Toot Suite Brass Publishing frequently releases new brass quintet arrangements. Last updated September 1, 2019.
Released on and after November 17, 2019.
Irving Berlin
"Antonio" is a charming early song by master songwriter Irving Berlin. Berlin craftily injects four bar sections of Latin feel into this song, adding considerably to its audience interest. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top four parts. Preview and/or purchase "Antonio" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master songwriter Irving Berlin's "Becky's Got a Job in a Musical Show" is a bright and brash song. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top four parts. Preview and/or purchase "Becky's Got a Job in a Musical Show" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master songwriter Irving Berlin's "Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon" is a cheerful, upbeat song. Our arrangement presents the piece as a conversation between first trumpet and trombone. Preview and/or purchase "Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master composer Irving Berlin's "The Circus Is Coming to Town" is a fast-paced, cheerful song complete with little trumpet fanfares. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across first trumpet and trombone. Preview and/or purchase "The Circus Is Coming" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Climbing Up the Scales", by master songwriter Irving Berlin, is not romantic, or powerful, or sophisticated. It is cute. The melody recognizably walks up and down the major scale, making this piece potentially useful in introducing musical concepts to young and old. Lead responsibilities are spread across the top 3 parts. Preview and/or purchase "Climbing Up the Scales" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master songwriter Irving Berlin wrote "Dat Draggy Rag", a cheerful rag. This piece shows the development of Berlin's rhythmic skills that, one year later, would lead to his writing the blockbuster "Alexander's Ragtime Band". Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top 4 parts. Preview and/or purchase "Dat Draggy Rag" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master songwriter Irving Berlin's "I Want to Go Back to Michigan" achieved moderate commercial success when it was first published in 1914. It gained additional popularity when Judy Garland sang it in the 1948 movie "Easter Parade". Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top four parts. Preview and/or purchase "I Want to Go Back to Michigan" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master songwriter Irving Berlin's "Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil" features a hard-driving syncopated introduction and chorus. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master songwriter Irving Berlin's "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" was written for the 1919 Ziegfeld Follies. The song went on to become the theme of the Ziegfeld Follies. It also appeared later in movies and as a jazz standard. Our arrangement splits lead responsibilities between the trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master songwriter Irving Berlin wasn't above paying homage to well known classical composers. His "That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune" is a very slightly raggy version of "Spring Song", Opus 62, number 6, from Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words". Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top four parts. Preview and/or purchase "That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune" at Sheet Music Plus.
Irving Berlin's "Wait Until Your Daddy Comes Home" shows off the young Irving Berlin's ability to craft not just a melody and harmony, but a tapestry of interwoven melodic lines. Our arrangement of this upbeat song shares lead and countermelody responsibilities across the four upper parts. Preview and/or purchase "Wait Until Your Daddy Comes Home" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master songwriter Irving Berlin's "When I Leave the World Behind" is a slightly wistful song with a great melody and lots of countermelodic interest. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities between the two trumpets. Preview and/or purchase "When I Leave the World Behind" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master songwriter Irving Berlin's "When You're in Town" is an upbeat, tongue-in-cheek song. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across both trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "When You're in Town" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master songwriter Irving Berlin's "You's Be Surprised" is a cheerful tune chock full of contrasting rhythms and countermelodies. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top four parts. Preview and/or purchase "You'd Be Surprised" at Sheet Music Plus.
Irving Berlin's "You've Got Me Hypnotized" was written in 1911, the same year the songwriter published the huge hit "Alexander's Ragtime Band". "You've Got Me Hypnotized" displays the same syncopated rhythmic intensity of "Alexander's Ragtime Band". Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities between first trumpet, French horn, and trombone. Preview and/or purchase "You've Got Me Hypnotized" at Sheet Music Plus.
Cole Porter
"Another Sentimental Song" is a relatively early (1919) work by Broadway master songwriter Cole Porter. This song is particularly noteworthy because of Porter's use of rapid "frills" to punctuate a fairly slow-moving melodic line. Preview and/or purchase "Another Sentimental Song" at Sheet Music Plus.
George L. Cobb
In addition to writing songs, George L. Cobb wrote a number of instrumental "one steps". "Here's How" is a delightful, driving example of a Cobb one step. Our arrangement shares lead responsibilities across the top 4 parts. Preview and/or purchase "Here's How" at Sheet Music Plus.
Ragtime composer George L. Cobb (of "Alabama Jubilee" fame) wrote the one step "Some Shape" in 1917. "Some Shape" is characteristic of the one steps of the time - it has a feel in between a slower circus march and a rag. Our arrangement shares lead responsibilities across the top 4 parts. Preview and/or purchase "Some Shape" at Sheet Music Plus.
Chris Smith
Tin Pan Alley songwriters Cecil Mack and Chris Smith wrote "Abraham Lincoln Jones", an upbeat, happy-go-lucky melody. Preview and/or purchase "Abraham Lincoln Jones" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Down in Sugar Cane Lane", by Cecil Mack and Chris Smith, starts in a choppy minor mood. At the chorus it changes to a smoother major. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top four parts. Preview and/or purchase "Down in Sugar Cane Lane" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Shoot the Rabbit, by vaudeville performer and composer Chris Smith, is a nicely crafted piece subtitled "fox trot". We think of this more as a hard-driving "one step" (somewhere in between a rag and a circus march in character). Our arrangement sprinkles lead responsibilities through all five parts. Your ensemble's trombone player should be prepared for some easy yet showy glissandos. Preview and/or purchase "Shoot the Rabbit" at Sheet Music Plus.
Vaudeville performer and composer Chris Smith partnered with songwriter Cecil Mack to write "That Precious Little Thing Called Love", a song with a snappy syncopated verse and slightly more relaxed chorus. Lead responsibilities are shared across first trumpet, French horn, and trombone. Preview and/or purchase "That Precious Little Thing Called Love" at Sheet Music Plus.
James P. Johnson
Famed stride pianist and composer James P. ("Jimmy") Johnson wrote "Charleston" in 1923. Lyricist Cecil Mack added words and suddenly the roaring 20's had a new dance craze. Our arrangement combines a traditional treatment of the song with a rollicking "four beat" treatment that will give everybody in your group a workout. Preview and/or purchase "Charleston" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Open Your Heart", by Cecil Mack and James P. ("Jimmy") Johnson, is a masterpiece of beautiful melody matched with wonderful backing harmonies. It was written for the show "Runnin' Wild", which brought us the mega-hit "Charleston" and shows a side of composer Jimmy Johnson that contrasts dramatically with what you might expect from the stride piano master. Our arrangement shares melodic responsibilities across the first trumpet, French horn, and trombone. The verse features the French horn introducing and recapping a gorgeous melody. Preview and/or purchase "Open Your Heart" at Sheet Music Plus.
Composers Isham Jones and James P. (Jimmy) Johnson partnered with lyricist Alex Rogers to write "Ivy", a moderate tempo song with a verse and chorus that both have delightful musical surprises. Preview and/or purchase "Ivy" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Old Fashioned Love", written in 1923 by stride piano great James P. Johnson and Cecil Mack, was featured in "Runnin' Wild", the same musical that brought us the mega-hit "Charleston". "Old Fashioned Love" is mellower and more romantic than "Charleston". Preview and/or purchase "Old Fashioned Love" at Sheet Music Plus.
Jean Schwartz
"Day By Day in Every Way I'm Getting Better Day By Day", by lyricist William Jerome and master Tin Pan Alley composer Jean Schwartz, is a slightly wistful song. In fact it might be mistaken, by a listener only looking at the title and listening to the instrumental music, as a song about recovery from a failed romance. However, the song is not at all about romance - instead it is about a psychological technique for self-healing promoted by a French psychologist, Émile Coué, that gained popularity in the early 1900's. Preview and/or purchase "Day By Day in Every Way" at Sheet Music Plus.
Lyricist McElbert Moore partnered with Tin Pan Alley composers Jean Schwartz and J. Fred Coots to write "Innocent Eyes", a haunting mid-tempo song. Preview and/or purchase "Innocent Eyes" at Sheet Music Plus.
Maceo Pinkard
Tin Pan Alley composer Maceo Pinkard, better known for the blockbuster song "Sweet Georgia Brown", wrote "Don't Cry, Little Girl, Don't Cry", a beautiful slow waltz with a haunting melody and gorgeous harmonization in the chorus. Our arrangement shares lead responsibilities between the top four horns. Preview and/or purchase "Don't Cry, Little Girl, Don't Cry" at Sheet Music Plus.
Composer Maceo Pinkard (of "Sweet Georgia Brown" fame) and lyricist Charles Bayha teamed up to write "Jazz Babies' Ball", a heavily syncopated upbeat tune. Our arrangement of this piece shares lead responsibilities between first trumpet and French horn, with the second trumpet providing a descant and the trombone getting in on the act with several raucous glissandos. Preview and/or purchase "Jazz Babies' Ball" at Sheet Music Plus.
Lyricist William Tracey and master composer Maceo Pinkard teamed up to write "Just Leave It to Me", a rollicking syncopated swing tune. Our arrangement shares lead responsibilities across both trumpets and French horn, with plenty of countermelody and glisses to keep trombone lovers in your audience entertained. Preview and/or purchase "Just Leave It to Me" at Sheet Music Plus.
Tin Pan Alley songwriter Maceo Pinkard wrote "Mammy O' Mine" as a relatively slow sentimental song. But you can hear hints of the songwriting trajectory that would eventually lead Pinkard to write the blockbuster hit, "Sweet Georgia Brown". Our treatment of this attempts to stay close to the sentimentality of the original. Lead responsibilities are split between first trumpet, French horn, and trombone. Preview and/or purchase "Mammy O' Mine" at Sheet Music Plus.
Tin Pan Alley composer Maceo Pinkard (of "Sweet Georgia Brown" fame) teamed up with lyricists William Tracey and Alex Belledna to write "'Tain't Nothin' Else But Jazz", a jazzy blues piece. Our arrangement shares lead responsibilities across the trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "'Tain't Nothin' Else But Jazz" at Sheet Music Plus.
James V. Monaco
Composer James V. Monaco partnered with lyricists Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie and performer Al Jolson to write "Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!", a lovely upbeat sentimental song about the joys of parenting. The first trumpet has most of the lead responsibilities, with the rest spread across second trumpet and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!" at Sheet Music Plus.
Composer James ("Jimmy") V. Monaco and lyricist Edit Maida Lessing teamed up to write Monaco's first successful song, "Oh! You Circus Day" in 1912. Our arrangement of this cheerful song spreads lead responsibilities across the trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "Oh! You Circus Day" at Sheet Music Plus.
Despite the nature of the title, "You're a Dangerous Girl", by composer James V. Monaco and lyricist Grant Clarke, is more upbeat romantic and less menacing. Our arrangement shares lead responsibilities across the upper four parts. Preview and/or purchase "You're a Dangerous Girl" at Sheet Music Plus.
Circus Marches
Bandleader and famed march composer Harry J. Lincoln's "American Emblem" is a great example of a medium-tempo patriotic march. Preview and/or purchase "American Emblem" at Sheet Music Plus.
Modern Popular
"And I Love You So" is one of Don McLean's two most beautiful and touching ballads. It is presented here with the melody cleanly split between French horn and first trumpet, with the other instruments backing the melody up with a tasteful Latin beat. Preview and/or purchase "And I Love You So" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Colour My World" is perhaps the most beautiful ballad Chicago's James Pankow ever wrote. The simple and easy to play melody is shared between the two trumpets and French horn, while the almost trademark arpeggios are shared across French horn and trombone. With many brass quintet arrangements it is difficult to figure out how to make them sound great. With this particular arrangement, your French horn and trombone will quickly grasp the nuances of weaving the arpeggios together across the two parts. Once the arpeggios come together the trumpets and tuba are likely to be inspired to balance tastefully. Preview and/or purchase "Colour My World" at Sheet Music Plus.
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Original Dixieland Jazz Band members Larry Shields and H. W. Ragas wrote "Clarinet Marmalade", a relaxed tempo one step. Our arrangement of this Dixieland classic shares lead responsibilities across both trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "Clarinet Marmalade" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Ostrich Walk", by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band members Nick Larocco and Larry Shields, is a great early jazz piece. It's catchy tunes, Dixieland-style trombone countermelodies, and thumping bass line will please any audience. Our very approachable arrangement shares lead responsibilities across the top 4 parts, as well of providing plenty of places for the top 4 horns to elbow their way into the limelight with little punctuating snippets. Preview and/or purchase "Ostrich Walk" at Sheet Music Plus.
Jerome Kern
Lyricist P. G. Wodehouse and master composer Jerome Kern teamed up to write "Honeymoon Inn", a delightful, well-crafted slightly down-tempo song. Our arrangement splits lead responsibilities between both trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "Honeymoon Inn" at Sheet Music Plus.
Broadway composer Jerome Kern partnered with lyricist Harry B. Smith to write "Why Don't They Dance the Polka?", a delightful piece with a rollicking up tempo polka refrain and a slightly slower introduction and verse. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across both trumpets and trombone. Preview and/or purchase "Why Don't They Dance the Polka" at Sheet Music Plus.
George Gershwin
"Cinderelatives", by master composer George Gershwin, is a slow wistful song with gorgeous, thick, slow-changing harmonizations. Lead responsibilities are spread across both trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "Cinderrelatives" at Sheet Music Plus.
"From Now On", written by master composer George Gershwin and lyricists Arthur J. Jackson and B. G. de Sylva for the 1919 Broadway musical "La La Lucille", starts out as a fairly straightforward tune, with straightforward harmonization. But when your ensemble reaches the middle of the chorus, hang onto your hats! Gershwin suddenly puts his considerable and innovative harmonizing skills in harness and you and your audience will be away on an adventure. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities between first trumpet and French horn, although both second trumpet and trombone have critical countermelodic responsibilities throughout the piece. Preview and/or purchase "From Now On" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Let's Be Lonesome Together", by master composer George Gershwin and lyricists B. G. de Sylva and E. Ray Goetz, is a slightly down tempo masterpiece of harmonic surprises. Our arrangement shares lead responsibilities between both trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "Let's Be Lonesome Together" at Sheet Music Plus.
"My Lady", written by master composer George Gershwin and lyricist Arthur Jackson, is a charming, love-struck song. Gershwin reserves one slight harmonic twist for the verse but otherwise the song exemplifies Gershwin's skill at creating very simple yet delightful melodies. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across both trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "My Lady" at Sheet Music Plus.
"My Log-Cabin Home", by master composer George Gershwin and lyricists Irving Caesar and B. G. de Sylva, is an up tempo, syncopated beauty of a piece. This piece explores Gershwin's playful side. Preview and/or purchase "My Log-Cabin Home" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Oo, How I Love to be Loved by You", by master composer George Gershwin and lyricist Lou Paley, is a delightful song. Your ensemble and audience will both enjoy not just the melody but Gershwin's very rapidly shifting countermelodic undercurrents. Lead responsibilities are shared between the two trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "Oo, How I Love to Be Loved by You" at Sheet Music Plus.
Lyricist Arthur Francis and master composer George Gershwin teamed up to write "Someone" for the Broadway musical "For Goodness' Sake". Our arrangement spreads the lead across the top four parts. Preview and/or purchase "Someone" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master composer George Gershwin teamed up with lyricist Irving Caesar to write "Spanish Love", a wonderful song full of soaring trumpet melody, delicate French horn melody, and a contrasting thundering triplet quarter note motif. Preview and/or purchase "Spanish Love" at Sheet Music Plus.
George Gershwin's "Swanee" (written with lyricist Irving Caesar) is one of the timeless gems of the young George Gershwin. The song is consistently cheerful, even to the point of being jaunty. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across both trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "Swanee" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master composer George Gershwin teamed up with lyricists Irving Caesar and B. G. de Sylva to write "Swanee Rose" in 1921. "Swanee Rose" exemplifies Gershwin's ability to write playful, likeable, up-tempo songs without resorting to the harmonic complexity and richness that made much of his music so intriguing. "Swanee Rose" is just a catchy song, simply harmonized. Preview and/or purchase "Swanee Rose" at Sheet Music Plus.
"There's More to the Kiss than the Sound", by master composer George Gershwin and lyricist Irving Caesar, combines a tuneful, upbeat melody with the quirky harmonization that Gershwin often used to great effect. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across first trumpet, French horn, and trombone. Preview and/or purchase "There's More to the Kiss than the Sound" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Tra-La-La", by master composer George Gershwin and lyricist Arthur Francis, is a cute little tune with occasional surprises. "Tra-La-La" was written for the 1922 Broadway show "For Goodness Sake". However, it was never performed in that show. Almost 30 years later it was included in the movie "An American in Paris". Our arrangement shares lead responsibilities between first trumpet, French horn, and trombone. Preview and/or purchase "Tra-La-La" at Sheet Music Plus.
"We're Pals", by master composer George Gershwin and lyricist Irving Caesar, is a beautifully harmonized song about the love between a man and his dog. Our arrangement shares lead responsibilities between first trumpet, French horn, and trombone. Preview and/or purchase "We're Pals" at Sheet Music Plus.
Master composer George Gershwin teamed up with composer Jack Green and lyricist B. G. de Sylva to write "You and I", a down tempo sentimental song that was written for the Broadway show "George White's Scandals of 1923" Our arrangement shares lead responsibilities between the top four parts. Preview and/or purchase "You and I" at Sheet Music Plus.
Latin
The tango show tune "Hernando's Hideaway" was written in 1954 by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler for the Broadway show "The Pajama Game". We've arranged it for brass quintet and drum set. Castanets or bongos can substitute for the complete drum set. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top four parts. Preview and/or purchase "Hernando's Hideaway" at Sheet Music Plus.
"La Rosita", by lyricist Allan Stuart and composer Paul Dupont, is a charming Latin-flavored piece. Starting in minor, the chorus switches to major. The piece rapidly switches between triplet, duplet, and somewhat ambiguous feels. This piece was used to accompany the 1923 silent film "Rosita". Preview and/or purchase "La Rosita" at Sheet Music Plus.
Other Brass Quintet
"Dat's Harmony", by lyricist Grant Clarke and vaudeville star / composer Bert Williams, is a delightful ditty. Williams includes considerable variety in both harmonic and rhythmic style. In particular, the chorus hints at a Latin beat. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across both trumpets and French horn. Preview and/or purchase "Dat's Harmony" at Sheet Music Plus.
Vaudeville performer Al Jolson teamed up with lyricist B. G. de Sylva and composer Con Conrad to write "Don't Cry Swanee", a nostalgic moderately paced song. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top 4 parts. Preview and/or purchase "Don't Cry Swanee" at Sheet Music Plus.
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, master of the stride piano, wrote "The Jelly Roll Blues" in the 12 bar blues format, but in a fast tempo. Morton's original piano transcription of this piece spreads melody and countermelody throughout the registers of the piano. Our arrangement reflects that, spreading melody and countermelody throughout all five parts. Preview and/or purchase "The Jelly Roll Blues" at Sheet Music Plus.
The prolific Tin Pan Alley lyricist Gus Kahn and composer Walter Donaldson teamed up to write "Louisiana", an upbeat tune with just a hint of nostalgia. Donaldson introduces an unexpected syncopated rhythm in this song that may take your ensemble off guard. Preview and/or purchase "Louisiana" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Louisville Lou" is a steamy song about a "bad girl", by songwriters Milton Ager (composer of "Ain't She Sweet", among others) and Jack Yellen (lyricist for "Alabama Jubilee", among others). Preview and/or purchase "Louisville Lou" at Sheet Music Plus.
Bud de Sylva is mostly known as a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, but on "Minnie the Mermaid" he was credited for both words and music. This up tempo song is irrepressibly cheerful. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across all four top parts. Preview and/or purchase "Minnie the Mermaid" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Oh! Oh! Oh! Those Landlords", by Tin Pan Alley lyricist William Tracey and composer Halsey K. Mohr, is a pleasant, lighthearted song. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top four horn parts. Preview and/or purchase "Oh! Oh! Oh! Those Landlords" at Sheet Music Plus.
The 1922 discovery of Tutenkhamun's nearly intact tomb in Egypt prompted Tin Pan Alley composer Harry Von Tilzer and lyricist William Jerome to write "Old King Tut", a happy-go-lucky piece with a verse in minor, setting a Middle Eastern tone, before switching to major for the rollicking chorus. The lead line is spread across the top four horn parts. Preview and/or purchase "Old King Tut" at Sheet Music Plus.
Songwriters Michael Mosiello and George Weinberg published "Peanuts! 5 a Bag" in 1923. This lyrics to this catchy tune tell an uncomfortably familiar story of a college education turning into employment selling peanuts. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities between first trumpet, French horn, and trombone. Preview and/or purchase "Peanuts! 5 a Bag" at Sheet Music Plus.
Tin Pan Alley composer Fred Fischer's "Peg O' My Heart" is a moderate swing song whose gorgeous melody and lush harmonies have stood the test of time over the hundred plus years since its first publication. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top four horns. Preview and/or purchase "Peg O' My Heart" at Sheet Music Plus.
The timeless classic "Rubber Duckie", written by Jeff Moss, the musical genius behind much of the music of "Sesame Street", was a surprise popular hit and is readily recognized not just by people who grew up listening to the music of "Sesame Street", but also their parents and grandparents. Our arrangement presents the song in a fast, four beat swing. All four top parts share lead responsibilities. Preview and/or purchase "Rubber Duckie" at Sheet Music Plus.
George L. Giefer wrote "Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder" in 1898. Our arrangement of this rollicking Saint Patrick's Day favorite presents the rubato verse, then the up tempo chorus, then a repeat of the chorus, but the second time with a rip-roaring trombone countermelody complete with runs and glissandos. Preview and/or purchase "Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder" at Sheet Music Plus.
Tin Pan Alley composer Lew Pollack (of "That's-a-Plenty" fame) teamed up with lyricist John S. Howard to write "Who Will It Be?", a charming, slightly swung tune. Our arrangement spreads lead responsibilities across the top four parts. Preview and/or purchase "Who Will It Be?" at Sheet Music Plus.
"Yes! We Have No Bananas", written in 1923 by songwriters Irving Cohn and Frank Silver, is a classic humorous song, with a jerky melody shared, in our arrangement, across all four upper horns. Preview and/or purchase "YES! We Have No Bananas" at Sheet Music Plus.
Tin Pan Alley composer Cliff Friend partnered with lyricists Sidney Claire and Sam Landres to write "You Said Something When You Said 'Dixie'" in 1923. This tune is very close to standard Tin Pan Alley fare, but Friend introduces some slightly unexpected transitional harmonies into the tune. Friend is far better known for writing "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", used as the theme for the "Looney Tunes" and "Merry Melodies" cartoon series for over 30 years. Preview and/or purchase "You Said Something When You Said "Dixie"" at Sheet Music Plus.
Brass Quintet and Concert Band
Julius Lenzberg's "Razzle Dazzle" is a wonderful example of a hard-driving "one step". It is structured like a rag or circus march, but with less syncopation than a rag and more pounding rhythms than a typical circus march. This arrangement features a solo brass quintet, backed up by a full concert band. This toe-tapper is a wonderful light piece for an outdoor concert or an informal indoor concert. Parts include the full brass quintet, 2 flutes, 1 oboe, 1 bassoon, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 2 alto saxophones, 1 tenor saxophone, 1 baritone saxophone, 3 trumpets, 4 French horns, 3 trombones, 1 euphonium (includes BC and TC part), 1 tuba, and parts for crash cymbals, snare drum, bass drum, bells, xylophone, and timpani. World parts (Horn in Eb, trombone in Bb TC, euphonium in Bb TC, Tuba in Bb TC, and Tuba in Eb TC) are included for both band and brass quintet parts. Preview and/or purchase "Razzle Dazzle" at Sheet Music Plus.