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  • Baby Elephant Walk Henry Mancini / arr. Jerry Bilik Baby Elephant Walk was written for the John Wayne film, Hatari! . Henry ...
  • Barnum and Bailey's Favorite Karl L. King This circus march ...
  • Bayou Breakdown Brant Karrick Bayou Breakdown was composed in 2003 ...
  • Be Thou My Vision Travis J. Cross Be Thou My ...
  • The Beatles: Love arr. Jay Bocook The Beatles: Love is ...
  • The Beethoven Machine Michael Colgrass The Beethoven Machine ,written in ...
  • Belle of the Ball Leroy Anderson Belle of the Ball ...
  • Bells Ian McDougall Bells features joyful peels of instrumental bells. Composer Ian McDougall (b.1938) is a Canadian trombonist, composer and ...
  • The Bells of Christmas arr. John Higgins Good vibrations make ...
  • Benediction John Stevens Benediction features flowing melodies and counterlines in ...
  • Black Dog Scott McAllister Black Dog is a rhapsody for solo clarinet. It is inspired by classic hard rock music, particularly the ...
  • Blessed Are They Johannes Brahms/trans. Barbara Buehlman Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) ...
  • Block M March Jerry Bilik Block M March refers to ...
  • Blue and Green Music Samuel Hazo Blue and Green Music ...
  • Blue Bells of Scotland, The Arthur Pryor/arr. by Barney Childs Gene Pokorny, tuba soloist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( November 11, 2012 ) ...
  • Blue Shades Frank Ticheli Blue Shades The title alludes to the Blues and a jazz feeling is prevalent, but this ...
  • Brazil: Ceremony, Song and Samba Robert W. Smith Brazil: Ceremony, Song and Samba illustrates the impact of the African experience on ...
  • British Eighth Zo Elliott British Eighth was written to honor British General Bernard Montgomery and the British Eighth Army shortly after they ...
  • Bugler's Holiday Leroy Anderson This bright and cheerful piece featuring ...
  • A dozen popular show tunes from the mid-20th century: