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Harmonica concerto

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Since the 1940s, a number of concertos (as well as non-concerto works) have been written for the harmonica, both as a solo instrument as well as in conjunction with other solo instrument(s), and accompanied by string orchestra, chamber orchestra, full orchestra, band, or similar large ensemble. [1]

39 relations: A. J. Potter, Alan Hovhaness, Alan Langford, Alexander Tcherepnin, Arthur Benjamin, Brett Deubner, Chromatic harmonica, Concerto, Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra (Arnold), Corky Siegel, Darius Milhaud, Francis Chagrin, Frank Lewin, George Kleinsinger, George Martin, Gordon Jacob, Graham Whettam, Harmonica, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Henri Sauguet, Henry Cowell, Howard Levy, James Moody (composer), Jean Berger, John Sebastian (classical harmonica player), Larry Adler, Les Reed (songwriter), Malcolm Arnold, Milton Barnes (composer), Norman Dello Joio, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Hayman, Richter-tuned harmonica, Robert Farnon, Robert Russell Bennett, Sigmund Groven, Tommy Reilly (harmonica player), Vilém Tauský, William Russo (musician).

A. J. Potter

Archibald James (Archie) Potter (22 September 1918 – 5 July 1980) was an Irish composer and teacher, who wrote hundreds of works including operas, a mass, and four ballets, as well as orchestral and chamber music.

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Alan Hovhaness

Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an Armenian-American composer.

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Alan Langford

Alan Langford was the pen name of Alan Owen (28 February 1928 – 9 February 2011) a British radio producer and composer of light music.

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Alexander Tcherepnin

Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Черепни́н; 21 January 1899 – 29 September 1977) was a Russian-born composer and pianist.

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Arthur Benjamin

Arthur Leslie Benjamin (Sydney, 18 September 1893London, 10 April 1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher.

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Brett Deubner

Brett Deubner (born March 31, 1968, Berkeley, California) is an American violist.

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Chromatic harmonica

The chromatic harmonica is a type of harmonica that uses a button-activated sliding bar to redirect air from the hole in the mouthpiece to the selected reed-plate desired.

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Concerto

A concerto (plural concertos, or concerti from the Italian plural) is a musical composition usually composed in three movements, in which, usually, one solo instrument (for instance, a piano, violin, cello or flute) is accompanied by an orchestra or concert band.

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Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra (Arnold)

The Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra, Opus 46, is a concerto featuring a harmonica soloist, written by English composer Malcolm Arnold.

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Corky Siegel

Mark Paul "Corky" Siegel (born October 24, 1943) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer.

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Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud (4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher.

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Francis Chagrin

Francis Chagrin (born Alexander Paucker, 15 November 1905 – 10 November 1972), was a composer of film scores and popular orchestral music, as well as a conductor.

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Frank Lewin

Frank Lewin (March 27, 1925 – January 18, 2008) was an American composer and teacher.

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George Kleinsinger

George Kleinsinger (February 13, 1914, San Bernardino, California – July 28, 1982, New York City, New York) was an American composer best known for his collaboration with Paul Tripp on the 1940s children's classical-music piece "Tubby the Tuba".

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George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin (3 January 19268 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician.

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Gordon Jacob

Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE (5 July 18958 June 1984) was an English composer.

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Graham Whettam

Graham Whettam (7 September 1927 – 17 August 2007) was an English post-romantic composer.

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Harmonica

The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock and roll.

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Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music".

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Henri Sauguet

Henri Sauguet (18 May 1901 – 22 June 1989), was a French composer.

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Henry Cowell

Henry Dixon Cowell (March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario.

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Howard Levy

Howard Levy (born July 31, 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist.

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James Moody (composer)

James Moody (1907–1995) composed a wealth of music for the classical harmonica, including twenty-two works for harmonica and piano, three works for harmonica and strings, eight works for harmonica and orchestra, and some two dozen other works for instrumental combinations such as harmonica and harp, harmonica and string quartet, and harmonica ensemble.

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Jean Berger

Jean Berger (September 27, 1909 – May 28, 2002) was a German-born American pianist, composer, and music educator.

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John Sebastian (classical harmonica player)

John Sebastian (born John Sebastian Pugliese; April 25, 1914Sebastian, John, no. 165-12-7646 (official death record, also showing date of birth). U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014, available online at Ancestry.com, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2015. Non-official sources such as books and articles have sometimes listed Sebastian's birth date as May 1, 1914, or his birth year as 1916. − August 18, 1980)"John Sebastian, 65, Who Helped Make Harmonica Classical, Dies," The New York Times, August 20, 1980, p. B10.

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Larry Adler

Lawrence Cecil Adler (February 10, 1914 – August 6, 2001) was an American harmonica player.

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Les Reed (songwriter)

Leslie David Reed OBE (born 24 July 1935, in Woking, Surrey, England) is an English songwriter, arranger, musician and light orchestra leader.

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Malcolm Arnold

Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer.

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Milton Barnes (composer)

Milton Barnes (16 December 1931 – 27 February 2001) was a Canadian composer, conductor, and jazz drummer.

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Norman Dello Joio

Norman Dello Joio (January 24, 1913July 24, 2008) was an American composer whose output spanned over half a century, and won a Pulitzer in 1957.

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer.

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Richard Hayman

Richard Hayman (March 27, 1920 – February 5, 2014) was an American arranger, harmonica player and conductor.

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Richter-tuned harmonica

The Richter-tuned harmonica, or 10-hole harmonica (in Asia) or blues harp (in America), is the most widely known type of harmonica.

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Robert Farnon

Robert Joseph Farnon CM (July 24, 1917April 23, 2005) was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player.

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Robert Russell Bennett

Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981) was an American composer and arranger, best known for his orchestration of many well-known Broadway and Hollywood musicals by other composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers.

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Sigmund Groven

Sigmund Groven (born 16 March 1946 in Heddal, Telemark) is a Norwegian classical harmonica player, today considered one of the world's leading classical harmonica players.

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Tommy Reilly (harmonica player)

Thomas Rundle Reilly MBE (August 21, 1919 – September 25, 2000) was a Canadian-born harmonica player, predominantly based in England.

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Vilém Tauský

Vilém Tauský CBE (20 July 1910, Přerov, Moravia – 16 March 2004, London) was a Czech conductor and composer.

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William Russo (musician)

William Joseph Russo (June 25, 1928 – January 11, 2003), better known as Bill Russo during his earlier career, was an American composer, conductor, jazz musician, arranger, teacher and author from Chicago, Illinois.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonica_concerto

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