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Joseph Jenkins American Overture For Band
American Overture for Band, written in 1956, is Joseph Jenkins’ most popular piece in the wind band repertoire characterized by its “driving rhythms, sweeping melodies, strong accents, and virtuosic demands”. It has become one of the most recognizable band repertoire pieces since its debut. The piece has also become one of the most performed pieces from its time period. Written in a five-year window of American Overture for Band, Hindemith’s Symphony in Bb (1951), and Howard Hanson’s Chorale and Alleluia (1952) have also captured the same acknowledgements. Jenkins was at the age of twenty-five when he first worked on this piece, dedicating it to the United States Army Field Band and its conductor at the time, Colonel Chester Whiting. Whiting
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