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

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Eksterne lenker 
 Curnow Music Press Presents James Curnow

Komponister fra USA
20. århundres komponister
Personer fra Royal Oak
Personer fra Port Huron