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America, the Beautiful
For trumpet trio and piano, the trio begins with a majestic statement and soars to a high point where it then settles down to a more solemn style. The three solo parts now exercise smooth contrapuntal interaction and then abruptly becomes more agitated. After coming to a strong climax the three parts, unaccompanied, become very expressive and tentative only to be followed with the piano joining in a strong sense of resolve.
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America, the Beautiful
A woodwind sextet with standard quintet instrumentation only with two flutes. The piece is structured around the simple tune and is passed around through the various instruments all the while supported with moving parts by the remaining instruments The counterpoint is solid throughout and makes for a very reflective ensemble rendition.
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America The Beautiful
Scoring is for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba with optional horn and baritone parts. After a brief introduction the ensemble presents the melody in a traditional fashion where the audience can optionally sing along.