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  • Music from Rent Jonathan Larson/arr. Jay Bocook Music from Rent Rent is a rock musical about a group of impoverished young artists ...
  • Raiders March John Williams, transcribed for band by Paul Lavender Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, with ...
  • The Red Balloon – Anne McGinty Inspired by a painting the composer once saw of an old man with a small child holding a red balloon, this descriptive ...
  • The Red Machine Peter Graham The Red Machine was commissioned by the London-based Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards who play in ...
  • The Red Pony Aaron Copland The Red Pony is a ...
  • Resting in the Peace of His Hands John Gibson Resting in the Peace of His Hands This evocative composition by John Gibson ...
  • Rejouissance James Curnow Rejouissance in French means "enjoyment" or "make happy"; in English it is "rejoicing". In music of the 17th ...
  • A Rhapsody on Christmas Carols Claude T. Smith A Rhapsody on Christmas Carols includes: “In Dulci Jubilo;” “ O Come, O Come, ...
  • Rhosymedre Ralph Vaughan Williams Rhosymedre In 1920, Vaughan Williams wrote ...
  • Rhapsody for Hanukkah Stephen Bulla Rhapsody for Hanukkah is a medley of seven tunes of the season: “Y’Ladim,” “Ner Li” (I ...
  • Riverdance Bill Whelan/arr. by Carl Strommen Riverdance began as a composition for the interval (intermission) of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. Within ...
  • Rocky Point Holiday Ron Nelson Rocky Point Holiday is a wind-blown seaside resort on the coast of Rhode ...
  • Rolling Thunder Henry Fillmore/ed. Col. Arnald D. Gabriel Rolling Thunder is a screamer ...
  • Roma Valerie Coleman Roma A nation without a country is the best way to describe the nomadic tribes known as gypsies, or properly called, the Romani. ...
  • Romeo and Juliet Overture - Fantasy Peter Tchaikovsky/arr. Mark H. Hindsley Romeo and Juliet is transcribed from Tchaikovsky’s overture-fantasy ...
  • Round Me Falls The Night / Adagio Sostenuto Vincent Persichetti, Op. 69 Round Me Falls the Night / Adagio Sostenuto Written in ...
  • The Running Set Ralph Vaughan Williams/arr. Larry Daehn The Running ...
  • Russian Christmas Music Alfred Reed Russian Christmas Music is one of the most popular and frequently performed pieces of concert band literature. ...