Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: August 16, 2025

This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features original classical wind-band music by the Polish-Austrian composer with an Italian last name: Antonio Casimir Cartellieri. Cartellieri was born in Danzig (now called Gdansk), Poland, in 1772. His parents were both opera singers, his father being Italian. In 1785, his parents divorced; and Cartellieri moved with his mother to Berlin, where he began studying music composition. In 1791, at the age of 18, he became the court composer and music director for Michal Kazimierz Oginski, a Polish nobleman. In 1793, he returned to Berlin with Oginski, and Cartellieri”s first opera premiered there successfully. He then accompanied Oginski to Vienna, where Cartellieri studied with Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. In 1796, he became the court music director for Prince Joseph Lobkowicz of Bohemia, a role he held until he died in 1807.

1. Northern Pines March (1931)
   Composer:  John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
   Performer:  U.S. Marine Band
   Album:  Sousa 4
     
2. Divertimento No. 1 in F Major: Allegro
   Composer:  Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772-1807)
   Performer:  Consortium Classicum
   Album:  Three Viennese Wind Divertimenti
     
3. Divertimento No. 1 in F Major: Romance
   Composer:  Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772-1807)
   Performer:   Consortium Classicum
   Album:  Three Viennese Wind Divertimenti
     
4. Divertimento No. 1 in F Major: Menuetto
   Composer:  Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772-1807)
   Performer:  Consortium Classicum
   Album:  Three Viennese Wind Divertimenti
     
5. Divertimento No. 1 in F Major: Andante
   Composer:  Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772-1807)
   Performer:  Consortium Classicum
   Album:  Three Viennese Wind Divertimenti
     
6. Divertimento No. 1 in F Major: Finale—presto
   Composer:  Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772-1807)
   Performer:  Consortium Classicum
   Album:  Three Viennese Wind Divertimenti
     
7. America the Brave
   Composer:  Stephen Melillo (1957- )
   Performer:  Stephen Melillo's Band m
   Album:  Stormworks: Chapter 1
     
8. Air Force One (from documentary
   Composer:  Jeremy S. Martin (1975- )
   Performer:  U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America
   Album:  Voices of Mobility
   Martin was born in Huntsville and grew up in Ardmore, Tennessee.
     
9. King Porter Stomp (1935 recording)
   Composer:  Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
   Performer:  Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
   Album:  Only Big Band CD You'll Ever Need
     
10. Eye of the Tiger (from "Rocky III")
    Composer:  Frankie Sullivan (1955- ) & Jim Peterik (1950- )
    Performer:  Brass Band de Waldsang
    Album:  Cinema Spectaculars, Vol. 2
      
11. Love Theme from "Cinema Paradiso"
    Composer:  Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
    Performer:  Police Band of Baden-Wurtemberg
    Album:  Back to the Future