James Curnow

James Edward Curnow (født 17. april 1943) er en amerikansk komponist, mest kjent for sine verker for brassband og janitsjarkorps. Som komponist er han svært produktiv.


== Liv og virke ==
Curnow ble født i Port Huron, Michigan og vokste opp i Royal Oak i samme delstat. Etter studier på musikkinstrumentet 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 undervist på ulike nivåer i over tretti år.Som dirigent og komponist har Curnow reist over USA, Canada, Australia, Japan og i en rekke land i Europa. Han har mottatt en lang rekke priser for sine komposisjoner, og mottar stadig forespørsler om å skrive bestillingsverk.


== 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
# Introduction
# Interlude
# Ritual Dance
1994 Lochinvar
1994 Overture to a Winter Festival
1995 Lone Star Celebration
A Christmas Flourish
A Day at the Circus
# Fanfare
# The Grand Entry
# Acrobats And Aerialists
# The Clowns
# The Human Cannonball
# Menagerie
# 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)
# Prologue
# Brother Sun
# Sister Moon and Stars
# Brother Fire
# Mother Earth
# 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
# The Spirit World
# The Mortal World
# 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
# Lovely Nancy
# Hay Makers
Finale for a Winter Festival
Flirtations for Flute
Four Colonial Country Dances
# Introduction and the Humor of Boston
# Lord Mayor's Delight
# Colonial Jig
# 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
# Fanfare
# Soliloquy
# 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 (pliktnummer EM for brassband 1989)
Under Three Flags
When Time Will Be No More
Where Mythical Beings Play
Winds of Change


== Referanser ==


== Eksterne lenker ==
Curnow Music Press Presents James Curnow