Transcriptions of Familiar Orchestral Works
(also Chorale Preludes for Organ)
CDs referenced on this page - $13 each or less.
^sIndicates arrangements normally carried in stock.

ABDELAZER & the DOUBLE DEALER - SUITE - Henry Purcell / arr. A. Loritz . Gr 4+ - $75
1) Air. 2) Hornpipe. 3) Rondeau. 4) Air. On Bandworld's list of Top 200 Compositions of 1999

^sALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA - Opening fanfare (Theme from "2001") - Richard Strauss / arr. Seifert - $19
Open your concerts (& football games!) with the theme from "2001 - A Space Odyssey"!

^s CHORALE and FUGUE from the Magnificat - Johann Sebastian Bach / arr. Albert Loritz- $46

DANUBE LEGENDS (Donausagen) - J. Fucik / Hartmann - Gr4 - $28
Viennese waltz, original 1910 concert band edition.

EMPEROR WALTZ (Kaiserwalzer) - Joh. Strauss, Jr. / Hans Hartwig - Gr5 - $95
Authentic concert transcription of great Viennese waltz, true to original score.

New! ENTRY OF THE GUESTS AT WARTBURG from "Tannhäuser" - Richard Wagner / arr. Stephan Ametsbichler - Gr 4 - $86
With full score. An authentic transcription for concert band, makes full use of woodwinds and horns.

^sESMERALDA POLKA 1838 - Frantisek Hilmar (1803-1881) - Gr4 - $55
Transcribed by Vladimir Studnicka. In the tradition of Joh. Strauss, Hilmar's homegrown polkas are thought to have influenced Bedrich Smetana. With full score. Recorded on CD "Serenata Sentementale."

^s2 FAMOUS CHORALE PRELUDES - Johann Sebastian Bach - Gr4 - $65
1) Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata 147. 2) Sleepers Awake! from Cantata 140.
Masterfull new (2000) transcriptions by Albert Loritz. With full score.

FESTLICHE OUVERTÜRE - Bedrich Smetana / Belohoubek - Gr4 -$60
Short, brilliant overture written 1868 for dedication of Prague National Theater. Recorded on "Demo CD No. 1" - $8

FOUR LITTLE DANCES - L. van Beethoven / Loritz - Gr4 - $60
2 Contradances, 2 Minuets; original has prominent winds.

New! HÄNSEL und GRETEL OVERTURE to the Fairytale Opera - Engelbert Humperdinck / arr. Joseph Kanz-Gr3 - $97
With full score. This opera (&overture) has long been a Christmas favorite. Kanz's transcription retains the original key and closely follows Humperdinck's orchestral score.


^sLEICHTES BLUT Polka schnell - Johann Strauss Jr. / Rundel - Gr3 - $55
With full score. Recorded on CD "Serenade Sentementale."

^sLIBUSSA-FANFARE (for brass) - Bedrich Smetana / Stanek - Gr3 - $23
With full score. Recorded on CD "Concertino."

^sMARCH from "Figaro" - W. A. Mozart / Loritz - Gr4 - $43
Cherubino's march from Act I. Recorded on CD "Moment Musical."

^sMARCH of the COMEDIANS & DANCE from "The Bartered Bride" - Bedrich Smetana /Studnicka - Gr4 - $85

MARINARELLA OVERTURE - Julius Fucik / Hartmann - Gr5 - $32
Original 1908 band edition in Db.

^sMINUET from Symphony No. 39 in Eb K. 543 - W. A. Mozart / Loritz - Gr4 - $46
Superb clarinet duet in the Trio. Recorded on "Demo CD No. 1" - $8

OVER THE WAVES Waltz - Juventino Rosas / Lotterer - Gr3 - $55
Excellent concert band edition of the "Trapeze Artiste's Waltz"

^s POLKA & FINALE from "The Bartered Bride" - Bedrich Smetana / V. Béres Gr4 $85
On Bandworld's list of Top 200 Compositions of 1999. With full score (33 pages)

SLAVONIC DANCES - Antonin Dvorák: No 1 (J.Brejsek), No. 4 (S. Goldhammer), ^sNo. 8 (V. Studnicka) - Gr4 - $75 each.
Each with full score. Excellent fresh transcriptions.

^sTOWARDS A NEW LIFE (Ins neue Leben)- Josef Suk (1874-1935), Dvorak's pupil and son-in-law. Gr 5- $85
Brilliant and challenging concert march written in 1919 as the Czech people move "toward a new life" as an independent nation at the end of World War I. This work was also featured in the opening ceremonies of the 1932 Olympics at Los Angeles.


^sVARIATIONS ON A GERMAN STUDENT SONG ("Was kommt dort von der Höh'?") - Franz von Suppé / Gerhard Baumann - Gr4+ - $85
Brahms made use of this rowdy song in his "Academic Festival Overture" and Suppé here gives each section of the band a chance to shine in these jovial variations with many surprise, well-orchestrated effects.

^sVERGNÜGUNGSZUG - Johann Strauss, Jr. / O. Wagner - Gr3 - $55
Concert polka, with novelty train effects

^sWATER MUSIC SUITE - Händel / Loritz - Gr5 - $75
I. Hornpipe; II. Bourrée; III. Air; IV. Minuet; V. Allegro. 1986 transcription.

WIENER PRATERLEBEN - Waltz - S. Translateur / Royer - Gr4 - $34
"A Day at Prater Park" (in Vienna) - famous whistling waltz!

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