Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: January 28, 2023

Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818) was a Czech composer and pianist who was a popular composer in Vienna during same period as Mozart and Beethoven. He was frequently hired to replace Mozart when Mozart quit a job or was fired—and was sometimes paid more than Mozart. Today’s edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features his Octet Concertant for for oboe, flute, two clarinets, two horns, and two bassoons. The performance is augmented by a string bass, something that was very typical with harmonie music from this period.

1. Earl of Oxford's March
   Composer:  William Byrd (1543-1623)
   Performer:  Brass of Wind Band of Mozarteum Salzburg
   Album:  Galatic Brass

2. Octet Concertant: Allegro Moderato
   Composer:  Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818)
   Performer:  Consortium Classicum
   Album:  Divertimentos for Winds

3. Octet Concertant: Menuetto
   Composer:  Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818)
   Performer:  Consortium Classicum
   Album:  Divertimentos for Winds

4. Octet Concertant: Adagio
   Composer:  Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818)
   Performer:  Consortium Classicum
   Album:  Divertimentos for Winds

5. Octet Concertant: Presto retirade
   Composer:  Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818)
   Performer:  Consortium Classicum
   Album:  Divertimentos for Winds

6. March du Regiment Erzherzog Carl (Op. 31, No. 4)
   Composer:  Franz Vincenz Krommer (1759-1831)
   Performer:  Wind Ensemble of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
   Album:  Krommer: Three Partitas and Six Marches

7. March du Regiment Deutschmeister (Op. 31, No. 2)
   Composer:  Franz Vincenz Krommer (1759-1831)
   Performer:  Wind Ensemble of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
   Album:  Krommer: Three Partitas and Six Marches

8. Das Rheingold
   Composer:  Richard Wagner (1813-1883), transcribed by Henrie Adams
   Performer:  La Banda Sinfonica La Artistica Bunol
   Album:  Ring for Band
   

9. Drumboogie
   Composer:  Gene Krupa (1909-1973) & Roy Eldridge (1911-1989)
   Performer:  Gene Krupa & His Orchcestra
   Album:  Great Bands of the 40s & 50s

10. Manhattan
    Composer:  Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) & Lorenz Hart (1895-1943)
    Performer:  Jimmy Dorsey &His Orchesta
    Album:  Great Bands of the 40s & 50s

11. Love Songs of the Nile (1933)
    Composer:  Nacio Herb Brown (1896-1964)
    Performer:  Red Rose Ragtime Band
    Album:  Horse Feathers

12. When You and I Were Young, Maggie (1866)
    Composer:  James Austin Butterfield (music, 1837-1891) & George Johnson (lyrics, 1839-1917)
    Performer:  Red Rose Ragtime Band
    Album:  Horse Feathers

13. Uber den Wolken (Above the Clouds)
    Composer:  Hajo Lehmann (1928-2003), arranged by Gerhard Baumann
    Performer:  German Air Force Band 4, Berlin
    Album:  Fliegerrevue
    Also see.

14. Russian Waltz
    Composer:  Pavel Stanek
    Performer:  Moravian Winds
    Album:  Fantasia