Wind-band music has a long history of being popular music. So this edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion opens with a big hit from 1936: “The Whistler’s Mother-in-Law.” This song was written by Larry Wagner, a trumpet player and big-band arranger born in 1907 in Ashland, Oregon. After graduating from high school, Wagner attended the University of Oregon to major in journalism, but dropped out to play in a big band in the northwest. During this period, he took a correspondence course in arranging. Eventually, he moved to New York City and worked with Paul Whiteman and Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra.
- Whistler's Mother-in-Law
Composer: Larry Wagner (1907-2002) & Bert Stevens
Performer: Frankie Carle & His Orchestra
Album: Frankie Carle & His Orchestra: 1944-1946
- Shake It and Break It
Composer: Friscoe Lou Chicha & H. Quaill Clarke
Performer: Sidney Bechet & His Band
Album: Sidney Bechet, Vol. 3, 1938-1941
- Sing, Sing, Sing (1936)
Composer: Louis Prima (1910-1978)
Performer: Philharmonic Wind Orchestra
Album: Movie and Light Music Highlights
- Concerto and Alleluja (BWV 142)
Composer: J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Performer: Empire Brass
Album: Bach Festival for Brass and Organ
- Procession of the Sardar (1894)
Composer: Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
Performer: Royal Belgian Navy Band
Album: Spanish Trilogy
- Festive Overture (1963)
Composer: Alfred Reed (1921-2005)
Performer: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Album: Overtures 2
- Overture to "Alfonso und Estrella" (1822)
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Performer: Linos Ensemble
Album: Alfonso und Estrella
- March and Finale to "Alfonso und Estrella"
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Performer: Linos Ensemble
Album: Alfonso und Estrella
- Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak
Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Performer: Dallas Wind Symphony
Album: Trittico
- Future Nostalgia
Composer: Naoya Wada (1986- )
Performer: Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra
Album: Falcon of Egypt
- Norwegian National Anthem (Yes, We Love This Country)
Composer: Rikard Nordraak (1842-1866)
Performer: Band of the Repubican Guard
Album: European National Anthems