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We will be introducing one Golden Hearts Publications piece per week for a while.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's this week's piece.The 12 Ave Maria for Solo Instrument (unaccompanied version) / arr. Kouichirou Ogunihttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-19The 12 Ave Maria for Solo Instrument (Piano accompaniment version) / arr. Kouichirou Ogunihttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-20Program notes :“Ave Maria” is Latin for Hail Mary, a traditional Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox prayer calling for the intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Many composers have written songs, on basis of the prayer texts, which start by “Ave Maria”. In 2020, because of COVID-19, we cannot keep...

We will be introducing one Golden Hearts Publications piece per week for a while.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's this week's piece.Christmas Carols Selection for Flexible Quartet / arr. Kouichirou Ogunihttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-01PDF download is also available for this work.https://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-01-pdfProgram notes :This work is a selection of 12 carols from famous Christmas Carols, which can be played by Flexible Quartet of Wind Instruments.Each Carol is short, so I made this work so that it’ll be suitable for small recitals, and basic and daily training for school bands.Accordingly, the keys of each Carol are B flat major, F major, and...

  Today I would like to talk a little briefly about the Concert March in Japan.The history of wind bands in Japan began in 1869 when the Satsuma Domain formed the Satsuma Band (Satsuma Domain Military Band) under the leadership of Englishman John William Fenton. Hisamitsu Shimazu, the lord of the Satsuma domain, who wanted to westernize the military, followed the example of the British military band. Its members became the core of the military bands established in the army and navy after the abolition of the domain. It is said that the first time the sound of a military...

We will be introducing one Golden Hearts Publications piece per week for a while.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's this week's piece.Monologue for Solo Euphonium (1. Darkness / 2. Rondeau) / Ken'ichi Masakado [Euphonium Solo]https://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghmb-08Program notes :This is an adaptation of a work for trombone solo composed in 2000, consisting of four small pieces, each of which is a separate work.“Monologue 1: Darkness" is the second song of the original. This is the monologue of a man who wanders into the darkness in a dream. Although it is a twelve-note sequence, I dared to use many intervals...

We will be introducing one Golden Hearts Publications piece per week for a while.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's this week's piece.Suite per fagotto / Ippolito Parrinello [Bassoon and Piano]https://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghpb-01 Program notes :This is my first piece for bassoon and it was written in 2016 upon request by Maurizio Barigione, teacher of the Conservatorio di Musica of Trapani, who recorded the piece for the first time. It was first performed in public by me and Massimo Ferretti during LowBb Bassoon Cluster’s Masterclass in Trapani in 2017.The form is a reimagining of the baroque suite: the overall form...