List of all brass works

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On the Horn

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I'm getting into arranging, just wondering if anyone has ever compiled a list of all works done for brass band so I dont end up repeating stuff which is already done well.

If not can you guys think of the names of publishing houses so I can make one ?
 
Mike Saville

Mike Saville

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I'd be very surprised if anyone has a definative list of all arrangements for band.

In any case there is nothing to stop you producing an arrangment of a piece that has been done before (assuming you follow copyright etc). If you have played a lot of brass music you will realise that many of the arrangements are poor so thier is plenty of room for you to improve them.
 
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asteria

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The just music website has pieces from a lot of the different publishers, but to go through them individually try www.ibew.co.uk - the harrogate database, i'm sure they'll all be listed on there!
 
davidsait

davidsait

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Helen V said:
www.justmusicuk.com has a huge database of pieces, by no means complete, but probably the largest you'll find
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For brass band music that is generally commercially available, the Just Music website has never let me down. I always look there first when I know what I'm after.
 
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Naomi McFadyen

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Of course there are also many band arrangements that are not very good at all- you could always try and do better arrangements of the ones already done... this is something that I'll look into oneday, however I'm concentrating on my compositions at the moment.

I dont know of any lists for 'pre-done' arrangements apart from all the band librarys up and down and 'round the world...

There are so many arrangements done already that I think it'll be hard to arrange something that hasn't already been arranged...
 
Mike Saville

Mike Saville

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This sounds to me like a project that someone (with plenty of time on thir hands) could usefully do for the band world. A list of every piece with Title, Composer, Arranger & Publisher would be ver useful for all sorts of reasons.
 
Straightmute

Straightmute

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Helen V said:
www.justmusicuk.com has a huge database of pieces, by no means complete, but probably the largest you'll find
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Helen is correct (of course!) but many of the smaller publishers now sell their music exclusively over the web, eliminating the need to pay shops or distributers. Roger Thorne is a good example.

IBEW lists (what we believe to be) all the publishers of brass music.

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On the Horn

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Well I'm on holidays with not much to do, so when I can find some time between sleeps I may have a go.
Hmm perhaps create a website with online database which can be updated by people thus creating a substantial list of whats out there.
Back to the ole programming days.
 
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On the Horn

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OK now I need peoples help.
I have set up a yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BandMusic/

So if we are serious about compiling a useful list all we need are people to go into the data base section and update the tables in the Band Music option - also would appreciate if any you feel any more fields are required.

Cheers.
 
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On the Horn

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Ye of little faith, currently have 422 entries, most of which are missing publishers because they are not listed on band sites, but thats ok - its getting bigger.
 
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