Simon Mayr wrote 60 operas, inspired Rossini, and taught Gaetano Donizetti. This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features original classical wind-band music Mayr composed: a sextet for two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, and one string bass. Yes, it’s a sextet with seven parts. In such compositions at the time it was written, the seventh part for the string bass was typically not required but often added to enhance the bass line. As wind instruments, the bassoons were not always able to carry the bass line without a little help. This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion will open with march written by the composer often called the “Bohemian Sousa”; namely, Julius Fucik.
- Salve Imperator
Composer: Julius Fucik (1872-1916)
Performer: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band
Album: Gaudiubilate
- Sextet: Vivace
Composer: Simon Mayr (1763-1845)
Performer: Consortium Classicum
Album: Italian Serenades
- Sextet: Adagio
Composer: Simon Mayr (1763-1845)
Performer: Consortium Classicum
Album: Italian Serenades
- Sextet: Menueto (Vivace)
Composer: Simon Mayr (1763-1845)
Performer: Consortium Classicum
Album: Italian Serenades
- Sextet: Rondo (Adagio)
Composer: Simon Mayr (1763-1845)
Performer: Consortium Classicum
Album: Italian Serenades
- Sextet: Finale (Presto)
Composer: Simon Mayr (1763-1845)
Performer: Consortium Classicum
Album: Italian Serenades
- American Patrol (1885)
Composer: Frank White Meachum (1856-1909)
Performer: BBC Big Band Orchestra
Album: Best of the Big Bands, Vol. 1
- Road of Stone
Composer: Recording by Sweet Pea Spivey (1910-1943)
Performer: Maria Muldaur & Tuba Skinny
Album: Let's Get Happy Together
- Highlights from "Aristocats" (1970)
Composer: George Bruns (1914-1983), arranged by Suzanne Welters (1969- )
Performer: Police Band of Baden Württemberg
Album: Light Music, Vol. 3
- Death of Custer (1905)
Composer: Lee F. Johnson
Performer: New Columbian Brass Band
Album: Music from America's Golden Age
Recorded in 1908 by the Edison Concert Band
