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