal/Charles Mackerras
2 3 4 5
32 Scherzo and Finale (from the fifth symphony) Chappell's Army Journal
2 3 4 5
33 The Roman Carnival Overture Hector Berlioz / V.F. Safranek
2 3 4 5
34 Academic Festival Overture Johannes Brahms / V.F. Safranek
2 3 4 5
35 Blue Lake (Overture for Concert Band) John Barnes Chance
2 3 4 5
36 March Electric (March-Scherzo) Giuseppe Creatore / Leonard Falcone
2 3 4 5
37 Legend Paul Creston
2 3 4 5
38 Prelude and Dance Paul Creston
2 3 4 5
39 Sinfonietta (for concert band) Ingolf Dahl
2 3 4 5
40 Fetes (from "Three Nocturnes") Claude Debussy / W.A. Schaefer
2 3 4 5
41 Three Bavarian Dances Edward Elgar / C. Godfrey
2 3 4 5
42 Aguero (Paso-Doble) Jose Franco
2 3 4 5
43 Russlan and Ludmilla Overture M. Glinka / F. Winterbottom
2 3 4 5
44 Opera "Faust" (5th Act) Charles Gounod / F. Henning
2 3 4 5
45 Colonial Song Percy Aldridge Grainger
2 3 4 5
46 Irish Tune from County Derry Percy Aldridge Grainger
2 3 4 5
47 Lincolnshire Posy Percy Aldridge Grainger
2 3 4 5
48 Molly on the Shore Percy Aldridge Grainger
2 3 4 5
49 Einzugsmarsch John Halversen / L.P. Laurendeau
2 3 4 5
50 Symphony in B Flat Paul Hindemith
2 3 4 5
51 Bach's Fugue a la Gigue Gustav Holst
2 3 4 5
52 Dance of the Spirits of Fire Gustav Holst
2 3 4 5
53 First Suite in Eb (for Military Band) Gustav Holst
2 3 4 5
54 Hammersmith (Prelude and Scherzo) Gustav Holst
2 3 4 5
55 The Planets Gustav Holst
2 3 4 5
56 Flag of Stars (Salute to America - Symphonic Overture) Gordon Jacob
2 3 4 5
57 Symphony for Band Robert E. Jager
2 3 4 5
58 Andalucia Ernesto Lecuona / Paul Yoder
2 3 4 5
59 Malaguena (from Andalucia) Ernesto Lecuona / Paul Yoder
2 3 4 5
60 Les Preludes F. Liszt / L. Helfer
2 3 4 5
61 "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" F. Liszt/ T.M. Tobani
2 3 4 5
62 Aegean Festival Overture Andreas Makris / Major A. Bader
2 3 4 5
63 "Phedre" Overture J. Massenet / V.F. Safranek
2 3 4 5
64 Fingal's Cave Overture Mendelssohn / V.F. Safranek
2 3 4 5
65 Fackeltanz in Bb G. Meyerbeer / M.C. Meyrelles
2 3 4 5
66 Suite from the Ballet Les Patineurs (the skaters) G. Meyerbeer
2 3 4 5
67 Don Juan Overture W. A. Mozart / V.F. Safranek
2 3 4 5
68 Fantasia in F W. A. Mozart / W.A. Schaefer
2 3 4 5
69 First Movement from Symphony in G Minor W. A. Mozart / B. Holcombe
2 3 4 5
70 Minuet from Don Juan W. A. Mozart / M. L. Lake
2 3 4 5
71 Merry Wives of Windsor O. Nicolai / L.P. Laurendeau
2 3 4 5
72 "Orpheus" Overture J. Offenbach / L.P. Laurendeau
2 3 4 5
73 Wedding Dance Jacques Press
2 3 4 5
74 La Boheme (March Paraphrase on "Musetta's Waltz Song) Puccini/Alford
2 3 4 5
75 Bolero Maurice Ravel / M. L. Lake
2 3 4 5
76 The Pines of Rome Ottorino Respighi
2 3 4 5
77 Procession of the Nobles Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov / E. W. G. Leidzen
2 3 4 5
78 William Tell Overture G. Rossini
2 3 4 5
79 Phaeton (symphonic poem) Camille Saint-Saens
2 3 4 5
80 Theme and Variations - Op. 43 Arnold Schoenberg
2 3 4 5
81 George Washington Bridge (An impression for band) William Schuman
2 3 4 5
82 Festive Overture Dmitri Shostakovich / D. Hunsberger
2 3 4 5
83 Danse Folaire Claude T. Smith
2 3 4 5
84 Festival Variations Claude T. Smith
2 3 4 5
85 Circus Polka Igor Stravinsky
2 3 4 5
86 "Light Calvary" Overture F. V. Suppe / T. M. Tobani
2 3 4 5
87 Capriccio Italien P.I. Tchaikowsky / F. Winterbottom
2 3 4 5
88 Romeo and Juliet P.I. Tchaikowsky
2 3 4 5
89 "1812" Overture P.I. Tchaikowsky / M. L. Lake
2 3 4 5
90 Finale from Symphony in F Minor No. 4 P.I. Tchaikowsky / V. F. Safranek
2 3 4 5
91 Symphony No. 5 (finale) P.I. Tchaikowsky / R. O. Klepfer
2 3 4 5
92 Manzoni Requiem (Excerpts) G. Verdi / E. Mollenhauer
2 3 4 5
93 Lohengrin Richard Wagner / F. Winterbottom
2 3 4 5
94 Overture to "Rienzi" Richard Wagner / V. Grabel
2 3 4 5
95 Overture to Tannhauser Richard Wagner / V. F. Safranek
2 3 4 5
96 The Flying Dutchman Overture Richard Wagner / A. Seidel
2 3 4 5
97 Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music from "Die Walkure" Richard Wagner / M. L. Lake
2 3 4 5
98 Crown Imperial (A Coronation March) William Walton
2 3 4 5
99 "Oberon" Overture C.M.v. Webber / M. L. Lake
2 3 4 5
100 Toccata Marziale R. Vaughn Williams
2 3 4 5

Comments

In the space below, please take the time to comment on any of the repertoire listed and to add any additional musical selections that you think should be on this list that should be studied. For further requests of information based on this survey study, please contact Research Assistant, Michael McMillan at the following email address: mjmcmill@uncg.edu

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