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Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: September 20, 2025

This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion opens with two marches by Joseph Gungl, a Hungarian composer, bandmaster, and conductor. He played oboe in an Austro-Hungarian army band and served as bandmaster of at least two such bands. He composed 436 dances during his lifetime. Franz Liszt arranged the first march for piano and often performed it. The second march, composed in 1863, was named after Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant—probably because Gungl had toured the United States with his band. Gungl also held concerts at Covent Garden in London.

  1. Hungarian March (1836)
    Composer:  Joseph Gungl (1810-1889)
    Performer:  Central Wind Orchestra of Hungarian Army
    Album:  Marches from Hungarian History
      
  2. Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant March (1863)
    Composer:  Joseph Gungl (1810-1889)
    Performer:  Gunther Schuler & Columbia All-Star Band
    Album:  Footlifters
      
  3. Souvenir of Herkulesbad
    Composer:  Jakob Pazeller (1869-1957)
    Performer:  Central Wind Orchestra of Hungarian Army
    Album:  Marches of Jakob Pazeller
      
  4. Music from ballet "Macbeth": Allegro vivacissimo--Andante
    Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), arranged by Eiji Suzuki (1965- )
    Performer:  Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band
    Album:  New Arrangement Collection, Vol. 2
      
  5. Music from ballet "Macbeth": Allegro
    Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), arranged by Eiji Suzuki (1965- )
    Performer:  Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band
    Album:  New Arrangement Collection, Vol. 2
      
  6. Music from ballet "Macbeth": Allegro vivacissimo
    Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), arranged by Eiji Suzuki (1965- )
    Performer:  Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band
    Album:  New Arrangement Collection, Vol. 2
      
  7. Superman
    Composer:  John Williams (1932- ), arranged by Darrol Barry
    Performer:  Brass Band Willebroek
    Album:  Cinema Spectaculars
      
  8. Remember the 70s
    Composer:  Various, arranged by Philip Gorts (1965- )
    Performer:  Leipzig Radio Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Back to the Future
      
  9. Opus One
    Composer:  Sy Oliver (1910-1978)
    Performer:  Ted Heath & His Orchestra
    Album:  Ted Heath: Six Classic Albums
      
  10. I'll Never Smile Again
    Composer:  Ruth Lowe (1914-1981)
    Performer:  Ted Heath & His Orchestra
    Album:  Ted Heath: Six Classic Albums
      
  11. Melody in F
    Composer:  Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
    Performer:  Ted Heath & His Orchestra
    Album:  Ted Heath: Six Classic Albums
      
  12. Tocatta in D Minor
    Composer:   J. S. Bach (1685-1750), arranged by Ray Farr (1948- ) & Kevin Lamb
    Performer:  Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band
    Album:  Challenge
      
Born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1951, John moved to Huntsville in 1975, where he worked for a communications training firm. From 1997 to 2022, John worked for the Lanier Ford law firm. During his tenure, He served as Lanier Ford's law librarian, marketing specialist, trainer, and professional recruiter. While in college and law school, John worked in professional radio in Starkville and Oxford, Mississippi.