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List of
Recommended
Saxophone Repertoire
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List of Recommended Concerto Repertoire
for Saxophone(s) and Orchestra/Band (usually w/ piano
reduction available.)
Many
of the classics of the repertoire are here, as well as some exciting
new pieces.
I have indicated some of the most well known, frequently performed
and recorded pieces of standard repertoire by typing the titles in
green.
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Composer
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Title
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Grade/comments
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Publisher
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David
Amram
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Ode
to Lord Buckley
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6-
asx w/ band or orch
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Peters
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Leo
Bachmann
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Übermässig-Unmässig
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5-
cbs sax w/ string orchestra
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SUISA
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W.
Clifton Baxter
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Bell
& Howl
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6-
asx & ssx (one player) w/ band
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Baxter
Music
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Warren
Benson
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Dream
Net
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asx,
string quartet
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Belwin
Mills
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Warren
Benson
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Concertino
(Aeolian Song)
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4- asx
w/ band
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MCA
Music
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William
Bolcom
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Concert
Suite
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Asx
w/ band
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Peters
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Carson
Cooman
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Concerto
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6-bass
sax w/ orch
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Oriana
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Henry
Cowell
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Air
and Scherzo
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6-
asx w/ orch
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Associated
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Paul
Creston
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Concerto
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6-
w/ band or orch
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Shawnee
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| Barton
Cummings |
Three
Episodes |
4-
contrabass sax w/band |
Musik
Fabrik |
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Ingolf
Dahl
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Concerto
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6-
asx w/ band
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Eur-American
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William
Davis
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Variations
on a Theme of Robert Schumann
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4-
bsx, bass sax, or cbs sax w/ band
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Southern
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Claude
Debussy, ed. Ronald Tyree
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Rapsodie
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4-5
asx w/ orch
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Musica
Rara
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Elliot
del Borgo
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Soliloquy
and Dance
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6-
asx w/ band
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Francis-Paul
Demillac
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Concerto
pour Suite de Quatre Saxophones
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6-
S,A,T,B (one player) w/ orch
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Billaudot
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Pierre-Max
Dubois
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Concerto
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6-
asx w/ orch
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Leduc
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Alexander
Glazunov
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Concerto
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5-
asx w/ str. Orch
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Leduc
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Morton
Gould
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Diversions
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6-
tsx w/ orch
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Schirmer
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Clare
Grundman
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Concertante
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asx
w/ band
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B
& H
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Walter
S. Hartley
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Concertino
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5-
tsx w/band
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Dorn
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Walter
S. Hartley
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Concertino
No. 2
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4-Bass
sx w/band
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Hartley
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Walter
S. Hartley
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Concerto
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5-
asx w/band
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Tenuto
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Walter
S. Hartley
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Double
Concerto
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5-asx
and tuba w/band
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Tenuto
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Walter
S. Hartley
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Duo
2001
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5-
2 asxes w/band
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Hartley
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Bernard
Heiden
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Diversion
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5-asx
w/ band
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MMB
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Bernard
Heiden
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Fantasia
Concertante
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asx
w/ band
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MMB
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Karel
Husa
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Élégie
et Rondeau
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5-
asx w/ orch
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Leduc
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Karel
Husa
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Concerto
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5-
asx w/ band
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AMP
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Jacques
Ibert
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Concertino
da Camera
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6-
asx w/ orch
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Leduc
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Erland
von Koch
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Concerto
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5-
asx w/ orch
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Marbot
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Igor
Korneitchouk
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The
Disqualification of Harry Semantix as a Trial Juror for East
County
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6
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Studio
at the Post
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William
Latham
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Sisyphus
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5-
asx w/ orch
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Presser
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John
Anthony Lennon
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Symphonic
Rhapsody
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6-
asx w/ orch
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Peters
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Frank
Martin
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Ballade
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5-
asx w/ orch
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Universal
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David
Maslanka
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Concerto
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6-
asx w/ band
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Maslanka
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Robert
Muczynski
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Concerto
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5-
w/ band or orch
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Schirmer
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Michael
Nyman
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Where
the Bee Dances
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5-
ssx w/ orch
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Schirmer
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Russell
Peck
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The
Upward Stream
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6-
tsx w/ orch
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Pecktackular
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Robert
Planel
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Prelude
et Salterelle
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3
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Leduc
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Hague/Seuss
Arr. W. Clifton Baxter
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You’re
a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
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3-
bsx, bssx, or cbsx w/ band
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Baxter
Music
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Paule
Maurice
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Tableaux
de Provence
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4-5-
asx w/ orch
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Lemoine
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Marcel
Mihalovici
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Chant
Premier
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5-
tsx w/orch
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Huegel
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Darius
Milhaud
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Scaramouche
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5-
asx w/ orch or woodwind quintet
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Universal
or Salabert
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Rossini,
arr. Schmidt
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Variations
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5-
ssx w/ band
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WIM
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Jeanine
Rueff
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Concertino
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asx
w/ orch
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Leduc
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William
Schmidt
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Concerto
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4-5-
tsx w/ band
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WIM
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Claude
T. Smith
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Fantasia
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6-
asx w/ band
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Winger
& Jones
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Henri
Tomasi
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Concerto
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5-6-
asx w/ orch
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Leduc
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Franco
Tosi
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Concerto
Grosso
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6-
cbs sax, vlc & str bs w/ wind 8tet
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Tosi
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Heitor
Villa-Lobos
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Fantasia
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5
ssx or tsx w/orch
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Southern
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Robert
Ward
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Concerto
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5-6-
tsx w/orch
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Galaxy
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Mark
Watters
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Rhapsody
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6-
bar. Sax w/ band or orch
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Watters
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Maurice
Whitney
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Introduction
and Samba
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5-6-
asx w/ band
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Bourne
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David
Whitwell
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3 Civil War Reflections
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5-6-
asx w/ band
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RUH
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Carl
Anton Wirth
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Jephthah-
Invocation and Dance
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5-
ssx, asx, (2 players) w/ orch.
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Ethos
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