Jiri Druschetzky was a Czech composer, oboe player, and timpanist who lived from 1745 to 1819. During his lifetime, the Czech Republic was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Druschetzky joined a band of an Austro-Hungarian infantry regiment and was stationed in a number of locations, including Vienna. He was a certified military drummer and eventually became the music director for a Hungarian nobleman who lived in Bratislava in what is today known as Slovakia. This was a time when noblemen typically had their own orchestras or at least a harmoniemusik, the German word used for the wind band from roughly 1775 to 1825. Druschetzky wrote symphonies, operas, and works for a variety of other musical groups. Today’s edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features one of his partitas for harmoniemusik, which has parts for percussion.
- Golden Bear march
Composer: J. J. Richards (1878-1956)
Performer: University of Kansas Symphonic Band
Album: Music of J. J. Richards
- Partita in C Major: Allegro
Composer: Georg Druschetzky (1745-1819 )
Performer: Budapest Wind Ensemble
Album: Georg Druschtsky: Harmoniemusik
- Partita in C Major: Menuetto
Composer: Georg Druschetzky (1745-1819 )
Performer: Budapest Wind Ensemble
Album: Georg Druschtsky: Harmoniemusik
- Partita in C Major: Allego con variazoni
Composer: Georg Druschetzky (1745-1819 )
Performer: Budapest Wind Ensemble
Album: Georg Druschtsky: Harmoniemusik
- March from "Moorside Suite"
Composer: Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Performer: Salaputia Brass
Album: Roots
- Delta Bound
Composer: Alexander Hill (1906-1937)
Performer: Maria Muldaur & Tuba Skinny
Album: Let's Get Happy Together
- Overture 2000
Composer: Henk van Lijnschooten (1928-2006)
Performer: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Album: Overtures, Vol. 2
- Harem Dance (a.k.a. Danse Arabe)
Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Performer: David Carroll & His Orchestra
Album: Percussion Orientale
- Twilight in Turkey
Composer: Raymond Scott (1908-1994)
Performer: David Carroll & His Orchestra
Album: Percussion Orientale
A bhankora is played on this recording.
- Bacchanale
Composer: Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Performer: David Carroll & His Orchestra
Album: Percussion Orientale
- Danse Orientale
Composer: Grigory Lyubomirski (1865-1937)
Performer: David Carroll & His Orchestra
Album: Percussion Orientale
- Mambo Medley
Composer: Perez Prado (1916-1989) & Bautista Monterde (1880-1959)
Performer: Akita Symphonic Band
Album: Naohiiro Iwai Collection, Vol. 1
- March in D Major
Composer: C. P. E. Bach (1714-1788)
Performer: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Album: Little Marches for Wind by Great Composers
