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Catalog Of Current Compositions, Dan Rager Dec 2018

Catalog Of Current Compositions, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

Catalog of instrumental and choral works ranging from solo ensembles, duets, quartets, quintets, sextets, brass choir, percussion ensembles, woodwind and brass ensembles, concert / symphonic band, symphony orchestra and choral music. Works include Symphonies 1 & 2 & 3, Concertos 1 & 2 and other large symphonic contemporary works.


Igor Stravinsky (Primitivism & Cubism), Dan Rager Jun 2016

Igor Stravinsky (Primitivism & Cubism), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

Igor Stravinsky (June 17, 1882/April 6, 1971) 

His works defined and incorporated the elements of Primitivism & Cubism. This short lecture discusses these principles through the following works and much more.
The Rite of Spring and The Firebird. Video example/performances bring to life this 20th century period of extremism . You are free to use and incorporate this information into your classroom courses.


Robert Schumann "Novellette" Opus 21- No. 1 / Full Piano Score (Part 2), Dan Rager Dec 2015

Robert Schumann "Novellette" Opus 21- No. 1 / Full Piano Score (Part 2), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

Full piano score to Robert Schumann’s "Novellette in F Major", Op. 21 no. 1. Find complete analysis of it in "Part 1".


The Band Came Back (Sousa -1895/Clarke - 1926/Rager - 2016), Dan Rager Dec 2015

The Band Came Back (Sousa -1895/Clarke - 1926/Rager - 2016), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

PowerPoint Presentation:

The Band Came Back: For lack of a better description, this music was billed as a “fantastic episode.” To catch the audience by surprise it was always programmed by Sousa as the first piece after an intermission. The house lights were turned off, revealing an empty stage. Slowly and deliberately, the musicians entered, playing singly, in pairs, trios or quartets. Each played some popular tune upon entering, sometimes with an accompaniment provided by musicians already onstage. Only after all of his players had entered and were seated did Sousa make his appearance, conducting only the last note. Although …


In Search Of The Wind-Band: An International Expedition, Daniel Rager Jun 2015

In Search Of The Wind-Band: An International Expedition, Daniel Rager

Dan Rager

In Search of the Wind-Band: An International Expedition is a new interactive E-book, exploring 16 countries.

The first-of-a-kind, interactive encyclopedic e-book uses text, video, mp3 and pdf files to bring the history and development of the wind-band to life.

1. Overture: What Constitutes a Wind Band? - 2. Introduction to European History and Development - 3. Historical Homogeneous Wind-Bands - 4. American Wind Music - 5. Denmark Wind Music - 6. Finnish Wind Music - 7. Industry Wind Bands - 8. Ireland Wind Music - 9. Japanese Wind Music - 10. Mexican Wind Music - 11. Native American Indian Wind …


History Of The Blues, Dan Rager Dec 2014

History Of The Blues, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

This all inclusive History of the Blues introduction begins as early as 1400, when the first global trading routes began. Two early maps are enclosed from this period showing the direction and locations from which people, food and supplies were moved.

This research presentation illustrates African tribes such as the Arada, Dahomey and Fulani who sang music in their daily rituals and ceremonies long before they were moved to other continents. Early developmental music elements are introduced including spirituals, worksongs, Scottish ballads, Methodist and Baptist hymns, call and response, guttural effects, interpolated vocality, falsetto and blue notes. All of these …


J. P. Sousa Vol 15 (The Band Came Back), Dan Rager Dec 2014

J. P. Sousa Vol 15 (The Band Came Back), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

1 Prince Charming – March (1928) 3:41 2 Across the Danube – March (1877) 2:25 3 The Band Came Back (arr. Dan Rager) (1895/1926)* 13:35 4 Magna Charta – March (1927) 2:34 5 Chris and the Wonderful Lamp – Electric Ballet from Act II (1899)* 3:36 6 Legionnaires – March (1930) 2:51 7 Chopin arr. Sousa: Nocturne No. 11 (1838)* 6:43 8 Volunteers – March (1918) 3:23 9 Désirée – Selections (1884/1894)* 8:46 0 Pet of the Petticoats – March (1883) 1:57 ! Gliding Girl – Tango (1912) 3:32 @ Ben Bolt – March (1883) 2:51 # Yorktown Centennial – …


Creating And Marketing Your Demo Cd, Daniel Rager Dec 2014

Creating And Marketing Your Demo Cd, Daniel Rager

Dan Rager

A "one stop book" used in ALL genres of music today and is a required text for many college and university music business courses.

A complete guide on how to create successful DEMO's along with the tools of the trade on getting published, Record deals, Funding, obtaining Copyrights, Contracts, Press Kits, Band business, Touring and much more.

This book is an insightfully direct and informational text without the fluff of other musical books on the subject. It shows the MAZE and money flow of the music business and has a listing of 680 Publishing companies and 125 Record labels for …


Aesthetics In Culture, Dan Rager Nov 2014

Aesthetics In Culture, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

This article examines the role of aesthetics in art, music, non-art objects, and activities in daily life. It shows that recognition is vital to our understanding of art and art-objects and sometimes creates conflicts which ask, what does one do with art? The question becomes more confusing when we think about non-art objects and activities which concern our everyday experiences from eating, clothing, cleaning and dealing with life's natural elements. The author points out that Western cultures have a distinct artworld that is usually limited for special occasions set aside for that purpose. He suggests that aesthetics in culture is …


The Interpretation Of Sousa, Daniel Rager Nov 2014

The Interpretation Of Sousa, Daniel Rager

Dan Rager

This article creates a recording anthology from four of John P. Sousa's finest marches and includes "The Washington Post," "The Fairest of the Fair," "Hands Across the Sea," and "The Thunder." The titles were chosen because of their popularity as being the most recorded marches, and that they all have a common thread between them. Together, they create a unique collage of themes that when put together take on a new life. The author shows how all four compositions were assembled into a symphony titled Symphony on the Themes of Sousa written by Hollywood composer Ira Hearshen. Frederick Fennell recorded …


Johann Sebastian Bach's Wind/Brass Instruments And Scoring Techniques, Daniel Rager Nov 2014

Johann Sebastian Bach's Wind/Brass Instruments And Scoring Techniques, Daniel Rager

Dan Rager

Each time period has its own social, cultural and religious rules from which composers obey. Bach’s sacred and secular works walk a fine line and are hard to distinguish between, but each has been performed throughout the ages in a variety of settings. This paper investigates Bach’s: Ideologies and Scoring which include his petition of August 23, 1730, his Horn (Corno) and its many names and uses. The author details Bach’s trombone (s), how he use them and in what compositions they can be found as well as Bach’s trumpet (s), their various keys and uses including musical excerpts, ornaments …


Bridge To A Millennium, Daniel Rager Nov 2014

Bridge To A Millennium, Daniel Rager

Dan Rager

1) Sedona (D. Rager) 2) As Torrents in Summer (Elgar/D. Rager) 3) Percussive Soundscapes - 4 mvts, percussion septet (D. Rager) 4) Ever Endeavor (D. Rager) 5) Bridge to a Millennium - Symphony No. 1 (D. Rager)


Colours Of Saratov, Daniel Rager, Natalya Rager Nov 2014

Colours Of Saratov, Daniel Rager, Natalya Rager

Dan Rager

The International Orchestral and Symphonic Wind Music of Dan Rager


Argentine Dances (6 Mvts.) Dec 2013

Argentine Dances (6 Mvts.)

Dan Rager

USA Premiere of Argentine Dances by the Case Western University Winds, Cleveland, OH. Composed for Ruben Flores Garcia and the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music in La Plata, AR.


Argentine Conducting Tour, Dan Rager Dec 2012

Argentine Conducting Tour, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

Excerpt of conducting tour in La Plata & Buenos Aries, Argentina with host Meastro Ruben Flores Garcia. Features the Gilardo Gilardi Windorchesra.


Argentine Educational Conducting / Lecture Tour, Dan Rager Dec 2012

Argentine Educational Conducting / Lecture Tour, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

2013 Conducting / Lecture tour and Misc. in La Plata, Buenos Airies, Argentina. Video excerpt includes my host, Maestro Ruben Flores Garcia, conductor of the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music, author and international musician.


Hounds Of Spring (Geauga Wind Ensemble), Dan Rager Dec 2006

Hounds Of Spring (Geauga Wind Ensemble), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

1) Gavorkna Fanfare - Jack Stamp
2) The Hounds of Spring - Alfred Reed
3) Horn Concerto Opus No. 8 - Strauss/Arr. C. Yeago (F Horn Soloist Natalya Rager) 4) Belle of the Ball - Leroy Anderson
5) Prairie Songs - Pierre LaPlante
6) Walls of Zion - Greg Danner
7) Concord - Clare Grundman
8) Blues for A Killed Cat
9) Bugler's Holiday - Leroy Anderson
10) Coriolan Overture - Beethoven/arr: Dan Rager
11) Irish Tune From County Derry - Percy A. Grainger
12) Bill Bailey - Cannon/arr: David Marshall
13) Americans We - Henry Fillmore


Music From Around The World (Geauga Wind Ensemble), Dan Rager Dec 2006

Music From Around The World (Geauga Wind Ensemble), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

1) American Folk Rhapsody No. 3 - Clare Grundman
2) Timberline - Melvin Shelton
3) Concerto for 2 Piccolos - Vivaldi/arr: C. Yeago
4) Temujin's Ride - Len Orcino
5)American Sailing Songs - Gene Milford
6) Fidelity March - King/arr: G. Milford
7-9) Russian Folk Suite No. 1 - Dan Rager
10-13) Songs of the British Isles - Albert O. Davis
14) The Trail West - G. Milford
15) The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson
16) As Summer Was Just Beginning - Larry Dhean
17) Clarinet Candy - Leroy Anderson
18) Disney At The Movies - arr: John Higgins
19) March: Bonnie …


Cleveland Clinic Concert Band (Live At Blossom Music Center), Dan Rager Jul 2006

Cleveland Clinic Concert Band (Live At Blossom Music Center), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

1) Introduction at Blossom Music Center
2) Liberty Bell - John P. Sousa
3) His Honor - Henry Fillmore
4) Spanish Dance No. 5 - Enrique Granados/arr: Charles Yeago (Euph. Soloist: John Clough M. D.)
5) American Sailing Songs - Gene Milford
6) Piano Concerto No. 2 - Beethoven/arr: Charles Yeago (Piano Soloist: Howard Jacobs)
7) Black Horse Troop - John P. Sousa/arr: Frederick Fennell
8) Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen/arr: Dan Rager
9) We The People - James Barnes
10) Washington Post March - John P. Sousa


Performance Highlights (2006 - 2008), Dan Rager Dec 2005

Performance Highlights (2006 - 2008), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

Cleveland Clinic Concert Band
Conductor: Dan Rager

1) Amparito Roca – Texidor/Winter
2) English Country Dances – Gene Milford
3) Hungarian Dance No. 5 – Brahms/Longfield
4) Walk In the Garden – Rolf Rudin
5) American Sailing Songs – Gene Milford
6) Hallelujah Trombone – Fillmore/Schissel
7) Spanish Dance No. 5 – Granados/Charles Yeago
8) Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen/arr: Dan Rager
9) His Honor – Fillmore
10) Wedding Dance – Press/Fennell
11) Disney At the Movies – Higgins
12) We the People - Barnes
13) Washington Post March –Sousa


You've Been Very Goood! (Fennell Sym. Winds), Dan Rager Dec 2003

You've Been Very Goood! (Fennell Sym. Winds), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

1) White Christmas - Robert Russell Bennett
2) A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
3) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Coats/arr: James Swearingen
4) O Holy Night - Adam/ arr: Donze
5) Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
6) The Christmas Song - Torme & Wells/arr: John Higgins
7) And the Herald Angels Sang - Trad. arr: James Swearingen
8) Winter Wonderland - Smith & Bernard/arr: David Bennett
9) Brazilian Sleigh Bells - Faith/arr: J. Warrington
10) Home for Christmas - S. Markham
11) Stille Nacht (Silent Night) - Gruber/arr: Dan Rager
12) Do You Hear What I Hear/Snow …


American Night At The Pops (In Russia), Dan Rager Dec 2002

American Night At The Pops (In Russia), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

Concert excerpts from a 2003 performance in Saratov, Russia with the Volga Windorchestra.
  • Americans We (March)
  • Clarinet Candy
  • Disney at the Movies


Prairie River Reflections (Sym. No. 2), Dan Rager Dec 2002

Prairie River Reflections (Sym. No. 2), Dan Rager

Dan Rager


2003 Award by the American Composers Forum
First Prize
Symphony No. 2


Colours Of Saratov Concerto No. 1, Dan Rager Dec 2002

Colours Of Saratov Concerto No. 1, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

Video is an excerpt of concerto No. 1
COLOURS OF SARATOV
(Concerto for Solo F Horn and wind band, 3 Mvts.)
Premiered by the Saratov Volga Windorchestra of Russia
Soloist: Natalya V. Medvedeva/Rager
GLME-68 $150.00 Grade 4

A full orchestra version is available.

COLOURS OF SARATOV
(Premiered by Saratov Philharmonic Orchestra)
Concerto in 3 Mvts./Full Orchestra
Dan Rager
GLME-73 $150.00 Grade 4


Percussion Wonderland (Cleveland Percussion Ensemble), Dan Rager Dec 1993

Percussion Wonderland (Cleveland Percussion Ensemble), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

1) Deck the Halls/O Little Town of Bethlehem
2) We Three Kings
3) God Rest Ye Merry Gentalmen
4) *Wencelas's Favorite Things
5) *Do You Hear What I Hear
6) Joy To the World
7) *O Holy Night
8) Jingle Bells
9) *The Little Drummer Boy
10) The First Noel/Away In A Manger/O Come All Ye Faithful
11) Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
12) *Percussion Wonderland
13) Silent Night
14) We Wish You A Merry Christmas
*Arrangements by Dan Rager


For Unto Us, Dan Rager Dec 1991

For Unto Us, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

1) O Come All Ye Faithful - arr. Kirkland
2) Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Wilson/arr: Dan Rager
3) Three Christmas Traditions - Dan Rager
4) God Rest Ye Meery, Gentlemen - M. McGregor
5) Jingle Bells/Sleigh Ride - arr: Dan Rager
6) Quints & Quarts - Albert O. Davis (Commission)
7) French Carol - K. Snell
8) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Trad./arr: Dan Rager
9) A Santa Claus Medley - G. Viebranz
10) Once In Royal David's City - M. McGregor
11) For Unto Us - Handel/arr: Dan Rager
12) It Came …