Philadelphia Brass Ens. "Festival of Carols" Arrangements?

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Philadelphia Brass Ens. "Festival of Carols" Arrangements?

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Anybody know where to find the arrangements of the carols on the album/CD/MP3?

The carols are not really flashy arrangements, but many are quite beautiful. I would love to locate a source, to find them.

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Re: Philadelphia Brass Ens. "Festival of Carols" Arrangement

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I was studying with Mr.Torchinsky when that album was released. If I remember correctly, I believe he told me that the only real arrangement was the version of "12 Days of Christmas" by Andrew Kazdin which is for a sextet (euph added) and available from Robert King. ( http://www.rkingmusic.com/shop/product_ ... btnGo.y=11" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank )The rest of the album was taken from a church hymnal and sort of "collectively arranged". Hope this helps.
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Re: Philadelphia Brass Ens. "Festival of Carols" Arrangement

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One of the 2 recordings that made me crave to play the tuba!!

I run across the 12 Days arr now and then, it's for sure published… it's for sextet (quintet plus euph)

I found this on another brass forum:

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Most of the arrangements are taken from the 4-part settings done by Mary Rasmussen, published by Robert King. However a lot of them have an added horn part (descant/harmony), composed by someone else. Also the ensemble consisted of 6 players, an added euphonium, so the bass is doubled at the octave at times.

The 12 Days of Christmas arrangement was by Andrew Kazdin and is published by Robert King Music.
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