James Curnow

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James Edward (Jim) Curnow (født 17. april 1943) er en amerikansk komponist, mest kjent for sine verker for brass band og janitsjarkorps.

Curnow ble født i Port Huron, Michigan og vokste opp i Royal Oak i samme delstat. Etter studier på eufonium og i direksjon ved Wayne State University (Detroit) og Michigan State University (East Lansing) med Leonard Falcone og Harry Begian som lærere, har han jobbet med undervisning på ulike nivåer i over tretti år.

Curnow har mottatt en lang rekke priser for sine komposisjoner, og mottar stadig forespørsler om å skrive bestillingsverk.

[rediger] Verker for blåseorkester

(Alle verker er for janitsjarbesetning om ikke annet står)

• 1977 Symphonic Triptych
• 1979 Collage for Band
• 1980 Mutanza
• 1983 American Triptych
• 1983 The Spirit of the Guard
• 1984 Symphonic Variants for Euphonium and Symphonic Band
• 1985 Australian Variants Suite
• 1986 Legend and Sundance
• 1987 Five Concord Diversions for messingkvartett og janitsjar
• 1987 Rejouissance Fantasia on Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott av Martin Luther
• 1988 Welsh Variants
• 1992 Silver Celebration
• 1992 Masquerade for Brass for brassband
  1. Introduction
  2. Interlude
  3. Ritual Dance
• 1994 Lochinvar
• 1994 Overture to a Winter Festival
• 1995 Lone Star Celebration
• A Christmas Flourish
• A Day at the Circus
  1. Fanfare
  2. The Grand Entry
  3. Acrobats And Aerialists
  4. The Clowns
  5. The Human Cannonball
  6. Menagerie
  7. Grand Finale
• A Moment In Time
• Acclamation
• Apple Island Legend
• Bach Variants
• Brass Metamorphosis for brassband
• Be thou my vision
• Canticle of the Creatures (Symphonic Suite for Band)
  1. Prologue
  2. Brother Sun
  3. Sister Moon and Stars
  4. Brother Fire
  5. Mother Earth
  6. Epilogue
• Canticles
• Celebration Variations
• Centennial Spirit
• Chant and Capriccio
• Christmas Carillon
• Christmas Fancies
• Christmas Party
• Concertino for Solo Percussionist and Symphonic Band
• Concertino for Tuba and Band
• Concerto for Euphonium and Winds and Percussion
• Concertpiece for Trompet og janitsjar
• Constellations
• Down from the Shimmering Sky
  1. The Spirit World
  2. The Mortal World
  3. The Undersea World
• Fanfare and Flourishes
• Fanfare and Jubiloso
• Fanfare for Spartacus
• Fanfare Prelude "O God, Our Help in Ages Past"
• Fanfare Prelude on the Italian Hymn
• Fantasia for Tuba and Concert Band
• Fiddle Tunes from the American Revolution
  1. Lovely Nancy
  2. Hay Makers
• Finale for a Winter Festival
• Flirtations for Flute
• Four Colonial Country Dances
  1. Introduction and the Humor of Boston
  2. Lord Mayor's Delight
  3. Colonial Jig
  4. Devil's Dream
• Freedom Road
• Introduction and Capriccio (for Clarinet and Band)
• John F. Kennedy in Memoriam
• Knoxville 1800 for brassband
• Legend in Brass for brassband
  1. Fanfare
  2. Soliloquy
  3. Finale
• Let Creation Praise!
• Meditation - The New Covenant for brassband
• Mid-West Golden Jubilee Overture
• None But the Lonely Heart
• Northwest Passage
• Ode and Epinicion
• Odyssey
• Of Courage and Patriotism
• Olympic Fanfare and Theme
• Pershing’s Own
• Praetorius Variations
• Prayer ( O Divine Redeemer) for Euphonium og korps
• Prelude and Celebration
• Prelude on a Hymn on Praise
• Proclamation
• Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band
• Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies
• Silver Ribbon Chanteys
• Suo-Gan
• Symphonic Poem for Winds and Percussion
• The Eagle's Flight
• The Music - Makers
• The Old Man of the Mountain
• The Shepherd's Farewell
• The Sky World
• The Spirit Soars
• To Bind the Nations Wounds
• To Fly Without Wings
• Toccata for brassband
• Toward the Sunrising
• Transfiguration
• Trittico for Brass Band
• Under Three Flags
• When Time Will Be No More
• Where Mythical Beings Play
• Winds of Change